Stanley Mission RCMP have laid a murder charge in the death of a man who was discovered earlier in the week.

Police received a call of an injured male at a local residence on Monday.

Upon arrival, they found the body of 29-year-old Robert Philip McKenzie.

It was later determined McKenzie died as the result of injuries sustained during an altercation at his residence.

Twenty-eight-year-old Darcy Patrick Charles has been charged with second-degree murder.

He made his first court appearance in La Ronge Thursday morning.