VANCOUVER — Tatyanna Harrison’s 21st birthday would have been on Sept. 29.
Her mother described Tatyanna, whose body was found in Vancouver earlier this year, as a courageous woman with the gift of gab and a deep love for learning.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
“They always constantly pass the buck. I would like to see when a missing person is filed it is open to all jurisdiction and it’s not singled out to Surrey handling the case or Richmond handling the case,” she said of the separate police departments in Metro Vancouver. In the first week of the search, Poorman canvassed the streets herself with a photo of her daughter looking for information.
Over the past 10 years, the department has only one unsolved case involving a missing Indigenous woman, he said.
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