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UPDATED: RCMP investigating after woman found dead in Lutsel K'e

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A sudden death in the community of Lutsel K'e has prompted an RCMP investigation.

Lutsel K'e RCMP received a report of a sudden death just after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Officers attended a residence and located a deceased woman in her 20s, a news release from RCMP stated Wednesday.

Members of the NWT RCMP Major Crimes Unit, Forensic Identification Services and the Coroner Service have travelled to Lutsel K'e and are investigating the death, the release stated.

"RCMP are working with the assistance of the Office of the Chief Coroner of the Northwest Territories. The investigation into the death is in it's infancy, and no details can be released at this time," RCMP spokesperson Marie York-Condon wrote in an email Wednesday.

More to come.