No foul play’ found in deaths of dozens of Indigenous women, but questions remain – CBC

Jun 28, 2016

CBC investigation finds suspicious circumstances in deaths ruled accidental or suicidal

In dozens of cases where police say there is no evidence of foul play, the families of missing and murdered Indigenous girls and women maintain their loved ones may have been victims of homicide, a CBC News investigation has found.

Despite official rulings of suicide or accidental death, CBC News has found evidence in some cases of unexplained injuries, suspicious circumstances, failure to interview key witnesses and persons of interest who have never been convicted.

An analysis of 32 deaths and two disappearances of Indigenous girls and women across Canada, where authorities ruled there was no foul play, reveals the following:

Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/unresolved-cases-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-1.3651516