RCMP arrested Rodney Nahachick, 44, of Atikameg First Nation, and a 15-year-old male and charged them with second-degree murder.
They were brought before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody to appear before the Alberta Court of Justice in High Prairie on July 28, 2025.
On Dec. 30, 2024, High Prairie RCMP were called to a wooded area in Atikameg First Nation, Alta., for a deceased male with suspicious injuries. The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit (MCU) were called in to assist and took carriage of the investigation. An autopsy was performed at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton on Jan. 3, 2025. The death was ruled a homicide, and the deceased was identified as 26-year-old Christian Mitchell, a resident of Atikameg First Nation.
