Vernon Highway is the father of Janine Walker. Walker died in RCMP custody when she was 23 years old, and he still has no idea what happened to her.
A northern Manitoba father says his family still doesn't have any answers to why or how his daughter died in RCMP custody last year. The investigation into Janine Walker's death remains open, but Vernon Highway says he hasn't even seen her autopsy report. A northern Manitoba father says his family still doesn't have any answers to why or how his daughter died in RCMP custody last year.
Highway was with his daughter when RCMP officers picked her up. She was arguing with her boyfriend over a lost phone and officers showed up."And then that's when the cops just took her and said, 'Well, we're going to have to take you into the drunk tank if you don't want to co-operate,'" Highway said.Janine Walker is described by her father as a loving mother, who was friendly and always smiling and loved her community.
CBC News reported Monday on the close of the inquest into the death of John Ettawakapow. The 54-year-old died in an RCMP cell in The Pas in 2019 after he was arrested for public intoxication.Death of northern Manitoba man in RCMP custody was preventable: medical examiner "There's not any kind of reports coming to us. There's no kind of information coming to us," said Chief Clarence Easter.
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