Police go back to First Nation 10 years after teens vanished
Officers from the Sûreté du Québec were to set up a mobile command post Thursday at the Kitigan Zibi First Nation Cultural Center in hopes of turning up new leads in a 10-year-old case.
Police are still stumped by the disappearance of Maisy Odjick, 16, and Shannon Alexander, 17, on Sept. 6, 2008.
The teens left behind their wallets, purses, clothes and medication. Maisy sent a friend a message on Facebook later that morning, but since then, there have been no signs of the young women.
Police had resumed a full-scale search for the pair after receiving a tip in July 2017, combing grounds near a creek in Kitigan Zibi First Nation.
Police said that over three days last summer officers spoke with 20 people.
In the summer of 2014, Odjick’s aunt, Maria Jacko, received a tip on her website, findmaisyandshannon.com, that the two teens had been taken into New York State, a tip she passed on to authorities.
Police are hoping by revisiting the community they may be able to find new information that could help them to locate the girls or find answers about their disappearance.
The Sûreté du Québec said it invites residents who might have information to report to the mobile command post to meet the investigators beginning at 1 p.m. on Thursday, or to call police directly at 1-800-659-4264.