(Submitted by David Hartleib - image credit)A 14-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a woman who was just beginning to pull her life together after spending years in the care system, her father says. She's always happy," Hartleib's father, David Hartleib, told CBC News on Wednesday. Avontai Hartleib is seen with her father, David Hartleib, in an undated picture. David Hartleib, right, is remembering his daughter, Avontai Hartleib, left, as a happy person who loved her siblings and was trying to pull her life together. Hartleib's family plans to return her body to Sachigo Lake First Nation, a fly-in community roughly 560 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg in Ontario.

Source: CBC News February 19, 2026 06:24 UTC