Jennifer Johner says she's been haunted by how the RCMP handled her sexual assault allegation more than two decades ago.
Jennifer Johner says she's spent 20 years haunted by how the RCMP handled her assault allegation. Jennifer Johner's voice shakes when she reads the RCMP report from the night of Dec. 9, 2001 — the night she told police she'd been attacked by a man she knew.
With no access to victim services, and living on a low income, Johner said she wasn't able to access proper dental care. "And that's stuck with me. It got me thinking. I got curious and I needed to know why the police didn't help me." "It is important to note that had explored these steps at the onset, an offence location would likely have been identified and perishable physical evidence may have been preserved," it says.
"Have I been healed by anything that the RCMP has done or said? No. But advocating for myself and getting recognition that what happened to me was wrong and that it was a crime, and that I am a victim, was vital."The RCMP launched a project to review previous sexual assault investigations afterexposed flaws in the way police across Canada handle sexual assault claims.
Family and friends of victim Joey Webber attend a march demanding an inquiry into the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia that killed 22 people, in Bible Hill, N.S. on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Sunny Marriner is the Canadian lead on the Violence Against Women Advocate Case Review, an oversight project that works with police to review sexual assault investigations that don't lead to charges. She has been demanding more transparency from police services like the RCMP about sexual assault investigations.
Marriner said she fears that while many sexual assault cases are no longer labelled "unfounded," many cases still don't proceed to charges.
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