Homicide victim Avontai Hartleib remembered for love and strength during vigil in Winnipeg – CBC
Feb 24, 2026
Boy, 14, charged with 2nd-degree murder of 18-year-old woman
More than a dozen people gathered at the corner of Young Street and Sargent Avenue in Winnipeg Monday evening to honour and remember a First Nations teen described by those who knew her as strong, caring and loving.
People laid roses for Avontai Hartleib, 18, whose Feb. 14 death has been deemed a homicide by Winnipeg police.
Hartleib, a member of Sachigo Lake First Nation in Ontario, who had been living in Winnipeg “had a good head on her shoulders, even through the hardest of times,” said Ethan Tillingbell, who was in a relationship with her.
