EPISODES

Tina Fontaine was a 15-year-old girl whose body was pulled from the Red River in Winnipeg in August, 2014, sparking international attention, and shining a spotlight on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

FEATURING:  Thelma Favel, Sargent John O’Donovan, Cindy Guimonde, The Honourable Nahanni Fontaine, Mary Wilson, The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Craig Benjamin, Shawna Ferris, The Honourable Carolyn Bennett

Like many other women, Ashley Machiskinic and Danielle LaRue were lost from Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. No justice has been served, but changes have been made to promote justice and safety in this community.

FEATURING: Kim LaRue, Evelyn Dick, Robert Dick, Angela Marie MacDougall, Mona Woodward, Dave Dickson​

Emily Osmond was 78 years old when she was last seen on her property on the outskirts of Kawacatoose First Nation, Saskatchewan, in September, 2007. Emily’s beloved dogs were abandoned, and she told no-one she was leaving. 

FEATURED: Myrna LaPlante, Jessica LaPlante, April Buffalo-Robe, Lloyd Goodwill

In the late summer of 2010, 20-year-old Amber Guiboche was seen getting into a burgundy truck with a lone male occupant in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was never seen again. Amber’s abduction drives her family to support other families of MMIWG.

FEATURED: Kyle Kematch, Ashley Geddes, Detective Sergeant, Bernadette Smith, Nahanni Fontaine

17-year-old Fonassa Bruyere’s family got the sense from her that she might be in danger. When this exploited child went missing from the corner of Selkirk Avenue and Charles Street in Winnipeg, her family never saw her alive again. 

FEATURED: Janet Bruyere, Crystal Bruyere, Rob Lasson, Nahanni Fontaine

Sandra Johnson was a pow wow princess from a loving family on the Seine River First Nation. In Thunder Bay, Ontario on February 13, 1992, 18-year-old Sandra Johnson’s body was found murdered. So far, the case has sparked many theories but no justice.

FEATURED: Sharon Johnson, EJ Kwandibens, Grand Chief Anna Betty Achneepineskum, Deputy Chief Andrew Hay

On Mother’s Day, May 10, 2009, 36-year-old mother of five Tanya Brooks had her final phone conversations with her family. She was seen later that evening walking on Gottingen Street in north Halifax before being found in a school window well the next day. 

FEATURED: Vanessa Brooks, CJ Brooks, Cheryl Maloney, Detective Jason Withrow

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On April 25th, 2013, the lifeless body of 20-year-old Cheyenne Fox, was found at the bottom of a Toronto high-rise. Earlier on that date, multiple calls were made to 911 from a condo where Cheyenne was last seen alive. When police arrived, it was too late.

FEATURED: Michelle Atkinson, John Fox Sr., John Fox, Jr., Wab Kinew​

19-year-old Glenda Morrisseau went out with family on July 17, 1991. When they arrived home, Glenda’s sister turned around to unlock the door and turned back to see a car quickly drive off with Glenda. Glenda was found murdered on August 7, 1991.

FEATURED: Doreen Morrisseau, Calvin Alexander, Rebecca Chartrand, Sergeant Shawn Pike, Diane Redsky

Mildred Flett was loved by her family, daughters, and friends. On the night of June 4, 2010, Mildred was seen getting into a brown car with her ex-boyfriend in Winnipeg, and was never heard from again.

FEATURED: Angeline Nelson, Kathy Nelson, Lynda Neckoway, Wesley Flett, Det. Sgt. Wade McDonald, Eric Robinson

Angela Meyer struggled with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. On November 27, 2010, Angela was at home visiting her family on a weekend pass from the local hospital when she disappeared from the front steps of her parents’ home.

FEATURED: Kathy Meyer, Dean Meyer, Byron Meyer, Candace Meyer, Constable Jack Keefe, Mark Koltek

It has been over a decade since Danita Big Eagle, age 22, went missing from Regina, Saskatchewan, leaving two children without a mother. Danita’s mother Dianne says she last saw her daughter on February 11, 2007.

FEATURED: Dianne BigEagle, Lisa BigEagle, Myrna LaPlante, Evan Bray

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22-year-old Tamara Lynn Chipman was last seen near Prince Rupert on September 21, 2005. Belinda Williams was seen for the last time in British Columbia in 1977. Some powerful MMIWG advocates in British Columbia are driving change across the country.

FEATURED: Gladys Radek, Lorelei Williams, Staff Sgt. Wayne Clary, Dr. Gabor Maté, Lorimer Shenher, Paul Lacerte, Raven Lacerte, Henri Chevillard

20-year-old Amber Tuccaro travelled from Fort McMurray to Nisku, Alberta, planning to head to Edmonton the next day, August 18, 2010. She was picked up while hitchhiking into the city. Her remains were found in 2012.

FEATURED: Vivian Tuccaro, Paul Tuccaro Jr., Tracy Bear, Ian Campeau

23-year-old Crystal Andrews, from God’s Lake, Manitoba, a fly-in community, went to a social on November 7, 2015. Her body was found on November 9, 2015. On January 6, 2013, 15-year-old Leah Anderson’s body was found, also under suspicious circumstances.

FEATURED: Beverley Andrews, Roxanne Spence, Wayne Okenow, Mervin White, Leslie Spillett, Katherine Whitecloud

On October 13, 1994, the body of 38-year-old Janet Sylvestre was discovered in a wooded area, just outside of Saskatoon. Janet was from the Dene Nation and grew up in northern Saskatchewan. Before she was murdered, Janet was last seen in Saskatoon.

FEATURED: Crystal Sylvestre, Toni Lemaigre, Lauren Sylvestre, Corporal Kelly Bates, Dr. Robert Innes

 

Lorilee Mae Francis was 23 or 24 the last time she was known to be seen or heard from by loved ones on October 20, 2007. She was last known to be in Grande Prairie, Alberta. When she didn’t contact her family during Christmas, they reported her missing. 

FEATURED: Connie Francis, Lane Francis, Lance Francis, Lisa Ferguson, Mary Francis, Vanessa Shannon, Edward Ferguson, Danielle Allard

The last time 44-year-old Sindy Ruperthouse was last seen was in Val D’or, Quebec, at a hospital, on April 23, 2014. She had been beaten up and had multiple broken ribs. The mishandling of Sindy’s case has been spotlighted in the media.

FEATURED: Émilie Ruperthouse Wylde, Johnny Wylde, Joan Wylde, Kathy Ruperthouse, Lt. Martine Asselin

When 23-year-old Cheryl Johnson’s family learned that she was found drowned in Sydney Harbour in May 2001, they were in shock. Cheryl was a strong swimmer. Cheryl’s case was closed by law enforcement after only two days of investigating.

FEATURED: Patricia Johnson, Lynn Johnson, Tricia Johnson, Shaylene Johnson, Nadine Bernard, Sasha Doucette, Holly Moore

The day before her disappearance, 27-year-old Caitlin Potts was last seen at Orchard Park Mall in Kelowna, British Columbia. On March 1, 2016, a missing person report was made to the RCMP. Caitlin’s disappearance is being treated as a homicide.

FEATURED: Priscilla Potts, Ashley Potts, Jody Leon, Cpl. Dan Moskaluk

Colten Pratt, 26-years-old, moved from his community of Long Plain First Nation to Winnipeg. He was last seen on November 6, 2014 at the Marlborough Hotel, then at a bus shelter on Main Street and Redwood Avenue in Winnipeg. 

FEATURED: Lydia Daniels, Cst. Tammy Skrabek, Albert McLeod

April Carpenter was last seen April 26, 2018 at the Health Sciences Center, a hospital in central Winnipeg. Her body was pulled from the Red River on May 16, 2018. April’s mother wants everyone to know that April did not put herself in the river.

FEATURED: Carolyn Carpenter, Bernadette Smith, Angela Lavallee, Tasha Spillett, Sgt. Wade McDonald

Sunshine Wood travelled to Winnipeg from her home community of God’s River, Manitoba to attend high school. The last time she was seen was February 20, 2004, outside downtown Winnipeg’s St. Regis Hotel. 

FEATURED: Anthony Wood, Christy Dzikowicz, Annie Ohana, Det. David McDonald

The mother of a one-year-old girl and pregnant at the time of her disappearance, Sylvia may have been in an abusive relationship when she moved to Winnipeg. Five months later she disappeared. Sylvia has not been heard from since July 2003.

FEATURED: Myrna Guiboche, Nichol Guiboche, Sherri Shuttleworth, Leah Clifton, Cst. Christina Bergen

On October 28, 2004, at the age of 48, Diana Rattlesnake (formerly Wilma Hanska) was found deceased in a Brandon, Manitoba rooming house. She had started a new life after a tumultuous period, but abusive relationships plagued her.

FEATURED: Tanya Hanska, Anna Hanska, Trudy Stevenson, Ashley Pankiw, Jeremy Hanska, Staff Sargent Brian Partridge

Marilyn Munroe lived at an address police say appears to be connected to methamphetamine use and sales. Marilyn’s family honours her life with vigils as law enforcement continues to investigate her death.

FEATURED: Ina Commanda, James Munroe, Nora Jean Munroe, Elizabeth White, Leah Clifton, Sgt. Wes Rommel

Women have been assaulted, murdered, and gone missing along British Columbia’s Highway 16 for decades. Ramona Wilson and Alberta Williams were two young women who were lost to violence along the Highway of Tears. 

FEATURING: Claudia Williams, Ray Michalko, Wayne Clary, Craig Benjamin, Matilda Wilson, Brenda Wilson, Chief Terry Teegee​​

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Marie Jeanne Kreiser’s family was looking forward to seeing her for Thanksgiving, 1987, in Slave Lake, Alberta. She never arrived. Though her family knows Marie Jeanne’s case may never be solved, they want the world to know who she truly was.

FEATURING: Lorna Martin, Gail Leech, Sharon Patterson, Arlene Pearson, Murray Marcichiw, Jody Stonehouse, Liza Sunley​

In 2009, 17-year-old Cherisse Houle’s body was found near Sturgeon Creek, in rural Manitoba. Cherisse was a teenager whose life was plagued by sexual exploitation. She was a mother herself, trying to better her life.

FEATURED: Barb Houle, Jessica Houle, Linda English, Mary Wilson, Shawn Pike

Claudette Osborne-Tyo was 21-years-old when she was last seen in Winnipeg in 2008. The mother of four children, Claudette's family loves her very much, and have become some of the most powerful advocates and leaders in the support of MMIWG.

FEATURED: Bernadette Smith, Shawn Pike, Matthew Bushby, Bob Chrismas

Tanya Nepinak’s disappearance and presumed murder is one of many in a long series of unsolved violent deaths in her family. A convicted killer’s confession failed to solve Tanya's case, and a search of  a Winnipeg landfill found no answers.

FEATURED: Sue Caribou, Sargent John O’Donovan, Vernon Mann

Maniwaki and Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in Quebec are neighbouring communities. It was from there in 2008 that best friends Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander vanished without a single clue.

FEATURED: Laurie Odjick, Earl MacGregor, Damon Jacko, Maria Jacko, Bryan Alexander, Heather Crank, Juanita Alexander

As the Government of Canada launches its National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Taken shares the story of Hillary Wilson, who came from Norway House Cree Nation, and was murdered in Winnipeg in August 2009.

FEATURED: Dwayne Balfour, Staff Sergeant Jared Hall, Jennifer Richardson, Diane Redsky, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, and featuring Claudette Commanda

Gladys Simon, of Elsipogtog First Nation, was a 41-year-old patient at Restigouche Hospital in Campbellton, New Brunswick when she went for a walk on June 24th, 2004 in Sugarloaf Park. Eight years later, her remains were found at a remote location in the park.

FEATURED: Andrea Colfer, Leona Simon, Robert Levy, Patty Musgrave, Wab Kinew

On the night of December 9, 2006, Kelly Morrisseau, seven months pregnant, left a location in the Vanier Sector of Ottawa with an unknown male. She was found hours later with severe bodily trauma in a park in Gatineau, Quebec, and did not survive.

FEATURED: Roxanne Morrisseau), Tanis Morrisseau, Deb Chansonieuve, Perry Bellegarde, Sergeant Jean-Paul Lemay

Jennifer Catcheway never arrived home for her 18th birthday after leaving her home in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba to go to Grand Rapids with family members on June 19, 2008. Her family has searched for her ever since.

FEATURED: Willie Starr, Rhianna Acoby, Monica Acoby, Deidre Acoby, Staff Sgt. Jared Hall, Gladys Radek

Delaine Copenace of Kenora, Ontario went on a fun trip to the mall on February 28, 2016, with her sister. Delaine and her sister were separated and Delaine went missing. Tragically, Delaine’s body was found in Lake of the Woods on March 22, 2016.

FEATURED: Anita Copenace, Dayna Copenace, Darian Copenace, Lori Copenace, Christy Dzikowicz, James Favel, Jessica Huzyk, David Lucas, Jeff Duggan

Felicia Solomon was a bright, outgoing 16-year-old girl from Norway House Cree Nation, living in Winnipeg. In March 2003, Felicia left a friend’s house and never made it home. Felicia’s partial remains were pulled from the Red River in June 2003.

FEATURED: Darlene Osborne, Christie Osborne, Renee Carpenter, Tamara Osborne, Sgt. Shawn Pike, Chief Ron Evans

On July 11, 2007, 44-year-old Jacqueline Crazybull was stabbed by a group of men in a random attack. That same night four other men and women were stabbed by the same group in separate incidents. They recovered from their injuries. Jackie did not.

FEATURED: Clifford Crowchild, Sandra Manyfeathers, Lauren Crazybull, Tara Robinson, Michelle Robinson, Liza Lorenzetti, Dr. Abbas Mancey

Patricia (Trish) Carpenter, a 14-year-old mother of a two-month-old boy, was found dead at a Toronto construction site on Sept. 25, 1992. The case was quickly wrapped up, but the coroner eventually deemed it necessary to have an inquest into Patricia’s death.

FEATURED: Joyce Carpenter, Laura Heidenheim, Josephine Tse, Ivana Yellowback

In March 1989, Leona Brule was 18 when she went to visit her boyfriend in Edmonton from Fort Providence, NWT, where she had been working . RCMP suspects that Leona was living on the streets in Edmonton, but she has never been found.

FEATURED: Chris Sanderson, Catherine Sanders, Cpl. Jack Keefe, Mandee McDonald, Marie Wilson

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Josephine Martin from Moose Lake, Manitoba, went missing from The Pas, Manitoba, on November 15, 2015. Josie was last seen outside Giant Tiger – a place where she and her friends loved to gather. She was beloved by her family and community.

FEATURED: Tanya Martin, Wesley Martin, Georgina Sanderson, Margaret Sanderson, Marlene Grace Buck, Cst. Mike Harris

14-year-old Amanda Cook went with her dad and brothers to the Rossburn Fair Festival on July 13, 1996, near her home in Waywayseecappo. Four days later, Amanda’s lifeless body was found, beaten to death. 

FEATURED: Cheyenne Chartrand, Bernadette Sumner, Mary Cook, Lisa Makwebak, Sgt. Paul Manaigre

On April 1, 2009, 16-year-old Nicole Daniels was found frozen to death behind a rental car agency in Winnipeg. Nicole’s family remembers her getting into a vehicle with an older man who they suspect Nicole met in a phone chat room. 

FEATURED: Isabel Daniels, Joan Winning, Sandra Delaronde, Dr. Lisa Kinew

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On September 17, 1999, 44-year-old Elizabeth Dorion arrived at Mile 94, a commercial fish camp, where she stayed almost four days with friends. Two ground searches were conducted by the RCMP, but Elizabeth was never found.

FEATURED: Georgina Simms, Karen Deborah Young, John Cochrane, Primrose Bloomfield, Cpl. Janna Amirault

In August 1989, 26-year-old couple Doreen and Ronald Jack received a job offer from an unknown man in a pub in Prince George, British Columbia. They packed up their children, 9-year-old Russell and 4-year-old Ryan…and none were ever seen again.

FEATURED:  Mable Jack, Loreen Jack, Marlene Jack, Dr. Niigaan Sinclair

Annie Pootogook was a renowned Inuit artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut whose body was found in the Rideau River near Bordeleau Park in Ottawa on September 19, 2016. Annie’s death was treated as suspicious. 

FEATURED: Goo Pootoogook, Cee Pootoogook, Veldon Coburn, Detective Kevin Jacobs.

In September 2014, William Wapoose was found dead in Chapples Park, on the south end of Chapples Drive, discovered by a cyclist. Police immediately confirmed that the father of two daughters’ death was a homicide and that he was the victim of foul play. 

FEATURED: John Shawinimash, Krista Bois, Becky Yesno, Harriet Keeskitay, Cheryl Sidonathan, Detective Ryan Hughes, Julian Falconer, Ryan Beardy

Elaine Frieda Alook, 35, was last seen on May 11, 2004 on Tower Road outside of Fort McMurray, Alberta. More than twenty years after she went missing, RCMP, family, and friends are still searching for her.

FEATURED: Janet Alook, Louise Fidler, Gina Fidler, Cpl. Brett Perry, Nicole Greville

Cody Ridge Wolfe, 17, from the Muskowekwan First Nation in Saskatchewan, was last seen at his grandmother’s residence in Lestock, Saskatchewan, on April 29, 2011, at 10:30 p.m. After Cody's episode of Taken aired, his remains were found in 2020.

FEATURED: Amber Wolfe, Myrna LaPlante, Lloyd Goodwill, Sherrie Fayant, Constable Ron Degooijer

On April 6, 2017, RCMP in Whitehorse received a call of a sudden death. They attended the scene and found the body of 45-year-old Greg Dawson. Greg’s death was investigated as a homicide, and his case was solved after his episode of Taken aired.

FEATURED: Edith Dawson, Valerie Dawson, George Blanchard, Tracy May Blanchard, Wynette Elliott, Superintendent Brian Jones, Constable Michael Simpson

In 2019, the last episode of the fourth season of Taken aired, and it was to be its last. It pays homage to all the stories, introduces audiences to the true MMIWGMB2S+ stories of the cast and crew, and asks the question, “ What’s next?”

FEATURING: Lisa Meeches, James Favel, Madison Thomas, Kayla Hayden, Katarina Ziervogel, Bernadette Smith