{"id":547128,"date":"2026-03-19T16:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547128\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:49:13","slug":"mans-body-found-in-burnt-out-car-just-north-of-winnipeg-railway-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547128\/","title":{"rendered":"Man&#8217;s body found in burnt-out car just north of Winnipeg railway yard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manitoba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 32-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder after the body of a 57-year-old man was found in a burnt-out vehicle just north of the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway yard in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p>2nd-degree murder charges laid against 32-year-old man<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Mar 19, 2026 11:45 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773938953_91_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>A Winnipeg police cruiser is seen in a file photo. A man is charged and police are still investigating after a man&#8217;s body was found in a burned vehicle on March 13. (Tyson Koschik\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>A 32-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder\u00a0after the body of a 57-year-old man was found in a burnt-out vehicle just north of the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway yard in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p>Around 2 p.m. on March 13, police recovered a vehicle on Jarvis Avenue, between McKenzie and McGregor streets, that they believe was intentionally burned, a news release said on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators found the remains a man inside, later identified as Vincent Morrissette.<\/p>\n<p>Fabian Gerald Michelle was arrested Sunday and charged on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Police believe the men got into a fight a few blocks away on Salter Street, near Pritchard Avenue, before the fire was set.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is continuing and anyone with information is asked to contact the homicide unit at 204-986-6508.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous tips can also be called in to Crime Stoppers 204-786-8477 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegcrimestoppers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">or submitted online<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manitoba A 32-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder after the body of a 57-year-old man was found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-547128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}