Historical Missing Persons & Cold Murder Cases
Strathmore, Alberta — A Christmas Day police shooting, an independent investigation that questioned the use of deadly force, and a decision not to prosecute have left troubling questions about the death of a 39-year-old Siksika Nation father. Christmas Day is supposed to be a time for families to gather, celebrate, and make memories together. But... Continue Reading →
Mary Jean Kreiser was 49 years old when she disappeared in Alberta in the fall of 1987. Nearly four decades later, there are still fundamental questions about where Mary was during her final weeks, who last saw her, and whether information that became part of the official account of her disappearance was ever independently verified.... Continue Reading →
Emily has been missing since September 13, 2007.
In the fall of 1964, 16-year-old Eunice Esther Bird disappeared from Prince Rupert, British Columbia. More than sixty years later, the details surrounding her disappearance remain frustratingly sparse. There has been no confirmed sighting, no known explanation for what happened to her and no resolution for the family members who spent decades searching for answers.... Continue Reading →
Loretta “Lora” Ann Frank was a young Indigenous woman from the Tahltan First Nation whose disappearance from Whitehorse, Yukon, more than three decades ago remains unresolved. Although her case is often associated with 1989, there is uncertainty surrounding exactly when she disappeared. What is known is that Lora was last known to be living in... Continue Reading →
Irene Jacknife’s story remained unresolved for nearly half a century, but not in the way her family could ever have imagined. For decades, those who loved her did not know where she had gone or what had happened to her. All the while, Irene had been buried in Edmonton as an unidentified woman, her name... Continue Reading →
On March 26, 1978, 31-year-old Mary Jane Hill was found dead along Highway 16 east of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. She was a Nisga'a woman and a mother of three. Her death occurred decades before the stretch of highway would become nationally known as the Highway of Tears, but her story would eventually become part... Continue Reading →
Jake was last seen on March 12, 2023 in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
Viola Isabella Panacheese was last seen on August 18, 1991.
Tanya Jean Brooks was 36 years old when she was murdered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in May 2009. She was a Mi'kmaq woman associated with Millbrook First Nation and the mother of five children. More than seventeen years later, no one has been charged with taking her life. Her murder remains unsolved, and investigators have... Continue Reading →
