CANADA Canada- Mary Ann Birmingham, 15, brutally murdered @ home, Iqaluit, May '86, -Suspect, Jopey Atsiqtaq, arrested in Ottawa, 2024

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-unsolved-case-court-appearance-1.7334567

Mary Ann Birmingham died in her home in Iqaluit on May 26, 1986. For the first time, a suspect has been charged in connection with her death. (RCMP)

Jopey Atsiqtaq being escorted into the Nunavut Court of Justice. He is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Mary Ann Birmingham. (Cameron Lane/CBC)

Cold case arrest: Nunavut RCMP charge man with murder in 1986 death of teenage girl

IQALUIT — Mounties in Nunavut have made an arrest in the murder of a 15-year-old girl almost 40 years ago. Mary Ann Birmingham was found dead in Frobisher Bay in what was then the Northwest Territories in May of 1986.

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'IQALUIT — Mounties in Nunavut have made an arrest in the murder of a 15-year-old girl almost 40 years ago. Mary Ann Birmingham was found dead in Frobisher Bay in what was then the Northwest Territories in May of 1986.'

''RCMP have said Birmingham was "brutally murdered" in her home while her family was out of town.
Police say she was found by her sister, Barbara Sevigny, who had just returned from visiting her brother in Montreal. The front door to the house was locked, and she had to pry open a window with a makeup compact.''

 

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May her family finally get some peace.