Three men have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Melinda Lynxleg, more than five years after she went missing from a western Manitoba First Nation.

The investigation into Lynxleg's disappearance and death was "extremely complex," Sgt. Morgan Page with RCMP major crime services told reporters at a news conference Monday.

Kirk Kenneth Allarie, 42, Myles Malcolm Allarie, 38, and Billy Jay Lynxleg, 46, have all been charged with second-degree murder and offering an indignity to human remains, RCMP said.

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Lynxleg knew all three of the accused men, who were arrested from Oct. 14 to 16 at their homes, RCMP said. The three suspects were also known to local RCMP detachments, police said, and Billy Jay Ly

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