RCMP now believe a street in Winnipeg might be linked to the killing of a man from Steinbach.

On June 24th, Manitoba RCMP responded to a report of human remains found near Baker Street in Portage la Prairie. Investigators with Major Crime Services and Forensic Identification Services attended the scene and worked with the Medical Examiner's Office to determine that it was a homicide.

On Monday of this week, police released information on the identity of the deceased. Dead is 27-year-old Gerhard Reimer Wiebe of Steinbach. He had been living in Winnipeg and police believe his body was placed in Portage on June 20th.