Mother gets ‘evil’ message on Facebook

A grieving mother on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation says her family is being “tormented” after she received vile messages from a Facebook account with the name and image of her dead son.

Lisa Johnstone recently noticed a Facebook friend request on her phone. She opened the app and saw her son’s face and name.

“That sick bastard made me think for a quick second my son was alive. Then I remembered where my son was: inside in an urn on the table,” Johnstone said.

The remains of her son, 20-yearold Brennan Ahenakew, were found May 10 in a burning vehicle on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation. RCMP have classified the death as suspicious.

Johnstone said the person sent her messages that purportedly included details about her son’s final moments.

“Just to let you know we made him suffer,” says one of the messages, which Johnstone forwarded to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

“He was begging for his life.” Johnstone reported the messages to Shellbrook RCMP. She said RCMP told her to block the account so she would not receive further messages from it.

“It’s disgusting, it’s inhumane, it’s evil,” Johnstone said. “My family is being tormented.”

RCMP Cpl. Rob King said the force is looking into Johnstone’s complaint, but that it can be difficult to figure out the identities of anonymous people on social media.

Johnstone says if anything good can come out of the recent online harassment, it’s that more attention might now be paid to her son’s case.