Carol May Big Tobacco – Update – Laid to rest

Carol Big Tobacco Obituary

It is with great sadness that the family has finally gotten the closure they needed, after 40 years of unanswered questions, that we can finally lay her to rest.

Carol will be remembered by her mother Joan Big Tobacco. Siblings Coreen One Spot, Sherry Big Tobacco (Clifford), Madeline Big Tobacco (Alvin), Laura Big Tobacco (Lori), nieces and nephews Dakota, Cliffton, Carol, Nikkita, Matthew, Luke, Melissa, April, Easter, Dorian, Kyler, Ellery, Mercedes, and Brandon. Aunties and uncles Lilly Brass, Sandra Broad Scalplock (Marvin), Marion Big Tobacco, Robert Big Tobacco (Nikki), Melvin Big Tobacco (Juanita), Garold Big Tobacco (Wanda), Great Aunties Connie Rabbit Carrier, Liz Scout, too many nieces and nephews and cousins to mention.

Carol was predeceased by her dad Alferd Catface, grandparents Joe and Annie Catface, James Blackface Turning Robe and Martha Big Tobacco, James Big Tobacco, Calvin Big Tobacco, Darrel Blackface, Mike Rabbit Carrier. Cousins Diane Brass, Robyn Rider, Jennieve Big Tobacco, Toni Mills, nephew Korey Scalplock. Predeceased Aunts and Uncles; Harold Catface, Loyd Catfrace, Rex Catface, Christine Catface, Shirley Catface, and Catherine Catface (Spotted Bull). The family would like to recognize our relatives Brass, Catface, Doore, Many Guns, Big Tobacco, Cutter, and two many others to mention. The family wishes to apologize for anyone we may have missed.

Carol May Big Tobacco
Alias: Carol May Cat Face
Case reference: 2014002701
Missing since: March 19, 1983
Missing from: Siksika First Nation, Alberta, Canada
Year of Birth: 1974
Age at Disappearance: 8 years
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Indigenous
Eye Color: Brown
Hair: Black, Straight
Height: 150cm / 4ft 11in
Weight: 40kg / 88lb
Carol was last seen wearing: A brown nylon coat. One boot was was later recovered.
Notable: Carol might have had an unspecified disability.
Details About Carol’s Case: Carol was originally reported missing on March 26, 1983 by a reserve resident. Police quickly closed the investigation after a social worker claimed to have recently seen Carol with her parents. She was reported missing again on November 25, 1986. Her mother, Joan Big Tobacco, called the police about Carol’s whereabouts.

Joan believed that Carol was in a foster home; she had previously lived with another reserve resident on-and-off while her parents “struggled with various domestic problems.” The presumed foster parents believed Carol was living with her parents again.

Some clothing articles and a partial skull belonging to a child were found 2.5 kilometers from Carol’s residence on October 1, 1989. The clothes were similar to what Carol might have been wearing when she disappeared, but the partial skull could not be positively identified as her because it had no teeth.

Carol is suspected to have become lost after wandering away from her family’s residence while being babysat and died from exposure or hypothermia.

If you have information on Carol’s case, please contact any of the following:
Gleichen RCMP: 403-734-3056
Reference Case#: 2015414194

Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477)
Online at: https://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org/tips
Crime Stoppers provides anonymous tipping

Send email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at: canadasmissing-disparuscanada@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Sources:
Canada’s Missing
International Missing Persons Wiki
Justice for Native People