Manitoba First Nation leaders are offering condolences and praying for the family of a 6-year-old boy who was found dead in a northeastern fly-in community.

Manitoba RCMP has announced the discovery of the body of six-year-old Johnson Redhead, who had been missing since Sept. 18, Sunday evening.

A six-year-old boy from northeastern Manitoba who had been missing since last Wednesday has been found dead. Shamattawa RCMP say Johnson Redhead was found dead in a marshy area around 7:45 p.m. Sunday.

A six-year-old boy who had been missing in a northeastern Manitoba First Nation since Wednesday has been found dead, Manitoba RCMP say.

Mounties say they continue to investigate the death of a boy who had been reported missing from his school in northeastern Manitoba. Police say an autopsy has been scheduled for six-year-old Johnson Redhead.