Winnipeg Police Chief Devon Clunis speaks to the media at a news conference on Oct. 17, 2014.LYLE STAFFORD/The Globe and Mail
Winnipeg's police chief says he has asked the Crown whether charges are warranted against two officers who didn't take a missing 15-year-old girl into custody shortly before her death.
An internal investigation was launched into the actions of the two officers after it was discovered they had found Tina Fontaine during a traffic stop, but let her go.
Fontaine was missing from foster care at the time and her body was found wrapped in plastic and dumped in the Red River a week later.
Chief Devon Clunis says the internal review is done and the results have been forwarded to the Crown for an opinion on charges. Clunis refuses to speculate on what charges the officers could face.
Fontaine's death is being treated as a homicide, but no charges have been laid.
The case has prompted renewed calls on the federal government for a national inquiry into the high number of aboriginal women who have been killed or disappeared.