After a separation of 1,500 kilometres and 16 years, it was an emotional reunion last week for Mary Florence Lands and three of her children who had been told she might be dead.
Until last week, Lands, who used to live in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, was considered missing and presumed dead.
She was on a police task force list of women whom police said might be victims of a serial killer.
However, it turned out she was alive and well and living on a farm in Cochin, just north of North Battleford.
On Friday, there were tears of joy as she met her grown-up sons and daughter in Saskatoon.
"They're so gorgeous," she said as she met Michael Lands, 24, Stuart Panko, 22, and Jeannie Panko, 20, inside the Saskatoon airport.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2006/06/26/lands-reunion.html
Until last week, Lands, who used to live in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, was considered missing and presumed dead.
She was on a police task force list of women whom police said might be victims of a serial killer.
However, it turned out she was alive and well and living on a farm in Cochin, just north of North Battleford.
On Friday, there were tears of joy as she met her grown-up sons and daughter in Saskatoon.
"They're so gorgeous," she said as she met Michael Lands, 24, Stuart Panko, 22, and Jeannie Panko, 20, inside the Saskatoon airport.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2006/06/26/lands-reunion.html