Alberta RCMP investigating homicide after Edmonton boy’s remains found near Calling Lake
Athabasca RCMP continue to investigate the death of a 12-year-old boy from Edmonton after human remains were found in a rural area north of Athabasca.
Alberta RCMP are probing a homicide after the remains of a 12-year-old boy from Edmonton were discovered in a rural area north of Athabasca, close to Calling Lake. According to police, shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, they received a call reporting human remains found. The following day, an autopsy at the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Edmonton confirmed the death as a homicide, with the victim identified as Fiasal Hussein.
The Edmonton child had not been reported missing prior to Thursday. Police are now appealing to the public for assistance, requesting anyone who was in the vicinity of Highway 813 near Calling Lake or Range Road 213A (known as the C-Road) between midnight and 4:30 a.m. on August 6, 2026, to contact Athabasca RCMP at (780) 675-4252 if they have dash cam footage.
Tips can be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers. Calling Lake is approximately 210 kilometers north of Edmonton.
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