Winnipeg Police Service officers are looking for a suspect who is wanted for two homicides.
Police on Thursday said they had issued a second-degree murder warrant for 34-year-old Leah Carol Clifton on the death of Doris Lydia Trout, 25.
Trout’s body was found in the common area of an apartment building at 400 Kennedy Street Block in May.
Police say Clifton is also wanted for the February 2022 murder of Heather Beardy, who was found dead in the 400 block of Furby Street.
Clifton’s current whereabouts remain unknown and police are asking the public for help in determining his whereabouts. Officers say he is “actively evading police.”
Police describe Clifton as a five-foot-six meter, 140 to 150 pounds, with an average build. He has a tattoo that says “RIP DEAN” on the right side of his neck. Officers point out that she is known to change her appearance, including her hair color.
Officers remind the public that Clifton is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached.
Clifton is one of two suspects in Trout’s death, and homicide investigators arrested and charged Meagan Leigh Beaulieu, 27, with second-degree murder in the death of the 25-year-old woman. Beaulieu has also been charged with failure to attend court (release order) and failure to comply with a parole order.
The charges against Clifton and Beaulieu have not been tried in court.
According to Const. Claude Chancy of the Winnipeg Police Service said the suspects were involved in the “drug subculture”.
“When we have people involved in the drug subculture, it’s no different that they are together in different places and circumstances,” he said at a news conference on Thursday.
Anyone with information about Clifton’s location is asked to call Winnipeg Police at 204-986-6508, Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477 or 911. Investigators believe he is in Winnipeg.
“The reason we are here and asking for public help is Mrs. Clifton, she knows the police are looking for her. He is actively evading the police, “Chancy said.
“Homicide investigators have made diligent efforts to try to arrest her and bring her to account for her charges.”
– With archives of Charles Lefebvre of CTV.