CANADA Canada - Melinda Lynxleg, 41, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 31 Mar 2020 *Reward*

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Family pleads for tips to find niece who disappeared eight months ago

Melinda Lynxleg is pictured in an undated photo (RCMP Handout)

''WINNIPEG -- The family of a Manitoba woman who disappeared eight months ago is urging anyone with information to come forward.

Melinda Lynxleg of Valley River First Nation has been missing since March 31, 2020. In those eight months, RCMP said the 41-year-old has not accessed her bank account, contacted friends or family, or been active on social media.

"Melinda is loved. She comes from a huge family and we all miss her," Betty Lynxleg, Melinda's aunt, told CTV News.''

''Betty said at one point she received a text from someone claiming they had her niece and demanded a ransom. Betty said Bernice experienced a similar situation and warned her the text was likely a scam.

"To find out it was a hoax or a scam – I don't know how people do that to people who are in hurtful situations like this," Betty said.

Melinda is described as five-foot-five and weighing 190 lbs, though RCMP believe she may have lost a significant amount of weight. She has brown hair and brown eyes.

Melinda's family is urging anyone with information to call Roblin RCMP at 204-937-2164 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.''

 

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Also posted on the thread for the other missing woman..
Ws thread..
CANADA - Canada - Cynthia Parisian, 38, Winnipeg, 7 March 2019
Nov 20 2020 rbbm.
Two First Nations women are missing and police are seeking clues.
'Police seeking tips on unrelated disappearances of Melinda Lynxleg and Cynthia Parisian in Manitoba''
''Frantic families spoke out Friday about two missing women last seen in Manitoba.
The cases aren’t connected although there are similarities.
The women are both from a First Nation and close in age. And two different police agencies investigating their disappearances released information publicly on the same day.''

''Lynxleg is from Tootinaowaziibeeng (Valley River) First Nation in western Manitoba, while Cynthia Parisian, 38, has ties to Sagkeeng First Nation in south-central Manitoba.
However, Parisian vanished in Winnipeg.''

 

[rainynights]

Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba

Roblin RCMP continue to search for missing 41-year-old Melinda Lynxleg of Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve (also known as Valley River First Nation). She has been missing since March 31, 2020, has not accessed her bank account, has had no contact with friends and family and has not been active on social media.

While trying to locate Melinda Lynxleg, RCMP officers have interviewed more than 50 people, followed up on a number of tips, and continue to liaise with partner agencies.

Melinda Lynxleg is described as 5'5”, 190 pounds (it is believed that she may have lost a significant amount of weight), with brown hair and brown eyes.

“These last 8 months have been a nightmare for our family,” said Betty Lynxleg, Melinda’s aunt. “Melinda’s six children are heart-broken that their mom isn’t home. She is loved and we all just want to know that she is okay. If anyone has seen her or has any information, please call police."

Anyone with information is asked to call Roblin RCMP at 204-937-2164 call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, or secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com.



https://twitter.com/rcmpmb/status/1329808492820099079

 

[Sunrisenow]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/melinda-lynxleg-mission-reward-betty-lynxleg-1.5888456

Melinda's family is now offering a $5,000 reward for credible information that leads to finding her. They have also set up a Facebook page in an effort to generate leads.

 

[indicolite22]

Dedicated fb group: Help Us Find Melinda (new group)

 

[dotr]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/melinda-lynxleg-mission-reward-betty-lynxleg-1.5888456
"We don't have the resources to conduct thorough ground searches or any kind of searches, we don't have the equipment, we don't have the trained personnel, we don't have the communication tools … so that commission report has many recommendations that could help our family right now," she said.

'We just want to find Melinda'
Lynxleg says she and her family get especially anxious anytime police report a body has been found somewhere in the province.

"You're just on, you know, pins and needles when you hear a body's been found or, you know, a missing person has been located and you're just waiting for that phone call," she said. "It's the hardest is on her parents and her siblings … they try to keep that away from [her children]."

She says she couldn't say whether her niece is still alive.

"We just want to find Melinda," said Lynxleg. "So please come forward with information, and if they feel more comfortable to go through the tip line with the police, they can do that. ''

"I just encourage anybody that knows anything, any tiny little piece of information that they might have seen Melinda crossing the street."

Anyone with information is asked to call Roblin RCMP at 204-937-2164, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

"We love Melinda and we don't want to believe that she's gone," Lynxleg said. ''

 

[YaYa_521]

Valley River woman missing since March was spotted in Winnipeg in May, RCMP say
4 Jun 2020 BBM
Melinda Lynxleg, 40, has been missing since March 31. She has not been active on social media since April 9, and she hasn't reached out to her family either, police say. But Lynxleg was reportedly spotted in Winnipeg on May 15 on William Avenue near Sherbrook Street, which would be near the Health Sciences Centre.

https://www.gx94radio.com/2020/06/03/missing-valley-river-first-nation-woman-spotted-in-winnipeg/

 

[YaYa_521]

Update - Roblin RCMP still searching for missing woman | Royal Canadian Mounted Police
20 Nov 2020 BBM

Roblin RCMP continue to search for missing 41-year-old Melinda Lynxleg of Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve (also known as Valley River First Nation). She has been missing since March 31, 2020, has not accessed her bank account, has had no contact with friends and family and has not been active on social media.

While trying to locate Melinda Lynxleg, RCMP officers have interviewed more than 50 people, followed up on a number of tips, and continue to liaise with partner agencies.

Melinda Lynxleg is described as 5'5", 190 pounds (it is believed that she may have lost a significant amount of weight), with brown hair and brown eyes.

"These last 8 months have been a nightmare for our family," said Betty Lynxleg, Melinda's aunt. "Melinda's six children are heart-broken that their mom isn't home. She is loved and we all just want to know that she is okay. If anyone has seen her or has any information, please call police."

Anyone with information is asked to call Roblin RCMP at 204-937-2164 call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, or secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com.

Melinda Lynxleg, 40, of Valley River First Nation, has been missing since March 31, 2020. She has not been active on social media since April 9, and has yet to contact her family.

Melinda Lynxleg is described as 5'5, 190 pounds(it is believed that she may have lost a significant amount of weight), with brown hair and brown eyes.

Police and family are concerned for her wellbeing and are asking anyone with information to please call Roblin RCMP at 204-937-2164 call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, or secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com.

Roblin RCMP continue to search for missing 40-year-old Melinda Lynxleg who has not been active on social media since April 9 and has yet to make contact with her friends and family.

The RCMP are concerned for her safety and are asking anyone with information to call the Roblin RCMP at 204-937-2164, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, or secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com.

On April 16, 2020, at 2:40 pm, Roblin RCMP received a report of a missing 40-year-old female from the Valley River First Nation. Melinda Lynxleg was last seen on March 31.

Lynxleg is described as 5'5, 190 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

The RCMP are asking anyone with information to call the Roblin RCMP at 204-937-2164, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, or secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com.

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File number: 2020-483931

 

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RCMP believe an Indigenous woman from western Manitoba who hasn't been seen for more than three years is likely dead, and that her disappearance was a homicide.

Melinda Lynxleg, 41, was last seen at the beginning of April 2020 at Tootinaowaziibeeng First Nation, also known as Valley River First Nation, about 60 kilometres west of Dauphin.

Police have new information about an abandoned residence in San Clara, about 45 kilometres northwest of Tootinaowaziibeeng near the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border, that may be connected to Lynxleg's disappearance, RCMP said in a news release.

A large police presence is expected in the area Tuesday as officers investigate.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/melinda-lynxleg-disappearance-homicide-investigation-1.6867197

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/melinda-lynxleg-disappearance-homicide-investigation-1.6867197

Manitoba RCMP say new information has come forward that has led officers to an abandoned residence in San Clara, Man. (Manitoba RCMP)

 

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Manitoba RCMP find missing First Nations woman’s remains 3 years after disappearance

RCMP have found the remains of a First Nations woman who went missing three years ago, and are investigating her death as homicide. Read on.

canoe.com

''During a Friday media conference in Winnipeg, RCMP Sgt. Laura LeDrew, a Manitoba RCMP Major Crime Services investigator, confirmed that police have discovered the remains of Melinda Lynxleg, after conducting a search in and around an abandoned home in the community of San Clara, located about 40 kilometres north of Roblin.

“The RCMP does not give up on missing people, more than three years of searching, conducting interviews, collecting evidence,” LeDrew said. “We never stopped.”

 

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5 years after First Nations woman went missing, police are closer to answers about her death: RCMP​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/melinda-lynxleg-homicide-investigation-1.7500134

 

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Oct 20, 2025
Three men have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of an Indigenous Manitoba woman who disappeared in 2020. Melinda Lynxleg’s body was found three years later on an abandoned property and dozens of officers were part of the probe. (Oct. 20, 2025)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/melinda-lynxleg-homicide-disappearance-charges-rcmp-9.6945368

''The investigation into Lynxleg's disappearance and death was "extremely complex," Sgt. Morgan Page with RCMP major crime services told reporters at a news conference Monday.

Kirk Kenneth Allarie, 42, Myles Malcolm Allarie, 38, and Billy Jay Lynxleg, 46, have all been charged with second-degree murder and offering an indignity to human remains, RCMP said.''

''Lynxleg knew all three of the accused men, who were arrested from Oct. 14 to 16 at their homes, RCMP said. The three suspects were also known to local RCMP detachments, police said, and Billy Jay Lynxleg had a close family relation with the victim.''

3 men charged with murder, indignity to human remains in Manitoba cold case, RCMP say - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca

Three men have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder and indignity to human remains in connection with the death of Melinda Lynxleg.

globalnews.ca

“The last five years has been very tough for our family, it’s been a nightmare,” Sharon Lynxleg, Melinda’s mother, said in a statement Monday.
“These arrests will not bring Melinda back, but it goes a long way towards helping us heal. We are grateful the RCMP continued to look for the persons responsible for her death and brought them to justice.”