Mounties say autopsies have begun to identify family found dead near border

WINNIPEG - Mounties say autopsies have begun as they attempt to establish the 4 individuals who had been discovered useless in a frigid Manitoba blizzard close to america border.

The our bodies, together with these of a child and a teen, had been situated on Jan. 19 within the snow close to Emerson, Man., simply metres from the border.

American officers say they're believed to be a household that was separated from a bigger group of Indian migrants making an attempt to enter the U.S. from Canada.

RCMP say identification remains to be pending.

A Florida man, Steve Shand, has been charged within the U.S. with human smuggling.

Police in Gujarat — the western Indian state the place the household is believed to be from — say they're investigating whether or not those that died are a lacking household from that area.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 26, 2021.