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Police watchdog probes death of B.C. Indigenous woman near Vanderhoof

Chelsey Quaw-Heron’s body was located one kilometre from where she was reported missing
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Chelsey Quaw (Heron) went missing from Saik’uz First Nation Oct. 11, 2023. (Photo submitted)

The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of BC is stepping in to investigate the RCMP response surrounding the death of Saik’uz First Nation’s Chelsey Quaw-Heron.

Quaw-Heron was the subject of a missing person’s investigation and several searches after the 29-year-old went missing in the early morning hours of Oct. 11, 2023 from a residence on the Saik’uz First Nation. Almost a month later, on Nov.

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Angie Mindus

About the Author: Angie Mindus

A desire to travel led me to a full-time photographer position at the Williams Lake Tribune in B.C.’s interior.
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