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Mom still seeking answers 43 years after her toddler vanished in Alberta

Then, McKee said the search committee recommended looking in the bush that surrounded the town — the Dupres’ new home was on the edge of town, too.So McKee said she went back to the RCMP again, asking for help finding her little boy.

Again, she said she was denied, and that an officer laughed at her for suggesting the military get involved.That upset the 26-year-old woman, and she decided to take matters into her own hands.She recalled putting together a news conference, telling local media the RCMP weren’t helping look for Jeffrey. Being politically engaged, she also enlisted the help of politicians from all corners of the political landscape.

That, she says, earned her the ire of the local RCMP, who she says started accusing her of killing her own son. “And they clung to me as a suspect to excuse the fact that they literally did not look for Jeffrey for a full year,” she said. Click to share quote on Twitter: "And they clung to me as a suspect to excuse the fact that they literally did not look for Jeffrey for a full year," she said.Both grew up knowing about Jeffrey’s disappearance. One even has a tattoo on his chest marking the loss of his older brother, McKee said.She said her son’s disappearance shook the community of Slave Lake for years, yet McKee said the RCMP largely kept her in the dark about what they were doing to find the little boy.

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