Follow Us! Like Our Page!

Project led by Edmonton police identifies 2 Indigenous women who died in the 1970s – Global News

February 23, 202

A special project led by the Edmonton Police Service has positively identified the remains of two Indigenous women who were found dead in the city nearly 50 years ago.

The goal of Project Match is to review all of the police service’s historical unidentified human remains investigations. It’s a partnership between the EPS missing persons unit, the RCMP’s national centre of missing persons and unidentified remains, and the office of the chief medical examiner.

In a news release Friday morning, police said DNA technology has identified the remains of two Indigenous women found dead in Edmonton in the 1970s.

Read More: https://globalnews.ca/news/10312845/edmonton-police-project-match-indigenous-women/

NationTalk Partners & Sponsors Learn More