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Saskatchewan RCMP are investigating after human remains were found near Pelican Narrows, a community that’s part of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, located about 420 kilometres north of Saskatoon, last week.
Police have identified the remains as belonging to 16-year-old Jay’siiah Webb-Long, who went missing last May after travelling to the northern remote community from Brampton, Ont.
Officers located Webb-Long on May 13, during a planned search near Pelican Narrows, according to a Monday news release from RCMP. An autopsy was carried out two days later.
RCMP are treating Webb-Long’s death as a homicide and are continuing to investigate.
A missing persons report was originally filed in April 2025 by Webb-Long’s family with the Peel Regional Police.
Saskatchewan RCMP’s Homicide Investigation Unit took over the investigation in July 2025.
Investigators found Webb-Long left Ontario in March, before coming to Saskatchewan.
Police were able to track down the address where they believe Webb-Long had been living in Pelican Narrows. But when they went there, they were told the teen had evacuated the area due to wildfires.
RCMP deemed the case as suspicious.
‘Jay’siiah is so loved’
Shenice Long said she was shocked to learn in June that Peel police had tracked her son to Pelican Narrows.
“To this day he has never told me,” she told CBC last September. “I heard of Saskatchewan, but … I don’t have family there. I don’t know anyone there.”
Webb-Long’s family has not stopped working to spread his missing persons poster across social media platforms since his disappearance.
Shenice Long says they always celebrate her son Jay’siiah Webb-Long’s birthday together, but he didn’t come home for his 16th birthday in April. (Submitted by Shenice Long)
Long said in an interview his four younger siblings often asked for their brother, missed their brother and brought up stories of their brother, she said.
“Jay’siiah is so loved.”
Police are asking anyone with information relevant to this investigation to report it to Saskatchewan RCMP dialling 310-RCMP (1-306-780-5563 if calling from outside the province).
Information can also be given anonymously by contacting Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or www.saskcrimestoppers.com.