SIX NATIONS RESERVE, Ont. - Police say a man and woman are facing charges in the death of a three-year-old child earlier this year on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory southeast of Brantford, Ont.

Officers from the Six Nations Police Service were called to a home on Six Nations on March 6 for a medical complaint.

Torrence Vanevery of Six Nations was found unresponsive and taken to a Brantford area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators say provincial police and Six Nations officers arrested and charged a 25-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man on Thursday.

Madeline Lee Froman and John Paul Smoke Jr. - both of Six Nations of the Grand River Territory - are charged with manslaughter, along with a number of firearm and drug offences.

Six Nations police Chief Glenn Lickers says the investigation has been very traumatic for everyone involved.

“It is my hope that we can heal and come closer together as community to help protect all of our children,” Lickers said Friday in a release.