Over the past few decades, thousands of indigenous women went missing or were murdered in Canada. Mary Rose Keadjuk was one of them. She disappeared from the capital of the Northwest Territories in 1990 but the case wasn’t deemed a homicide until 13 years after she went missing. It took multiple years and tests to figure out a small remain belonged to the young woman. Listen to the episode to find out more details.
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1. G Division Major Crimes Unit RCMP: 867-765-3822
Reference Case#: 20121114141
2. Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477) or online at https://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org/tips
Crime Stoppers provides anonymous tipping
3. Send email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at:
[email protected]
References:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mmiw-4000-hajdu-1.3450237
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/nunavut-man-still-wondering-what-happened-to-his-mother-and-why-the-rcmp-wont-help/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/mary-rose-keadjuk-remains-identified-1.4547174
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/keadjuk-dna-bosnian-lab-1.4551297
https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/mary-rose-keadjuk
https://www.myyellowknifenow.com/27843/15-year-old-bone-fragment-finally-identified/
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/65674nunavut_family_thanks_police_for_identifying_remains_of_missing_woman/
https://nnsl.com/yellowknifer/con-mine-bone-fragments-match-dna-woman-missing-since-1990-2/
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/dna-evidence-matches-bone-fragment-found-in-yellowknife-with-woman-missing-since-1990
https://www.icmp.int/category/daily-digest/page/50/
https://www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/missing-disparus/case-dossier.jsf?case=2014001907&id=0
https://www.grc-rcmp.gc.ca/en/news/2018/rcmp-confirm-identity-remains-discovered-2003-yellowknife
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