Tina Fontaine's family hopes report ensures others don't 'fall through the cracks'
Thelma Favel, Tina Fontaine's great-aunt and the woman who raised her, sheds tears during a march the day after the jury delivered a not-guilty verdict in the 2nd degree murder trial of Raymond Cormier in Winnipeg, on Feb. 23, 2018.
"Whatever happens, nothing will ever bring Tina back, but with this thing coming out I hope it saves other children," Thelma Favel, the great-aunt of Tina Fontiane, told The Canadian Press. After Tina's father was murdered in 2011, the teenager had difficulty coping so she left the First Nation in June 2014 to reconnect with her mother in Winnipeg.During the second-degree murder trial for Raymond Cormier — the man acquitted last year in Tina's death — court heard how in the weeks after leaving the First Nation, Tina disappeared multiple times, returned to government care and was placed in a hotel.
Her death renewed calls for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and inspired volunteer groups such as the Bear Clan Patrol to protect the vulnerable on the streets. A 24-hour safe space for Winnipeg youth was dedicated to her memory last May.
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