New Hazelton, B.C. – The weekend storm is believed to have played at least a partial  role in the death of a young women.

 

New Hazelton RCMP were called out to a home on the Glen Vowell Reserve Sunday after a body was discovered in the back yard of a home. Corporal Don Wrigglesworth says an investigation revealed a 24 year-old Hagwilget woman had been at a home on the reserve the night before. She was last seen leaving the residence in the direction of another house early that morning.

 

Wrigglesworth says the woman was underdressed for the conditions and she appears to have died from exposure. The temperature dropped to minus 17 degrees C with heavy snow at the time of the incident. RCMP don’t suspect foul play, but alcohol is believed to be a factor in the woman’s death.

 

RCMP are asking residents to watch out for each other, especially if people are drinking during the severe winter weather.

 

The woman’s name has not been released.