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A 22-year-old woman is facing a manslaughter charge after a man was found dead at a Dartmouth tent site on Boxing Day in 2024.

Police say the autopsy determined the death to be a homicide.

It was December 22 when police responded to Geary Street for a report that man had been assaulted by a woman. When paramedics responded, he declined to be treated.

Four days later on December 26, police responded to the Geary Street area where the same man was found dead in a tent.

He was identified as 56-yaer-old Jeffrey Alexander Emmerson.

The suspect is due to in court, Tuesday.