RCMP say they have charged a woman in the drowning death of a five-year-old girl in an Alberta lake last month.

Mounties initially said a canoe had overturned on Wabamun Lake west of Edmonton on Oct. 13.

They said a child and a woman were pulled from the water and that, despite life-saving efforts, the girl died at the scene.

Three days later, Mounties said they’d learned the canoe didn’t capsize and were treating the drowning as a criminal matter.

Mounties determined an Alberta child's drowning was not the result of an overturned canoe and have filed criminal charges against a woman.{ai:summary}<p>RCMP have charged a woman in connection with the drowning of a five-year-old girl at Wabamun Lake in Alberta last month. Initially reported as a canoe accident, authorities later determined the canoe did not capsize and are now treating the incident as a criminal matter.</p><p>The girl was pulled from the water on October 13, but despite attempts to save her, she died at the scene. #crime</p>

RCMP charge woman in drowning death of five-year-old girl in Alberta lake

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