CANADA Canada - Maisy Odjick, 16, & Shannon Alexander, 17, Maniwaki QC, 6 Sept 2008

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Inquiry into missing First Nations women right thing for Tories both politically and morally

Laurie Odjick managed to hold it together during a press conference on the subject of murdered and missing aboriginal women, but only just.

She was talking about her own experience as the mother of Maisy, who was last seen on Sept. 6, 2008, aged 16.

More: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com...hing-for-tories-both-politically-and-morally/

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Families mark 5 years since 2 teens disappeared

The families of two missing aboriginal women are raising awareness once more on the fifth anniversary of their disappearance from Maniwaki, Que.

Maisy Odjick was 16 and Shannon Alexander was 17 when they were last seen in Maniwaki in September 2008.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...k-shannon-alexander-anniversary-maniwaki.html



Five years after girls went missing, communities remain hopeful

To say it has been a long five years for the family and friends of Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander is an understatement.

Five years ago Friday, the two best friends from the neighbouring communities of Kitigan Zibi First Nations Reserve and Maniwaki, respectively, disappeared, nearly without a trace.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/o...missing+communities+remain/8881155/story.html



‘Are their lives less valuable?’

[snip]

Maisy and Shannon are among hundreds of First Nation women and girls across Canada who are missing. Police say it’s possible Maisy and Shannon were abducted or that they ran away, but there haven’t been any reliable leads since their disappearance on Sept. 6, 2008.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/their+lives+less+valuable/8799212/story.html

 

[dotr]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Five+y...communities+remain+hopeful/8881155/story.html
bbm.
"We have to keep hope, we have to support the families and support each other,” Whiteduck said.

According to the Native Women’s Association of Canada, about 600 aboriginal women went missing or were murdered between 2005 and 2010. Whiteduck said a national inquiry, as called for by premiers across the country, wouldn’t be a cure-all, but would identify ongoing systemic problems which could enable solutions.

“This is not only a First Nations issue, it’s a Canadian issue. Unfortunately, it’s indigenous women that appear most vulnerable right across Canada, but it’s all women, too. If we’re able to help indigenous women, we’re helping all women across the country.”

Odjick and Alexander’s unsolved case continues to consume the community, said Whiteduck.

“Maisy was a student at our school, she grew up here. A lot of the young people knew her. It’s a bit of a ripple effect right across. Even if you wanted to get away from it, you can’t. It belongs to everyone.”

 

[dotr]

The investigation into the disappearance of two teenage girls from Maniwaki, Que., a year ago is now focused in Ontario, police say.
That's because most of the possible sightings of Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander in the past year have been in Ontario, reported the Ontario Provincial Police, the Quebec provincial police and the Kitigan Zibi police at a joint news conference Thursday in Ottawa.


http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/sto...sing-girls-shannon-odjick.html#socialcomments


Maz

Bumping this post and wondering if the girls did go to the party after all and if someone slipped back to the house with their belongings so as to appear as if they did not go after all?
Have they been trafficked in the sex industry?

Did either girl wear size 11 shoes?

 

[rachaellouise]

It's sad because these girls seem like perfect prey for sex traffickers. I Hope they are well.

 

[Woodland]

This article seems a little too close to be coincidental, imo.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/2-aboriginal-mothers-missing-from-west-quebec-reserve-1.2186488

Two more women, both friends, both living on the Kitigan Zibi First Nations Reserve, both left money, wallets and cellphones behind after a night out.

Nicole Hannah Whiteduck age 31
Laura Spence age 32

The other coincidence is, both double disappearances happened during a weekend one week following a long weekend. Just my observation.

 

[Woodland]

The 2 women listed above (Whiteduck, Spence) have been found safe - hopefully the same can be said for the 5 children they have between them - one of them an infant of 3 months or so. According to other articles, that are not worth posting imo, these 2 had a wad of cash and dropped out of sight for the better part of a week. Shameful.

The disservice these 2 did to the Canadian national plight of missing and murdered native women is huge imo - right in the midst of the UN looking into the issue of 500+ missing and murdered native women. Hope they find better things to do the next time someone hands them $11K as reported.

 

[Merry]

Bump. Sure hope these girls didn't hitchhike. Too many cases of women meeting their lives' end by hitchhiking in Canada. JMO

 

[Woodland]

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Mi...police+racism+incompetence/1967118/story.html
9/5/2009 news article:

'snipped'
The girls’ parents accuse the Kitigan Zibi police of incompetence. They’ve called the Surete du Quebec, the provincial police force, complacent and racist. (Maisy lived on the reserve; Shannon resided in the nearby town of Maniwaki. It is a joint police investigation.) The parents say the investigation was botched from the start because the provincial police assumed the girls were runaways.

The provincial police won’t discuss the case. Const. Steve Lalande will say only that police are doing “everything humanly possible”_to find the girls.

And while that force says the girls ran away, Kitigan Zibi police say they have no such evidence.

..more at link..

I beg to differ with Const SL of Surete du Quebec that they are 'doing everything humanly possible to find the girls' - the province of Quebec has failed to include any aboriginal people in the new RCMP led national database of missing people.

The province of Quebec submitted 86 people to the database - missing from the database and from their previous life for over 5 years is Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander.

The bias the family claimed years ago by the Surete du Quebec is quite glaring at the moment - imo. How do they explain submitting 86 people that are white/other bio groups, but omits all missing aboriginals? Tsk tsk.

 

[Woodland]

Fortunately, someone saw fit to add these 2 vibrant teenagers to the RCMP national database of missing people in the last day or so. Good job - whoever it was.

 

[dotr]

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens...26906/missing-murdered-maisy-odjick-1.3027252

"Thursday April 09, 2015
Missing & Murdered: Maisy Odjick"

 

[dotr]

New age-progressed sketches released!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...r-missing-aboriginal-teens-maniwaki-1.3348564
"Shannon Alexander is described as five feet nine inches tall and weighed around 145 pounds at the time of her disappearance. She has black hair and brown eyes and a scar on her left knee. She speaks English."



"Maisy Odjick is described as five feet 10 inches tall and weighed 120 pounds at the time of her disappearance. She has black hair and brown eyes. She has a piercing in her left eyebrow and two on her lower lip.
​​Anyone with information can call the Sûreté du Québec central info-crime line at 1 800 659-4264."

 

[JerseyGirl]

still missing: http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-04-07/in-canada-justice-goes-missing

 

[dotr]

still missing: http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-04-07/in-canada-justice-goes-missing

Good article, thanks!
Throwing this thought out there - since both girls are very tall and attractive, and " just two teenagers with typical weekend plans" maybe someone posing as a model recruiter lured them away with offers of free head shots, ect.
Perhaps advising them to just leave all their stuff, because everything they need will be at photo site, ie food, clothing, makeup- ect.?
Many girls are approached in this way and as tall girls, they may have even legitimately been told to model, so they would not be terribly suspicious if someone with other bad ideas, asked them too.
speculation, imo.

From the link.

Human rights groups have called for more statistics about perpetrators, including what percentage are indigenous. Statistics suggest that most indigenous women, just like their non-indigenous peers, know their killers, and that they are more likely to be murdered by an "acquaintance" – a friend, co-worker, neighbor or authority figure. While many murders occur in a residence, indigenous women are more likely than non-indigenous women to be killed on a street, road or highway.

The victims fit no particular profile. Some are hitchhikers who go missing along the infamous Highway of Tears – a 450-mile stretch of road that slices through Northern British Columbia. Sometimes they are runaway foster kids; sometimes they're women caught up in the sex trade. And sometimes they're just two teenagers with typical weekend plans.

 

[dotr]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/indigenous-running-ottawa-teen-tenasco-1.3743478

[h=2]Annual run/walk set for Sept. 16[/h] Tenasco's mother, Maria Jacko, says she's tried everything to search for answers into her niece's disappearance but ran out of avenues.
So, with the help of her daughter, they've been holding an annual run/walk for Odjick and Alexander back home in Kitigan Zibi. This year it's being held Sept. 16 and is expected to draw the largest crowd yet.

"I never thought they'd be missing this long," said Jacko. "I wanted to keep awareness that she's still out there and we still need answers."

 

[Tarik]

Two girls among a staggering number of missing Natives in Canada, let's keep them in the spotlight.

 

[dotr]

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...ies-on-as-inquiry-begins-family-hearings.html

[h=1]Mother of missing Indigenous teen carries on as inquiry begins family hearings[/h]Laurie Odjick’s daughter Maisy was 16 when she disappeared in 2008 along with her best friend Shannon Alexander, 17.

“All of Canada needs to hear the truth about the violence Indigenous women and girls have endured for generations and continue to endure. Why? This is a sorrowful and essential part of our national history,” Buller said as she read her notes from a black music stand that served as a podium. “When an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, is murdered or is harmed, we are all weaker, as families, as communities, as a nation. We have lost a life-giver.”

 

[dotr]

[video=youtube;zfV8Zv3MtNY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfV8Zv3MtNY[/video]

 

[Tippy Lynn]

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...ies-on-as-inquiry-begins-family-hearings.html

Sad and truly heartbreaking!

 

[dotr]

2015
Bumping age progressed composites.
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/news/age-p...riginal-women-hope-to-bring-answers-1.2685873

Alexander is described as five feet nine, 145 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She is said to have a scar on her left knee.

Odjick is 5 feet 10, 120 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She has a piercing in her left eyebrow and two on her lower lip.