2 More Charged In Homicide
Source: OPP
Date: Tue May 27 03:23:32 MST 2025

On Sunday, September 4, 2022, Buifford COWLEY, 45 years old of Whitefish Bay First Nation, was reported missing to the Treaty Three Police Service. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was requested to assist with the search. Four days later, police discovered human remains in the Northwest Angle #33 First Nation. The postmortem examination confirmed that the remains were that of the missing man.
As a result of the ongoing investigation, two more individuals were arrested and charged in connection with the investigation.
On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, Aliyah REDSKY-COWLEY, 24 years old of Whitefish Bay, was arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code (CC) offences:
Indignity to a dead body, section 182
Obstruct justice, section 139
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Kenora on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
On Thursday, May 22, 2025, Kyle McLEOD, 38 years old of Kenora, was arrested and charged with the following CC offences:
Second degree murder, section 235(1)
Indignity to a dead body, section 182
The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Kenora on Friday, May 23, 2025.
The Treaty Three Police and the OPP North West Region Crime Unit are continuing the investigation under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, in conjunction with the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service.
Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is asked to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca, where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.