CANADA Canada - Happy Mary Charles, 42, Prince Albert, Sask, 3 April 2017

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Prince Albert police seek person to help solve Happy Charles disappearance

"Happy Charles was last seen walking alone in the area of Kinsmen Park and Central Avenue on April 3, 2017. She would be 44 years old today.

READ MORE: 2nd anniversary of Happy Charles disappearance in Prince Albert, Sask.

She is five-foot one, 115 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair. She has a scar on her left cheek and a rose tattoo on her right thumb.

Charles was wearing white shoes, sweat pants, a long dark jacket over top of a leather jacket, a dark baseball cap, and dark-framed glasses, and was carrying a black backpack and white plastic bag."

 

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Aug 22 2019 rbbm.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/happy-charles-new-photos-1.5256613

Police are asking the public for help in identifying this person, because they believe they might have information related to the disappearance of Happy Charles. (Submitted by Prince Albert Police Service)

"Three low-fidelity photos of an unidentified individual could hold clues in the disappearance of Happy Charles.

On Thursday, Prince Albert Police Service released the images and asked anyone with information about the person to contact investigators.

Charles was 42-years-old when she went missing more than two years ago. At the time of her disappearance, she had five children and two grandchildren.

She reportedly left her home in La Ronge to go to Prince Albert on April 1, 2017. She reportedly messaged her mom and told her she was at the Prince Albert Inn during the evening of April 2, 2017."

"Video footage shows Charles at Walmart in the city with her boyfriend the next day. She was last seen the same day walking alone by Kinsmen Park and Central Avenue just before midnight, according to Prince Albert Police Service.

Police said the newly released photos are enhanced screen captures from surveillance video shot at the high school near where Charles was last seen. The video was captured around that same time. "

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sask...charles-dylan-chretien-donald-light-1.5389865
Dec 9 2019

From left, Donald Light, Happy Charles and Dylan Chretien are among those missing from Prince Albert. (Submitted by David Light/Prince Albert Police Service/Prince Albert Police Service)

"When Carson Poitras saw a news story on social media saying that human remains were found near Prince Albert, Sask., he says he thought, "Yes, we found her. They found our daughter."

But when he called police he was told the remains are not believed to be those of his stepdaughter, Happy Charles.

"It was so close to the Prince Albert area where our daughter was last seen. We had our hopes up that we could finally get some closure," Poitras said.

The RCMP announced Friday evening they had found human remains, two days after the discovery was made during a police ground search in a rural area near Prince Albert.

Happy Charles, 42, has been missing since early April 2017.

Happy Charles has been missing since 2017. (Submitted by Prince Albert Police Service)
Poitras and his wife Regina, Happy Charles's mother, said their family should have been told whether the remains belonged to their daughter before the news release was sent out.

"It's very hard because I have to tell the girls," said Regina Poitras, referring to Charles's daughters.

"They're always messaging me like, 'Who was it that they found? Was it mom?"

The Poitras family is one of several who endure an emotional roller coaster each time human remains are found in Prince Albert and other parts of Saskatchewan."

 

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https://panow.com/2020/06/09/police-follow-up-on-new-lead-in-missing-person-case/
June 9 2020
''As part of the ongoing investigation, investigators with the Prince Albert Police Service recently searched a rural area outside the city. The exact location was not disclosed.

According to the Prince Albert Police, members with the Criminal Investigations Division were following up on information identifying a possible location connected to Charles’ disappearance. Unfortunately, the area described is vast and the information provided was not enough to determine the exact location.''

Happy Charles. (file photo)

''Happy Charles was last seen April 3, 2017 in the vicinity of Prince Albert Collegiate Institute (PACI) 45-20th Street West, and would have celebrated her 45th birthday on March 22.

Charles stands 5-1 tall and weighs 115 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair, and a scar on her left cheek. Charles also has a tattoo of a rose on her right hand.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Happy Charles, including details about specific locations that may be connected to her disappearance, is asked to contact the Prince Albert Police or Crime Stoppers''

 

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June 9 2020
Police focus on rural property near Prince Albert in search for missing woman
''SASAKTOON -- A rural area outside of Prince Albert has come into focus in the investigation into a 42-year-old woman's 2017 disappearance.Happy Charles was last seen near Prince Albert Collegiate Institute on April 3, 2017.
After receiving information about a location potentially connected to Charles' disappearance, investigators searched a rural area outside the city, Prince Albert Police Service said in a news release.''

''Police describe the area as "vast" and said there was not enough information to find the specific location identified. Investigators are looking for the public's help in their search.

"The Prince Albert Police Service has received many anonymous tips and knows someone out there knows or heard what happened to Happy Charles,” Sgt. Kathy Edwardsen said in the release.''

 

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Aug 25 2020
Non-profit organization creating billboards for missing Saskatchewan people
''Thomas has been working with Happy Charles‘ family since 2017. The mother was last seen in Prince Albert, Sask., and there haven’t been many tips leading to her whereabouts.

Thomas noticed there wasn’t much awareness about missing people in Canada while they were searching for Charles.

Funded by the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Commemoration Fund, a billboard of Charles will stand in Prince Albert.''

The billboard will stand across the street from the Victoria hospital in Prince Albert. Courtesy: Debbie Thomas
“The family believes that their mother’s billboard standing publicly can provide some more answers, some more tips and in a way it kind of helps them feel like their voice is being heard,” Thomas said.

“It’ll be a continuous reminder that this person is still missing and family is still looking for her.”

Happy Charles’ billboard will be unveiled following an awareness walk on Sept. 11.''

 

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Still missing.

Family of missing PA woman plans awareness walk

 

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Carson Poitras stands during a prayer at the Walk to Honour the Missing march around Wascana lake that started from Wascana Place to the Missing Persons Oak Tree and Bench on Monday. PHOTO BY KAYLE NEIS /Regina Leader-Post
May 1 2023

'We're not alone': Missing persons week starts with walk, ceremony

"It's very hard because our loved one is still missing. We can't 100 per cent say she's been killed, on the other hand we can't 100 per cent say she isn't…

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'Carson Poitras is living with a wound every day that, for more than six years, still hasn’t healed.
On the 10th anniversary of missing persons week in Saskatchewan, there were 137 long-term missing people listed in an online database. Among them is Poitras’ daughter, Happy Charles, who has been missing since April 3, 2017.''

''Monday’s walk, which went along Wascana Drive to the Saskatchewan Missing Persons Tree, was attended by other families with missing loved ones, including the family of Mekayla Bali, the teen last seen in Yorkton on April 12, 2016.

A bench was unveiled and dedicated to the families of missing people. Participants from the walk placed flowers at the base of the oak tree in Wascana Park.''

 

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Happy Charles went missing more than six years ago in Prince Albert, Sask. (Submitted by Margaret Bird)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/family-calls-for-independent-body-missing-person-cases-1.6845101

Jason Warick · CBC News · Posted: May 16, 2023
'Charles was a 42-year-old mother when she went missing in Prince Albert more than six years ago. Her family is still holding out hope that they'll find her and she can get to know her seven grandsons.

Her family has been searching, hosting walks and trying to raise awareness of her case any way they can.'

''They're hoping anyone with information about Charles will come forward to help the family and all the others waiting for answers.

"We're really trying to get the public to come forward," Edwardsen said. "These families, they're the ones we're working for. We hope they can find peace."

 

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'May 16, 2023
Happy Charles went missing more than 6 years ago, family says they won't give up'

 

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The Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) is actively investigating a missing person case involving Happy Charles, who was last seen in the city on April 3, 2017.

Despite recent rumours circulating in the community that she has been found, authorities have confirmed that Happy Charles has not been located at this time.

PAPS remain dedicated to locating Happy Charles and urges anyone with information regarding her whereabouts to come forward.

Charles was last seen on April 3, 2017, in the area of the Prince Albert Collegiate Institute Kinsmen Park area, 45-20th Street West.

In June 2020, police followed up on information that identified a possible location connected to Charles' disappearance and searched a rural area outside of the city. The police, however, were unsuccessful in their search saying unfortunately, the area described was vast and the information wasn’t enough to determine the exact location identified.

Woman missing since 2017 yet to be located; police seek tips

Anyone with information about the disappearance of Happy Charles is asked to contact Prince Albert Police at 306-953-4222, or email [email protected], or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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July 11 2023 rbbm.
Jayda Taylor

Family, police say Happy Charles has not been located despite rumours - Prince Albert Daily Herald

The search for Happy Charles is ongoing. That’s the message that the missing woman’s family and police are spreading with false information circulating that she’s been found. “Every day, we think about our daughter and every day, we think when we get some tips coming through that ‘Okay, this is...

paherald.sk.ca

“Every day, we think about our daughter and every day, we think when we get some tips coming through that ‘Okay, this is the day we’re going to bring our daughter home,’” said Carson Poitras, Charles’ step-father.

Poitras said someone reached out to the family on Monday, saying that she’s alive in Prince Albert. The La Ronge family was contemplating whether or not to come search the city.

“Everybody’s heart was just going and so we said ‘Well, we might as well just get in the truck and go,’” he described.''

''Poitras said they passed the information on to Prince Albert police. In a news release, the police service said Charles has not been located and they’re still investigating.

Charles was 42 years old when she went missing in April 2017. Security cameras last spotted her near Prince Albert Collegiate Institute around midnight.

In May, Poitras and Charles’ mother, Regina Poitras, announced plans to open an independent missing persons office in Prince Albert.''

“It’s the first time in a long time I had hope,” said Margaret Bird, Charles’ daughter, who also came to Prince Albert to search.

“It’s just kind of soul crushing to come here and not have found anything.”

 

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