Friend questions police investigation after missing woman found dead in B.C.
A family friend of a Saskatchewan woman found dead in a forested area of British Columbia hopes a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women will look into why police publicize some missing person cases but not others.
Dana Morenstein says Deanna Desjarlais of Saskatoon, who was a sex-trade worker with addiction problems, was twice reported missing earlier this year to police in Vancouver.
Last week, an officer called to tell her family that remains found May 17 in woods near Surrey, B.C., were recently matched to the 27-year-old, said Morenstein.
The body was badly decomposed and had been scavenged by animals. Morenstein said police informed the family that a cause of death hasn’t been determined, but it’s considered suspicious.