Deputy Chief Danny Smyth and Homicide Sergeant John O'Donovan, left, enter a press conference to announce the arrest of Raymond Joseph Cormier, 53, a suspect in the murder of Tina Fontaine, in Winnipeg, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Cormier was arrested in Vancouver. Homicide victim fifteen year year old Tina Fontaine was pulled from the Red River August 17, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
December 11, 2015 - 12:44 PM
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg police announced Friday that they have charged a man with second-degree murder in the death of teenager Tina Fontaine. Here are some of the main developments in the case:
July 31, 2014: Tina Fontaine, 15, is reported missing in Winnipeg. She was in the care of Manitoba Child and Family Services.
Aug. 8, 2014: Winnipeg police come into contact with Fontaine when she is in a vehicle that two officers pull over, but do not take her into custody.
Aug. 9, 2014: Fontaine reported missing for a second time. Her great-aunt will later say social workers told her that a few hours after police came across Tina, she was found passed out in an alley downtown and taken to hospital. She says social workers picked her up after she sobered up, but she ran away again.
Aug. 17, 2014: Fontaine's body, wrapped in a bag, is pulled from the Red River.
Aug. 19, 2014: Manitoba Aboriginal Affairs Minister Eric Robinson calls Fontaine's death a tragedy and says a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women is the only way many families will get the answers they deserve.
Sept. 30, 2014: Assembly of First Nations calls for an independent probe of how police handled Fontaine's disappearance.
March 24, 2015: One of the two police officers who had contact with Fontaine is suspended without pay. An internal police investigation into the officers' actions is subsequently forwarded to Manitoba Justice. No charges are laid.
Dec. 12, 2015: Winnipeg police announce that Raymond Joseph Cormier, 53, is charged with second-degree murder after being arrested in Vancouver.
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