Body found at recycling depot not homicide: Winnipeg police

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Police have determined the 2018 death of a woman whose body was discovered at a Winnipeg recycling plant was not a homicide.

The Winnipeg Police Service said Tuesday there’s no indication of foul play in the death of Mary Madeline Yellowback, 33, whose body was found Sept. 28, 2018, at the recycling depot on Omands Creek Boulevard.

Const. Rob Carver said he couldn’t divulge any details of the investigation into Yellowback’s death. Police looked at the results of an autopsy, toxicology tests and a full medical examiner’s report to rule out homicide, Carver said.

Yellowback’s body was found on a Friday night, when workers at Cascades Recovery located her among collected recyclables. Winnipeg police previously said they believe Yellowback ended up in a recycling bin somewhere in the city, and was unknowingly transported in a collections truck to the depot.

At a news conference last year, Yellowback’s parents from Manto Sipi Cree Nation said their daughter had lived in Winnipeg for some time, but had returned to live in her home community. They said she had come to Winnipeg with one of her children, who had a medical appointment.

The family said the woman was married to Cliff Yellowback and they had six children, ages 13, nine, six, four and three. A daughter, aged four, died in a car collision in 2009.