The family of a missing Indigenous woman is hoping a new RCMP billboard campaign in northwestern Alberta and a $10,000 reward will generate leads in a case that stretches back nearly six years.
Shae-Lynn McAllister, of Horse Lake First Nation, was 20 years old when she disappeared from the Shell gas station in Fairview, Alta., on the night of July 7, 2019. She had just finished work at the local A&W.
Fairview is about 550 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.
RCMP originally treated the disappearance as a missing persons case, but a social media post Monday said that “as a result of our investigation, police believe she is unlikely to be found alive.”
“I’ve cried, I’ve prayed and I’ve prayed,” said Shae-Lynn’s mother, Trudy McAllister, from her home on Duncan’s First Nation, about 40 kilometres east of Fairview.
“[I’m] hoping one day she might just come walking through this door. Anything. I’m hoping someone will come forward and say something.
“I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.”
FULL ARTICLE: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/missing-indigenous-woman-reward-1.7506043
