MB: RCMP charge man with murder for death of Crystal Andrews

Press Release

March 22, 2018

Two and a half years after Crystal Andrews was last seen by family and friends, the RCMP has arrested and charged a man from her community with her murder.

In the early morning hours of November 8, 2015, Crystal Andrews, 22, headed home from an after party, following a Halloween social at the local community club that she had attended with friends. She never made it. The next day, Crystal’s body was found on a trail in a wooded area in the community of Gods Lake Narrows, Manitoba. RCMP Major Crime Services, Forensic Identification Services and Police Dog Services responded to the community to assist the detachment with the investigation into Crystal’s death.

It was determined that Crystal died as a result of injuries sustained from a serious assault. Witness accounts and DNA evidence led police to charge Michael William Okemow, 37, with Second Degree Murder on March 21, 2018.

“Charging the man who killed Crystal won’t bring her back,” said Chief Superintendent Mark Fisher, Officer in Charge of Criminal Operations for the RCMP in Manitoba. “But it is one way we can honour her memory. She has not been forgotten. She will never be forgotten. I hope her family and her community can rest a bit easier now that the man responsible has been held to account.”

Okemow remains in custody.

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Contact information

Contact:
Tara Seel, Media Relations Officer
RCMP Media Relations
204-983-8497
tara.seel@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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