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Man charged with murder

Jeanne Gagnon
Northern News Services
Published Monday, February 21, 2011

IKALUKTUTIAK/CAMBRIDGE BAY - A man is facing a second-degree murder charge after a woman was found dead in Cambridge Bay earlier this month.

The body of 19-year-old Desery Panaktak was discovered in a Cambridge Bay residence Feb. 6 after police were dispatched there at about 6:30 p.m., stated an RCMP press release.

Alistair Nakashuk, 22, of Cambridge Bay, was charged with second-degree murder.

He is in custody in Iqaluit pending his next court appearance.

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