We send our deepest condolences to Fiasal Hussein’s family, his friends and everyone who loved him.
Fiasal was 12 years old when he died.
Nearly three months after his remains were found in rural northern Alberta, three Edmonton adults have been charged in his death. RCMP also shared new details about his final hours, including a 911 call they believe he made himself.
The charges
RCMP announced the charges at a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday, Oct. 28:
Cole Morin, 34: first-degree murder and kidnapping
Curtis Brown, 36: first-degree murder and kidnapping
Rachel Stuart, 36: second-degree murder
Police arrested all three at homes in Edmonton on Saturday, Oct. 24, after executing search warrants. They remain in custody and are due in Alberta Court of Justice in Athabasca on Nov. 9.
None of the charges have been proven in court.
The 911 call
Shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 6, Athabasca RCMP got a 911 call from a male caller. He said he had been kidnapped and was injured.
The call came from the Calling Lake area, about 190 kilometres north of Edmonton. Reception was poor, and dispatchers had trouble understanding him. Police couldn’t confirm who was calling.
RCMP now believe it was Fiasal.
Officers who went to the area found a vehicle that had been reported stolen in Edmonton, along with what police called evidence of an attack. They haven’t described that evidence. Around 9 a.m., during a search of the area, officers found the boy’s remains.
An autopsy on Aug. 7 at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton ruled his death a homicide. Police haven’t said how he died.
What’s new since August
The alleged kidnapping, the 911 call and the stolen vehicle were among the details RCMP made public for the first time on Wednesday.
When RCMP first announced the case on Aug. 9, their release said only that Athabasca officers had responded to “a report of found human remains” at about 3:26 a.m. on Aug. 6. It said the victim was a 12-year-old from Edmonton and that his death was a homicide.
At the time, police asked anyone who had driven on Highway 813 near Calling Lake, or on Range Road 213A (known locally as the C-Road), between midnight and 4:30 a.m. that morning to check their dash cam footage.
Lured from home
RCMP say Fiasal left his family’s Edmonton home of his own accord on Aug. 5, and that he was lured away under false pretences. Police haven’t said what he was told or how he ended up in the Calling Lake area.
Police say Fiasal knew the three people charged. According to RCMP Sgt. James McConnell of the Major Crimes Unit, Brown and Stuart are in a common-law relationship, and Stuart and Morin are related. All three were known to Edmonton police, who helped with the investigation.
McConnell said Fiasal had been associated with people involved in criminal activity, including the accused. He said youth privacy law prevents police from sharing more.
He was also clear that nothing could justify what happened.
“We have a 12-year-old boy that had his whole life ahead of him whose life was taken,” McConnell said. “I can’t think of any circumstances that would support, or behaviour that would warrant such an act.”
The RCMP put it plainly: “Whatever challenges or choices may have led to his untimely death, he was still a child with a future ahead of him. This was a cruel and heartbreaking act.”
A large police operation
More than 100 RCMP officers worked on the investigation. More than 60 police personnel took part in the Oct. 24 search warrants, with help from Edmonton police and Alberta Sheriffs.
Police haven’t said what evidence led to the charges.
What police still haven’t said
Police haven’t said why Fiasal was allegedly targeted or how he was killed. They also haven’t said what happened between the time he left home and the time he was found the next morning.
“The exact specifics and motive of this homicide are still part of the ongoing investigation,” McConnell said. “It’s not immediately clear to us why people would take a young 12-year-old boy under false pretences to rural Alberta and murder him.”
He said those details will come out in court.
RCMP say Fiasal’s family has cooperated with investigators throughout. The family hasn’t made a public statement.
“Parents aren’t supposed to bury their children,” McConnell said, “and that’s what we have in this case.”
If you have information
Anyone with information can contact Athabasca RCMP at 780-675-4252 or the non-emergency line at 310-RCMP (7267). To stay anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or go to p3tips.com.
Sources
RCMP: Major Crimes Unit investigating Athabasca homicide (Aug. 9, 2026)
RCMP news conference, Edmonton, Oct. 28, 2026
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