Manitoba Justice denies compensation for murdered aboriginal woman’s funeral – CBC
Apr 15, 2015
A grieving mother is struggling to understand why the province has refused to help her pay for her murdered daughter’s funeral.
“They just stomped on us. That’s how I feel. They just stomped on her,” said Janett Poorman, from her Burnaby, B.C. home.
Poorman’s daughter, Angela Poorman, 29, was stabbed to death on Dec. 14, 2014.
Her case is one of 230 missing and murdered indigenous women’s cases CBC found that remain unsolved.
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