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:

 canadasmissing-disparuscanada@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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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