Teen charged with first-degree murder after body found in Kanesatake septic tank

Quebec provincial police (SQ) said on Wednesday that officers have arrested a teen for a homicide in Kanesatake.

The SQ said 18-year-old Bryin Canadian Whitebean appeared at the Saint-Jerome Courthouse and is facing a first-degree murder charge for the homicide on May 29 in the Kanienʼkehá:ka (Mohawk) community northwest of Montreal.

“Emergency services were alerted that a young man appeared to be lying unconscious at the bottom of what appeared to be a septic tank on the grounds of a former school on Rang Sainte-Philomène in Kanesatake,” the SQ said.

The victim was rescued from the tank and transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.