Canada - Tina Fontaine, 15, found dead in Red River, Winnipeg, 8 Aug 2014

[mikkismom]

Tina Fontaine, slain teen, remembered at Manitoba funeral

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...teen-remembered-at-manitoba-funeral-1.2745031

 

[dotr]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/tina-fontaine-tragedy-puts-spotlight-on-runaways-1.2745796


"The death of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine, who ran away from her Winnipeg foster home, has some child welfare experts in Ontario considering how best to keep teens safe.

"This is an issue for every child welfare agency in the country," said Rob Richardson, executive director of the Children's Aid Society in Thunder Bay."

 

[Peace777]

I wonder if TF's bio mom knows something? Hmmm NOT good I hope the police are doing a thorough investigation of who the "mom" might hang around JMO Please pray that the killer of this young girl is found soon http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/murdered-15-year-old-mourned-on-sagkeeng-first-nation-1.1973009

 

[Peace777]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...embers-believe-are-fontaines/article20202467/

 

[Peace777]

Video of poor TF's wrapped body being pulled from the river . I hope someone can identify the material or recognize something about the wrapping, it's a clue JMO http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/discovery-opens-old-wounds-271819821.html

 

[lizzybeth]

It's just a feeling, not based on fact, but I wonder if her mother knows more than she's telling? Or possibly have been somewhat responsible for her death. I did see in one of the articles that her mother introduced her to drugs.

It just seems weird to me that her mom was the one to find her clothing.

JMO

 

[Peace777]

The clothing found by the "mom" doesn't match("found a pair of underwear, jeans and a grey and blue jacket" from 1 of the articles I linked too above) what the Police gave as to what TF was last seen wearing, " last seen in downtown Winnipeg on Aug. 8 wearing a white skirt, blue jacket and pink-and-white runners" Wonder the time frame of last seen and where would she have changed? as she had run away from the foster home I thought Hmmm

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...-visit-alexander-docks-for-1st-time-1.2756013

Family members who helped raise Tina Fontaine made their first visit to the spot where the 15-year-old's body was recovered from the Red River, as they seek closure and remember the young girl they loved...

Favel said he wants people to see Fontaine as the girl he raised and loved. He said he cannot believe reports that his great-niece worked in the sex trade. "It is hard for us right now because we know Tina as a different person," he said.

"She was always a homebody, and she went to her friends and stuff like that. But I don't know what got her here," he added, looking out at the dock.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/office...nitoba-teen-the-day-she-disappeared-1.2023429

CTV Winnipeg’s Alesia Fieldberg reported Wednesday that two police officers had spotted Fontaine during a car check on Aug. 8, the last day she was known to be alive.

“We're told the man with her was impaired and taken away by police,” Fieldberg said. “But Fontaine, who was known to be missing, was let go by the officers”...

The officers who spotted Fontaine were a field trainer and a recruit, Fieldberg reported. They are now on restricted duties, and the incident is under investigation to determine if any disciplinary action should be taken.

 

[Peace777]

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/office...nitoba-teen-the-day-she-disappeared-1.2023429

Oh my why did the police not keep TF till someone could come and pick her up as she was a missing child at the time! Yes a child 15 years old . Then the social worker leaving her in the car alone(I wonder what time that was?) when TF was known to run away. I hope they find her killer/s asap! Such injustice! JMO

 

[QueenMictlan]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ered-two-different-responses/article20931444/

 

[Peace777]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ered-two-different-responses/article20931444/

A sad article In the article it says TF was with a "friend" when a man came up an offered money for sex, That's news to me and IF that is the case why couldn't the "friend" describe who TF left with? Maybe they have interviewed the guy who wanted sex but he's been cleared of killing TF? But police haven't said anyone has been charged with procuring a child for the purpose of sex, isn't that against the law? Someone knows what happened JMO. I hope more will come out an they find the killer of poor TF

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...a-fontaine-s-father-to-be-sentenced-1.2798910

Family members of Tina Fontaine will be in a Winnipeg courtroom on Wednesday as two men who beat the slain teen's father to death in 2011 are expected to be sentenced.

Nicholas Abraham and Jonathan Starr pleaded guilty to manslaughter earlier this year in the death of Eugene Fontaine.

The 41-year-old was found behind a garden shed in the Sagkeeng First Nation, northeast of Winnipeg, on Oct. 31, 2011.

 

[newone]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...a-fontaine-s-father-to-be-sentenced-1.2798910

poor kids......she was struggling with her father's death (he was terminally ill with only 4 months left to live when he was murdered)........she felt unsupported and her great aunt and uncle were struggling to find some support for her....it's such as sad story all around ((information from your link))

 

[Sillybilly]

7 hrs ago from:
https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/523130079942291458

CBC News Alerts
‏@CBCAlerts #Winnipeg police conducting internal probe into conduct of 3 officers 'who allegedly had contact with Tina Fontaine' before teen found dead.

 

[dotr]

Started post for 16 year old native girl who was assaulted and thrown in river. LE are hoping for leads.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...d-and-dumped-in-river&p=11187363#post11187363

Tina is referenced in the same article as this young victim...
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...of_native_teen_assaulted_dumped_in_river.html

"At this point it appears that Rinelle Harper will recover from the attack and ordeal she underwent," police said in a statement Monday.
The teen is living in Winnipeg with her family while she attends school. Police say she was not known to them before the attack, which they called "sexual in nature.

In August, the body of another First Nations teen, 15-year-old Tina Fontaine, was pulled from Winnipeg's Red River. She had been in the city less than a month and had run away from foster care. Her body was found Aug. 17, wrapped in plastic, just over a week after she had been reported missing.


Police haven't said how she died but are treating her death as a homicide. No arrests have been made."

 

[dotr]

New!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...males-charged-with-attempted-murder-1.2832367

"Two males have been arrested and face attempted murder charges in connection with the attack on 16-year-old Rinelle Harper, Winnipeg police say.

More information will be made at an 11 a.m. CT news conference Wednesday."

 

[dotr]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/teen-rinelle-harper-left-for-dead-after-2-attacks-1.2832367

rbbm.

"Police said they don’t have any information to suggest there is a link between the attacks on Harper and Tina Fontaine.

“But we really had little, if any, contact with these men before this," Smyth said. "We will take a closer look now."

The body of Fontaine, 15, was pulled from the Red River on Aug. 17.

A friend of Fontaine told CBC News in September that she was with the teen the last day she was seen alive. They were together at about 3 a.m. on Aug. 9, when a man approached them in the city's West End and offered to pay Fontaine money to perform a sex act.

The friend said Fontaine accepted the offer and told her she would be back in about 15 minutes. The friend followed Fontaine and the man for a block and a half, but it was too dark to see where they went.

Fontaine never returned and eight days later, her body was found in a bag in the river.

No arrests have been announced to date and the cause of Fontaine's death has never been released."

 

[Sillybilly]

from:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...1863897/?cmpid=rss1&google_editors_picks=true

Tina Fontaine's family struggles with grief as holidays approach

Thelma Favel has called the Manitoba crisis line nine times in the past two weeks. With Tina Fontaine gone, the woman who raised her is wondering whether life is worth living – whether she would rather die than remain in a world without the girl she loved as a daughter.

All the while, she is concerned Tina’s little sister secretly thinks about suicide or self-harm too. Sarah, 14, had stopped going to school but recently transferred to a new one, away from the halls she shared with Tina, her best friend. At home, Sarah confines herself to Tina’s old bedroom, where she stares at pictures of her sister and their father, who was beaten to death three years ago.

Be strong Mama Favel ... you are so needed by others.

While murderers may kill one person, they cause a lifetime of pain and destroy the spirits of loved ones left behind. :cry:

 

[dotr]

In related news..
rbbm.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...eating-death-of-tina-fontaine-s-dad-1.2866123

"A Manitoba judge has sentenced two men to nine years behind bars each for manslaughter in the beating death of Eugene Fontaine, the father of Tina Fontaine.

Jonathan Starr and Nicholas Abraham had pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Fontaine, 41, who was found behind a garden shed in the Sagkeeng First Nation, northeast of Winnipeg, on Oct. 31, 2011.

With time already served, the men will have to serve another four years and three months, the CBC's Caroline Barghout reported from the Winnipeg courthouse".


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"At the October hearing, members of Fontaine's family said they believe the death of Eugene Fontaine played a role in the death of his 15-year-old daughter, Tina, whose body was found in the Red River in August."