RCMP say a 14-year-old has been charged in the death of a woman in the Northwest Territories.

Mounties responded to a house in the hamlet of Fort Good Hope, a community two-and-a-half hours by plane from Yellowknife, on Sunday morning for a reported stabbing.

Police say they found a female victim with serious injuries.

She was taken to a nearby health centre, where RCMP say she died shortly after.

Mounties say the teenage suspect has been charged with murder.

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A 14-year-old is charged with the murder of a woman in Fort Good Hope, a hamlet northwest of Yellowknife, NWT.{ai:summary}<p>A 14-year-old has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. Police responded to a reported stabbing and found the victim with serious injuries; she later died at a health center. The suspect is set to appear in court on Tuesday. #crime</p>

Mounties charge 14-year-old with murder in hamlet northwest of Yellowknife

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