RCMP believe the death of a person found on the Big Island Lake Cree Nation as officers investigated a theft is suspicious.

Mounties say officers were investigating a theft Tuesday at about 5 a.m. when police found the deceased male — officers do not yet know his age — outdoors on the First Nation.

Investigators do not yet know the circumstances of the death or the body’s identity, but police do believe the death is suspicious.

The RCMP’s major crimes north unit and forensic identification section are investigating alongside the officers from Pierceland, the Meadow Lake detachment’s police dog unit and the coroner’s office.

The Big Island Lake Cree Nation is located in northwestern Saskatchewan, near the Alberta boundary.