Missing & Murdered: 7 facts about northern Ontario cases

CBC News spent months checking into reports of missing and murdered indigenouswomen in Canada and trying to locate family members.

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Through checks with police, families, community leaders, organizations and publicsources, CBC News came up with about 230 confirmed cases of missing andmurdered indigenous women and girls. More than 110 families have beeninterviewed about the cases so far.

Those interviews allowed CBC to compile data on many of the cases, including thecommunity each woman is from, and where she was slain or went missing. An analysis of that data shows 25 of the cases involve indigenouswomen from northern Ontario.

Here are 7 facts about the northern Ontariocases:

1. Twenty of the women are dead,5 are missing. Among the dead is Jamie McGuire, whose body was found in a rural area outside Winnipeg in 1994. Her daughter was only two years old at the time.CBC News spoke to Dakota McGuire about what it's like to grow up in the shadow of her mother's murder.

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...Thunder Bay's Jamie McGuire was killed nearly 20 years ago, when her daughter was just a toddler. Dakota McGuire talks about what it's like to grow up amidst the rumours of who your mother was, and why she was murdered

2.Only two of the 20 women, Evaline Cameron of Wabaseemoong and Judy Quill of Pikangikum died in their home communities.

3. Six of the 20 deaths occurred in Thunder Bay, three in Winnipeg,two in Timminsand two out of province Edna Bernard of Whitefish Lake First Nation was murderedin Leduc Alberta and Jane Sutherland of Moose Cree First Nation was killed in Hull, Quebec

4. Five of the 20 deaths are unsolved murders of teenagers. The youngest was Mae Morton of Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinabek(Rocky Bay First Nation) who may have been as young as 15 when her body was find outside Beardmore, Ont.

5. The most recent case is the 2009unsolved murder of Judy Quill from Pikangikum First Nation. The oldest case is that of Cecilia Payash who was last seen in Red Lake in 1957.

6. Three First Nations, all innorthwestern Ontario, have multiple cases of missing or murdered women. Three of the murdered women are from Lac Seul First Nation, two are fromBiinjitiwaabikZaagingAnishinabek andtwo are from Wabaseemoong First Nation.

7. Two of the 20 northern Ontario deaths are not considered murders by police. The OPP say the death of Rena Fox in Thunder Bayis "suspicious" but the manner of her death is "undetermined".Toronto Police closed the case of BatchawanaFirst Nation's Deborah Ann Sloss two days after she was found dead in Toronto, declaring it a sudden death. Family members believe she was killed.

Visit ourinteractive data base of230 unsolved cases of missing and murdered indigenous women to find out more about these women and others.