Murder of Tiffany Morrison still unsolved 10 years later

The $75,000 reward offered in the hope of nabbing the munderer of Tiffany Morrison of Kahnawake has not enabled the crime, which dates back to 2006, to be solved. For her loved ones, the pain remains just as accute 10 years later. They are still in search of answers.

Melanie Morrison, the victim's sister, organized a march and a vigil on Saturday, June 18 in Kahnawake to commemorate the sad anniversary and disappearance of her sister that happened on the same day in 2006. 

«My sister means the world to me. She was my lil mini me, a ball of energy that kept you on your toes. We fought like all sisters do, but never stopped loving each other,» Melanie confided to Le Soleil.

“Justice for Tiffany. Speak up! We want answers now,” one could read on the banners of participants who met at the mausoleum created on the site where Tiffany's remains were found in 2010 near the Mercier Bridge.

On June 18, 2006, Tiffany Morrison, who was then 24, left a LaSalle bar in a taxi with a man. She was never again seen alive.

The Kahnawake resident who shared the taxi with her has indicated to the Peacekeepers that he disembarked before she did.

Despite numerous calls for assistance extended to the public and the $75,000 reward, the mystery remains.

Hundreds of cases

The case is not unique. In a study on the subject in 2013, the RCMP turned up 1,017 unsolved homicides and 164 disappearances of aboriginal women for the 32-year period from 1980 to 2012. « This total shows that aboriginal women are over-represented among disappeared and murdered women in Canada, » indicates the report.

Melanie Morrison now militates as part of groups that are demanding the authorities to improve their approach in this type of case, notably by taking seriously the disappearances reported. (Translation Dan Rosenburg)