The Manitoba children's advocate is to release a highly anticipated report today detailing the investigation into the death of a First Nations teen whose body was found in the Red River.
Tina Fontaine, who was 15, left her home on the Sagkeeng First Nation to reconnect with her birth mother in Winnipeg in June 2014.
Her death renewed calls for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and inspired volunteer groups such as the Bear Clan Patrol, an Indigenous-led neighbourhood watch group. Tina's family members say while they will never get Tina back, they hope the report will make sure no other children fall through the cracks.
Tina spent much of her childhood living with Favel at Sagkeeng. But she struggled to cope after her father, Eugene Fontaine, was beaten to death in 2011. Two men pleaded guilty to manslaughter and victim impact statements at their trial described how Tina drifted away from the people closest to her after his death.Favel remembers Tina as kind, funny and healthy, weighing more than 100 pounds when she left for the city. Her body weighed 72 pounds when it was pulled from the river.
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