AB Canada: Jordyn Dines, age 16, body found July 4, 2025, homicide

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Homicide: Jordyn Dines
Age: 16
Missing from home: July 2
Last seen at shopping mall: July 3
Body found in abandoned stolen car 200 miles away: July 4
Stolen vehicle: 2009 Toyota Camry; teal, stolen on July 4

"On Friday, Dines was found dead in a vehicle about one-and-a-half kilometres west of the southern Alberta village of Glenwood.

According to RCMP, Dines had been missing since July 2, and was considered an extremely at-risk youth.

Her death is considered suspicious and is currently being investigated by the RCMP’s serious crimes branch."

‘We want answers’: Alberta mom remembers 16-year-old daughter found dead in abandoned vehicle

Jody Graves is remembering her 16-year-old daughter Jordyn Dines as a loving, kind, smart and funny kid.

www.ctvnews.ca

"RCMP investigating the suspicious death of a 16-year-old girl have released a photo of the vehicle where her body was found. Officers discovered Jordyn “Rylie” Dines lifeless inside a 2009 Toyota Camry on Friday, July 4. The vehicle had been abandoned approximately 1.5 kilometres west of Glenwood, a village about 30 kilometres northwest of Cardston., Alta.

The Alberta RCMP major crimes unit says Dines was last seen alive at Chinook Centre in Calgary at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, July 3. Investigators are working to determine the teen’s activities after that time.

RCMP say the vehicle where she was found had not been reported stolen, but the registered owner said it had been missing since Friday morning."

Teen girl found dead in abandoned vehicle last seen alive at Chinook Centre

RCMP investigating the suspicious death of a 16-year-old girl have released a photo of the vehicle where her body was found.

www.ctvnews.ca

Google Map: last seen and body location

 

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This child was considered to be at-risk prior to her murder. We don't know what that means, but it did lead to her leaving home on July 2, hanging out at a large indoor shopping mall on July 3, and leaving Calgary with someone in a vehicle that was stolen on July 4. Her body was found in that vehicle later that day.

There are a lot of visitors in Calgary this week due to Stampede week.

I'm curious where the person who stole the car, and drove her 200 miles South of Calgary, went next? Was there a second person who gave the thief a ride? Does he live in the area? Did he hitchhike? Where did he go without a car?

 

[kaged]

Homicide: Jordyn Dines
Age: 16
Missing from home: July 2
Last seen at shopping mall: July 3
Body found in abandoned stolen car 200 miles away: July 4
Stolen vehicle: 2009 Toyota Camry; teal, stolen on July 4

"On Friday, Dines was found dead in a vehicle about one-and-a-half kilometres west of the southern Alberta village of Glenwood.

According to RCMP, Dines had been missing since July 2, and was considered an extremely at-risk youth.

Her death is considered suspicious and is currently being investigated by the RCMP’s serious crimes branch."

‘We want answers’: Alberta mom remembers 16-year-old daughter found dead in abandoned vehicle

Jody Graves is remembering her 16-year-old daughter Jordyn Dines as a loving, kind, smart and funny kid.

www.ctvnews.ca

"RCMP investigating the suspicious death of a 16-year-old girl have released a photo of the vehicle where her body was found. Officers discovered Jordyn “Rylie” Dines lifeless inside a 2009 Toyota Camry on Friday, July 4. The vehicle had been abandoned approximately 1.5 kilometres west of Glenwood, a village about 30 kilometres northwest of Cardston., Alta.

The Alberta RCMP major crimes unit says Dines was last seen alive at Chinook Centre in Calgary at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, July 3. Investigators are working to determine the teen’s activities after that time.

RCMP say the vehicle where she was found had not been reported stolen, but the registered owner said it had been missing since Friday morning."

Teen girl found dead in abandoned vehicle last seen alive at Chinook Centre

RCMP investigating the suspicious death of a 16-year-old girl have released a photo of the vehicle where her body was found.

www.ctvnews.ca

Google Map: last seen and body location

That isn't the body in the car or belongings is it? Anyone able to enhance the image? I can't imagine this car was stolen, abandoned and 7 days later nothing said.

 

[kaged]

Canadian data shows that if she was trafficked its likely in a stolen car, especially along major corridors such as Trans-Canada highway, Calgary–Fort McMurray, and various West Coast circuits. The average age of a woman being trafficked is 17. During stampede time it's highly likely traffickers were out seeking young and vulnerable women and making way for the border. While the context of her death is unique, elements such as teen age, stolen vehicle abandonment, and a corridor route are consistent with trafficking related murders. Montana has experienced a significant rise in trafficking cases—from 7 in 2015 to 147 in 2023—mostly involving at risk young women along the Alberta cooridor and women taken from the nearby reservation. In North Dakota’s Bakken oil boom towns (e.g. Williston), anti-trafficking activist Windie Jo Lazenko documented cases of young girls under 17 being transported cross border by truckers.
Highway 2 south of Calgary and particularly hwy 3 are both major youth sex trafficking routes that lead to Vancouver ( heavy trafficking port) or the Us border via montana. Similar bodies abandoned in boats and vehicles have been found n Vancouver, Richmond and on Vancouver Island. There are many cases in the states bordering Alberta of wome dumped. Although id suspect it is a local traffickers because it seems they

may have dumped her there to buy time or to confuse investigation jurisdiction (the spot is right between RCMP detachments). That's why I lean trafficking because it shows a deep internal knowledge of police investigation details

 

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That isn't the body in the car or belongings is it? Anyone able to enhance the image? I can't imagine this car was stolen, abandoned and 7 days later nothing said.

RCMP would not release a photo of the vehicle where the body is in the vehicle.

The car was stolen on July 4, probably sometime after midnight or in the morning. The body was found in the stolen car 200 km South later that same day.

CORRECTION: In the original comment, I said 200 miles. That should be 200 km.

The owner of the vehicle did not notice that the vehicle was missing. There are several reasons that could happen. For example, if the vehicle owner works from home, he/she might have stayed home all day and didn't check whether the car was where it should be.

 

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I think that Jordyn was too far South for human trafficking. This link provides details about human trafficking corridors in Canada. There is no information to suggest that there is cross border human smuggling related to human trafficking. The main point is that transportation is not necessary for human trafficking - it can happen without leaving the city where victims live.

https://www.canadiancentretoendhumantrafficking.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CCTEHT-Human-Trafficking-Corridors-ENG-FINAL.pdf

 

[otto]

The interesting points for me are:

1. where was the car stolen, meaning where was the suspect when he decided to steal the car (near her home, near the shopping mall???),
2. did the suspect meet Jordyn on July 3, spend the night with her, tell her to wait at the shopping mall while he got "his car", and then they left the city together; and,
3. where did the suspect go after leaving a deceased Jordyn in the vehicle?

The car was left 1.5 km West of Glenwood. It's the middle of nowhere.
Google Maps

It's 40 km (25 miles) to the Canada-USA border. Calgary Stampede brings a lot of tourists to the area. The car location could mean that two people were in Calgary, came across Jordyn, targeted her, stole one car, and drove her in the direction of the border. Then they left together in their car.

However, why not take her in their car together?

It's also possible that someone got a ride to Calgary from the Glenwood/Pincher Creek/Fort MacLeod/Cardston area, and stole a car to take Jordyn somewhere that she wanted to go - but having other intentions from the outset. That is, the person who stole the car could not get her to an isolated location without stealing a car.

That also points in the direction that the person who stole the car lives not that far away from the car location, and left the car where it was easy to go home.

 

[otto]

Just checked dates - Stampede started on July 4, so it's possible that someone from Southern Alberta was in Calgary for the Stampede. An opportunist murderer who came across Jordyn (an at-risk 16 year old child) on July 3 might have returned to the Stampede late on July 4 or 5.

If this was a fentanyl or drug overdose, then I don't think it should be classified as a homicide without more information. Sixteen year olds voluntarily consume drugs, and drug sellers are responsible for dirty/poisonous drugs. If it was a drug overdose and the car thief was with her at the time that she died, he will not come forward with a homicide charge looming over his head.

I hope more info is released soon to clarify whether this was an intentional, premeditated murder, or an accidental overdose death.

 

[MistyWaters]

It doesn’t say what date she ran away. I’d imagine once LE figure out who she was with the trail to the culprit/s will close quite quickly. I bet Chinook Centre has CCTV everywhere.

It appears the second vehicle was stolen only to protect the identity of the vehicle that transported her away from Calgary.
JMO

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-glenwood-car-death-teenager-1.7583860

“We have a lot of questions and no answers," Graves said.

"We don't know what made her run away, we don't know who she was with, we don't know who drove her out there. We don't know what happened … as a mother, your mind just goes wild with thoughts."

 

[LadyL]

is this picture of the car after being found?
do these seats look moved really far back to anyone else?

Teen girl found dead in abandoned vehicle last seen alive at Chinook Centre

RCMP investigating the suspicious death of a 16-year-old girl have released a photo of the vehicle where her body was found.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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It doesn’t say what date she ran away. I’d imagine once LE figure out who she was with the trail to the culprit/s will close quite quickly. I bet Chinook Centre has CCTV everywhere.

It appears the second vehicle was stolen only to protect the identity of the vehicle that transported her away from Calgary.
JMO

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-glenwood-car-death-teenager-1.7583860

“We have a lot of questions and no answers," Graves said.

"We don't know what made her run away, we don't know who she was with, we don't know who drove her out there. We don't know what happened … as a mother, your mind just goes wild with thoughts."

She was missing on Wednesday, last seen at the shopping mall on Thursday, found deceased on Friday. She was probably lured with a promise of something that sounded interesting or exciting.

The car was stolen on Friday morning, so I guess we know that she did not get into the car at the shopping mall (since she was there on Thursday).

She was 16 years old and was missing since Wednesday. I wonder whether she was reported missing. A lot of 16 year olds might stay out overnight with a friend and show up the next day tired and hungry.

There probably is CCTV everywhere at the mall. The mall was the last place she was seen on Thursday, and not necessarily where she got into the car. I'm sure there is CCTV that will help identify the suspect.

"According to RCMP, Dines had been missing since July 2, and was considered an extremely at-risk youth."

‘We want answers’: Alberta mom remembers 16-year-old daughter found dead in abandoned vehicle

Jody Graves is remembering her 16-year-old daughter Jordyn Dines as a loving, kind, smart and funny kid.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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is this picture of the car after being found?
do these seats look moved really far back to anyone else?


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Teen girl found dead in abandoned vehicle last seen alive at Chinook Centre

RCMP investigating the suspicious death of a 16-year-old girl have released a photo of the vehicle where her body was found.

www.ctvnews.ca

They do look pushed back, but her body was found in the car. We don't know whether that was front seat or back seat. It was not reported that she was found in the trunk of a car, so she was probably not in the trunk.

 

[ttcRider]

I think there were more than 1 person involved, just too far out in the middle of nowhere to walk. We would have heard if someone picked up a hitchhiker by now. IMO

 

[otto]

I think there were more than 1 person involved, just too far out in the middle of nowhere to walk. We would have heard if someone picked up a hitchhiker by now. IMO

The car with Jordyn's body was found 1.5 km from the small town of Glenwood.

Google Maps

 

[MistyWaters]

I think there were more than 1 person involved, just too far out in the middle of nowhere to walk. We would have heard if someone picked up a hitchhiker by now. IMO

It’s helpful to the investigation that Jordyn’s body was left in a vehicle sitting on the side of the road so she was found quickly. The alternative, dumped in a ditch, hidden or buried, she’d have become a missing person for weeks, months or years. Whoever was with her wanted her to be found, seems less like organized crime and human trafficking, more toward other teenagers and drugs.
JMO

 

[otto]

It’s helpful to the investigation that Jordyn’s body was left in a vehicle sitting on the side of the road so she was found quickly. The alternative, dumped in a ditch, hidden or buried, she’d have become a missing person for weeks, months or years. Whoever was with her wanted her to be found, seems less like organized crime and human trafficking, more toward other teenagers and drugs.
JMO

That makes sense - wanted her to be found, so probably liked her or cared about her a little bit. Finding the body within a few hours means that there will be lots of forensic evidence. Body in a field means disintegrated evidence.

Drug overdose seems like a good possibility, but why label it a homicide out of the gate? Sixteen year olds take drugs - that's a fact. If the drugs were poisonous, the car thief may not be responsible. Stealing a car is not a serious offence, especially if the thief is under age 18.

Labelling the death as a homicide suggests that the last person to see her (car thief) intentionally murdered her, which eliminates drug overdose.

Sexual assault that unintentionally escalated to murder? There must be evidence all over the car and the body.

The suspect should contact a top criminal lawyer, like Alain Hepner, and turn himself in. He'll have to face this eventually, so may as well get it over with. Turning himself in means that he can frame the narrative. If he waits for arrest, police and prosecutor will frame the narrative.

 

[MistyWaters]

That makes sense - wanted her to be found, so probably liked her or cared about her a little bit. Finding the body within a few hours means that there will be lots of forensic evidence. Body in a field means disintegrated evidence.

Drug overdose seems like a good possibility, but why label it a homicide out of the gate? Sixteen year olds take drugs - that's a fact. If the drugs were poisonous, the car thief may not be responsible. Stealing a car is not a serious offence, especially if the thief is under age 18.

Labelling the death as a homicide suggests that the last person to see her (car thief) intentionally murdered her, which eliminates drug overdose.

Sexual assault that unintentionally escalated to murder? There must be evidence all over the car and the body.

The suspect should contact a top criminal lawyer, like Alain Hepner, and turn himself in. He'll have to face this eventually, so may as well get it over with. Turning himself in means that he can frame the narrative. If he waits for arrest, police and prosecutor will frame the narrative.

The autopsy results haven’t been released so purely speculation, but if Jordyn died of an illegal drug overdose it wouldn’t be out of the realm for LE to call it a worst case scenario, that of homicide as it correlates with drugging a 16 year old that turned deadly, while abducted. It would be upon the accused to turn themselves in and tell what happened if he/she believes they’re innocent.
JMO

Criminal Code

Federal laws of Canada

laws-lois.justice.gc.ca

5) A person commits culpable homicide when he causes the death of a human being,

• (a) by means of an unlawful act;
• (b) by criminal negligence;

 

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The autopsy results haven’t been released so purely speculation, but if Jordyn died of an illegal drug overdose it wouldn’t be out of the realm for LE to call it a worst case scenario, that of homicide as it correlates with drugging a 16 year old that turned deadly, while abducted. It would be upon the accused to turn themselves in and tell what happened if he/she believes they’re innocent.
JMO

Criminal Code

Federal laws of Canada

laws-lois.justice.gc.ca

5) A person commits culpable homicide when he causes the death of a human being,

• (a) by means of an unlawful act;
• (b) by criminal negligence;

If police want a car thief to come forward after the thief witnessed someone die of a drug overdose, they should not be tossing around the word "homicide". They can upgrade charges later. Furthermore, the car is in the middle of nowhere and a long way from a hospital, so it's arguable that the overdose was sudden, unexpected, and there was no accessible assistance. Fear motivated the car thief to run. That all makes sense and is understandable. No need to threaten homicide ... unless it was a homicide with injuries to the victim.

 

[Judy Sleuth]

Do we know the circumstances of the car theft? Is it possible that she herself stole it, or that someone else stole it and she drove it away later, alone? Perhaps some sort of teen peer dare? (I know she herself has been described as "at risk"; could she possibly have been hanging out with a "bad crowd"?)

 

[MistyWaters]

If police want a car thief to come forward after the thief witnessed someone die of a drug overdose, they should not be tossing around the word "homicide". They can upgrade charges later. Furthermore, the car is in the middle of nowhere and a long way from a hospital, so it's arguable that the overdose was sudden, unexpected, and there was no accessible assistance. Fear motivated the car thief to run. That all makes sense and is understandable. No need to threaten homicide ... unless it was a homicide with injuries to the victim.

Death by drug overdose isn’t immediate, it takes awhile, so if that is what occurred medical intervention could’ve been sought but obviously wasn’t. Either at Fort Macleod or Glenwood, which is at the edge of the Blood Reserve where surely medical services would’ve been available.

IMO LE are right to call a spade a spade. If it scares somebody, too bad. She was only 16 years old, she didn’t deserve this and the perp/s had no business taking her anywhere. For all we know she could’ve been left on the side of the road while the cowardly car thief ran away, leaving her to die.
JMO