
UNSOLVED: MMIW Tina Fontaine
08/25/23 • 50 min
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In August 2014, 15-year-old Tina's body would be pulled from the Red River. Someone would be arrested of her murder, but then found not guilty.
Listen to her tragic story now told by Holly.
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Episode Sources:
Residential Schools:
https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/
MMIW Source:
https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/missing-indigenous-women/missing-indigenous-can#:~:text=Indigenous%20women%20represent%2016%25%20of,are%20women%20are%20being%20targeted.
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/jf-pf/2017/july04.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-thelma-favel-advocate-report-1.5051804
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-17-kids-at-risk-1.5055481
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/report-finds-services-failed-to-support-tina-fontaine-in-final-months-of-her-life-1.4330606
https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/indigenous-leaders-call-for-change-after-system-fails-tina-fontaine/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-reforms-child-welfare-justice-system-1.4550165
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/tina-fontaine-s-family-mourns-loss-as-9-year-anniversary-of-her-body-s-discovery-looms/ar-AA1f7BuC
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/tina-fontaine-s-family-mourns-loss-as-9-year-anniversary-of-her-body-s-discovery-looms/ar-AA1f7BuC
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/it-can-t-continue-to-happen-tina-fontaine-remembered-on-anniversary-of-her-death-1.6514564#:~:text=It%27s%20believed%20Fontaine%20died%20on,River%20at%20the%20Alexander%20Docks.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-not-in-vain-how-tina-fontaines-tragic-story-showed-a-way-forward/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/let-s-not-forget-she-was-a-child-murder-charge-laid-in-death-of-tina-fontaine-1.2696774?cache=%3FclipId%3D89530
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tina-fontaine#:~:text=In%20early%202014%2C%20Tina%20Fontaine,trade%20and%20struggling%20with%20alcoholism.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/pair-sentenced-to-9-years-in-beating-death-of-tina-fontaine-s-dad-1.2866123
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-report-parents-1.5...
In August 2014, 15-year-old Tina's body would be pulled from the Red River. Someone would be arrested of her murder, but then found not guilty.
Listen to her tragic story now told by Holly.
EPISODE SPONSOR:
Find out who killed the world's favorite influencer in Who Killed Mia? A NEW kind of murder mystery game from Relatable, the creators of the hit game What Do You Meme?, and get 20% off with promo code CRIMEAHOLICS at Relatable.com/whokilledmia
Episode Sources:
Residential Schools:
https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/
MMIW Source:
https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/missing-indigenous-women/missing-indigenous-can#:~:text=Indigenous%20women%20represent%2016%25%20of,are%20women%20are%20being%20targeted.
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/jf-pf/2017/july04.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-thelma-favel-advocate-report-1.5051804
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-17-kids-at-risk-1.5055481
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/report-finds-services-failed-to-support-tina-fontaine-in-final-months-of-her-life-1.4330606
https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/indigenous-leaders-call-for-change-after-system-fails-tina-fontaine/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-reforms-child-welfare-justice-system-1.4550165
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/tina-fontaine-s-family-mourns-loss-as-9-year-anniversary-of-her-body-s-discovery-looms/ar-AA1f7BuC
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/tina-fontaine-s-family-mourns-loss-as-9-year-anniversary-of-her-body-s-discovery-looms/ar-AA1f7BuC
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/it-can-t-continue-to-happen-tina-fontaine-remembered-on-anniversary-of-her-death-1.6514564#:~:text=It%27s%20believed%20Fontaine%20died%20on,River%20at%20the%20Alexander%20Docks.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-not-in-vain-how-tina-fontaines-tragic-story-showed-a-way-forward/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/let-s-not-forget-she-was-a-child-murder-charge-laid-in-death-of-tina-fontaine-1.2696774?cache=%3FclipId%3D89530
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tina-fontaine#:~:text=In%20early%202014%2C%20Tina%20Fontaine,trade%20and%20struggling%20with%20alcoholism.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/pair-sentenced-to-9-years-in-beating-death-of-tina-fontaine-s-dad-1.2866123
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-report-parents-1.5...
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Episode Sources:
https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lent-lewis.htm https://www.timesunion.com/books/article/wayne-lo-lewis-lent-jr-inspire-true-crime-book-17751507.php
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https://www.aware.org/women-guns-article/hes-got-a-gun-by-lyn-bates/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/8866583/what-happened-to-sara-anne-wood/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/8866583/what-happened-to-sara-anne-wood/
https://www.wktv.com/news/local/unfinished-journey-the-30-year-search-for-sara-airing-thursday/article_5f305cec-3c7d-11ee-b867-ef4d0c9d0ea2.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/p91gn1/lewis_lent_confessed_to_murder_of_sara_anne_wood/
https://uncovered.com/cases/sara-wood-litchfield-ny
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