Social agencies told the Indigenous teenager that there were no beds available, which essentially left Fontaine homeless and at risk of sexual exploitation
Manitoba Advocate For Children And Youth Daphne Penrose addresses a news conference in Winnipeg, on Oct. 19, 2018.An Indigenous teenager in Manitoba reached out for help multiple times in the weeks before she was found dead in a river but was told there were no beds available, says a report into her death.
“What’s at stake are the lives of children. What’s at stake are that children are going to die if we don’t make changes,” the advocate said as she released her report Tuesday on the Sagkeeng First Nation.The advocate’s investigation, which began last March, looked at records from the medical examiner, police, health authorities, child-welfare agencies and others. It also included interviews with Tina’s family and other community members.
That changed when Tina’s father was murdered in 2011. Tina’s caregiver tried to get help for the young girl from victim services. But because of questions about who was the teen’s legal guardian, she never received counselling. With no where to go, youth may be forced into sexual exploitation to have their basic needs met, it says.The report says Tina disclosed to her child-welfare agency that she was hanging out with a 62-year-old, meth-using man. Court heard during the second-degree murder trial of Raymond Cormier – who was acquitted last year in Tina’s death –- how the young girl was associating with the older man and he admitted he was sexually attracted to her.
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