LOON LAKE, Sask. - A murder charge has been laid in the death of a 28-year-old man who was found dead by police on a Saskatchewan First Nation as they were investigating a theft.

RCMP say the body of Jordan Sandfly was found Tuesday morning outdoors on the Big Island Lake Cree Territory, where the 28-year-old lived.

Sandfly's death was deemed suspicious and Mounties called in their major crimes and forensics specialists to investigate.

A 32-year-old man from Saskatchewan's Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation has been charged with first-degree murder.

He is expected to appear in Loon Lake provincial court Thursday.

The two men were known to each other.