CANADA Canada - Linda May Scott, 29, Edmonton, AB, Mar-Sept 2000

[TheArtfulDetective]

Linda May Scott



DOB/Age: 29 yrs at time of disappearance
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 110 lbs
EPS File #:00-39812
Tribal Information: Linda is described as Aboriginal/Native but no specific tribal information is available.
Description: Linda has long black hair. She has a scar on her right cheek. Her complexion is pimpled and is pockmarked. One report stated she has a tattoo of a cat's eye on her right upper arm, and a tattoo of a rose on her left ankle. Another report stated she has a tattoo of a tiger on her right arm and a rose on her left arm.

Case
Linda was 29 years old when she disappeared in September of 2000 from the Blood Indian Reserve in Alberta. She was a mother of five who was adopted out as a child and longed to learn about her Native roots. She had filed paperwork to find out the identity of her biological mother before disappearing. Her adoptive parents reported that Linda would call them at least once a month but the calls stopped after September, 2000.

Linda struggled with an addition to alcohol and drugs. She was born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and struggled in school. Her adoptive mother believes that Linda's case has been overlooked by authorities due to her addictions. 2 years prior she had told her parents that a doctor diagnosed her with cervical cancer giving her 6 months to live. It's unknown if this information was true. Her adoptive mother believes she may have been murdered by a man who fathered one of her children.

Sources disagree about when Linda was last seen. Some say she disappeared as early as March, 2000. Linda remains missing.

If you have any information on this individual or any other missing persons, please contact the Edmonton Police Service at 780-423-4567 or Edmonton Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your tip online. Please reference the EPS file number when possible.

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Linda May SCOTT

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Linda May Scott, 29, was from the Blood Indian Reserve in Alberta. A mother of five, she loved to be around friends and family and was known to help those around her. The last time Linda's family heard from her was in September 2000. Linda is classified as missing and her case is being handled by the Edmonton Police Service.

She yearned to learn more about her own roots and where her biological parents were from. At just three and a half months old, Linda Scott was adopted into a loving family and raised in Edmonton.

“We tried so hard to make her happy, to give her a good home, and she was never happy,” said Theresa Armstrong, Linda’s adoptive mother.

“There was always something missing in her life.”

Armstrong recalled Linda trying to learn more about her background when she was 18 years old.

“She filed a paper to see if she could find her biological mother,” said Armstrong, who never knew if Linda found anything out.

Raising her as her own, Armstrong said she still struggles with Linda's disappearance even though it's been 15 years.

“The last I heard from her, she was in Edmonton,” she said.

“She always used to call me at least once a month, no matter where she was, and when she didn’t call me I knew something was wrong.”

Both parents filed a missing person’s report.

Linda’s father, Harold Scott, remembers receiving a phone call from Linda in September 2000. She called from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, asking for money, he said.

“I thought she'd be back,” he said.

Linda struggled with alcohol and drugs. The family says she was born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and had a difficult time in school.

Scott believes when someone is struggling with substance abuse, the police don't take their cases seriously.

He also believes Linda did not live too long after she disappeared.

“She told me that she had six months to live,” Scott explained.

He said according to Linda, doctors diagnosed her with cervical cancer and told her she had only six months to live. Linda was still living two years after she informed him of this news, he added.

“She always said that even when she was young that she wasn't going to live to be old,” said Armstrong.

“[It was] just really, really weird.”

Unsure whether Linda went missing from Edmonton or from Vancouver, Armstrong said she is often reminded of Linda’s mysterious disappearance.

“Every time there are human remains found, my heart's in my throat until I find out what [the] gender [is] for starters, and then until they've identified them.”

“I've spoken to the police officers occasionally over the past 15 years but not all that much,” says Armstrong, adding that her phone number hasn’t changed in over 30 years.

Armstrong said in the past, the Edmonton Police Service contacted her, as did the Vancouver police.

Armstrong believes Linda was killed by someone who fathered a child with her, a suspicion that she shared with police.

“I don't know if they could do anything else. I mean, if they can't find her, they can't find her,” said Armstrong.

“I know that logically, but I'm a mother and I want more. I want them to find her. I want them to find this person that hurt her.”

Armstrong supports a federal inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/linda-may-scott

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

'I still hear her voice': Edmonton man asks missing-women inquiry for help finding mother

Haunted by the mystery disappearance of his mother 17 years ago, Ricki Munro brought the case to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Wednesday.

An inquiry team is in Edmonton this week meeting privately with families to get them registered and ready for the actual hearings which will be held here in November.

Blind from birth, the 26-year-old Munro uses a cane to find his way. He walked into a south Edmonton hotel Wednesday to meet a team from the national inquiry and talk about his missing mother.

"It's been 17 years and I would like to know where she is and why she went missing," said Munro.

Munro is among a number of Edmontonians to go before the inquiry team, which is holding community visits as part of what it calls the truth-gathering process. The team began three days of private meetings in Edmonton on Tuesday.

Munro's mother, Linda May Scott, was 29 when she went missing in 2000. Her case was highlighted in a CBC investigation examining missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Originally from the Blood tribe in southern Alberta, it's believed Scott went missing from Edmonton.

The last time Munro spent time with his mother, he was around the age of five. He said that's when he was taken away from her and placed in foster care.

It was a life-changing turning point he never really recovered from. And ever since, he's been desperate to be reunited with her.

"I don't know where she is. I don't know why she is gone and she would have been a very good advocate for me," he said.

Munro said the fond memories his grandparents passed down about his missing mother have made him even more determined to search for answers in her case.

"To this day I still hear her voice. It's like opening a wound every time," he said.

The national inquiry is examining the circumstances behind the deaths of the disproportionate number of Indigenous women who have been killed or disappeared in Canada.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/missing-murdered-women-inquiry-1.4278744

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

There seems to be a lot of discrepancies in Linda's case, even within the investigating agencies.

She went missing in 2000 but some reports state she went missing in March and others say September. CBC News stated that Linda’s father, Harold Scott, remembers receiving a phone call from Linda in September 2000. According to him, she called from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, asking for money. Perhaps she had already been reported missing in March which would explain the discrepancy?

On the CBC News report, this photo is posted:


In the Edmonton Police report, this photo is posted:


The Justice for Native People site posted both photos as Linda.

Are these photos even the same person? It was reported she was on drugs and had physical ailments, etc. so perhaps her appearance changed. But even overlooking the variation of skin condition between the photos, it's hard to tell if the eyes and the shape of the nose are the same upon comparison.

The Edmonton Police report listed that she has a tattoo of a tiger on her right arm and a rose tattoo on her left arm.

The Justice for Native People site states that she has a tattoo of a cat's eye on her right upper arm, and a rose tattoo on her left ankle.

The only thing I can think of regarding the tattoos, is that her family was unclear about what exactly her tattoos were, and described to different agencies different things. Otherwise could it be that they really are photos of two different people, with totally different tattoos? The photo provided by the police resembled a mugshot which makes her look unrecognizable, but I am assuming they are one in the same person or the family would have cleared it up by now. It is just something to be considered.

She also has adoptive parents and grandparents and yet, nobody knows her birthday? There was no birth certificate when she was adopted?

Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts or knows more about her case.

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Linda May SCOTT
https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/linda-may-scott

 

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Canada's Missing | Case details

www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Linda Scott was reported missing to the Edmonton Police Service in April 2000. Linda was last heard from by a family member in March 2000. She is normally in contact with family at least once a week. Linda was believed to be last seen with friends.

Missing since March 3, 2000
Year of birth 1971
Age at disappearance 29
Gender Female
Bio group Indigenous
Eye colour Brown
Hair Black, Long, Straight
Height 160cm / 5ft 3in
Weight 50kg / 110lb
Complexion Pimples/Pockmarked

Scar Right Cheek
Tattoo Right Upper Arm, cat eye
Tattoo Left Ankle, rose

Please Help Locate Linda May Scott

Linda hasn’t been seen since March 2000.

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<<Linda’s adoptive parents say she was born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and had a difficult time in school. This also may be the reason that she struggled with the abuse of alcohol and substances. Linda’s adoptive father believes that when someone is struggling with substance abuse, the police don’t take their cases seriously. Linda’s adoptive mother says that she believes that Linda has been murdered by “someone who fathered a child with her”. She shared this with the police as well.>>