Taken - Episode Guide

Tina Fontaine was a 15-year-old girl whose body was pulled from the Red River in Winnipeg in August, 2014, sparking international attention, and shining a spotlight on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Women have been assaulted, gone missing, and been murdered along British Columbia's Highway 16 for decades. Alberta Williams and Ramona Wilson are two women who disappeared close to the Highway of Tears.

Like many other women, Danielle LaRue and Ashley Machiskinic were victims of Vancouver's Downtown East Side. Ashley's death was deemed a suicide. A murderer anonymously confessed to Danielle's death. No justice has been served, but changes have been made to promote justice and safety for women in this community in the future.

Marie Jeanne Kreiser's family was looking forward to seeing her for Thanksgiving, 1987, in Slave Lake, Alberta. She never arrived. Though her family knows Marie Jeanne's case may never be solved, they want the world to know who she truly was.

Emily Osmond was 78 years old when she was last seen by her nephew on her property on the outskirts of Kawacatoose First Nation, Saskatchewan, in September, 2007. Her family believes she was taken, because Emily's beloved dogs were abandoned, and she told no-one she was leaving. This peaceful woman vanished without a trace.

In 2009, 17-year-old Cherisse Houle's body was found near Sturgeon Creek, in rural Manitoba. Cherisse was a vulnerable teenager whose life was plagued by recurring drug use and sexual exploitation. She was a mother herself, trying to better her life.

In the late summer of 2010, 20-year-old Amber Guiboche was seen getting into a red truck with a lone male occupant in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was never seen again. Her family had already been torn apart by the suicide of their mother. But Amber's abduction drives them to search for answers and to support other families of MMIWG.

Claudette Osborne-Tyo was 21-years-old when she was last seen in Winnipeg in 2008. The mother of four children, Claudette was abused as a child, and struggled with drug addiction. But her family loved her very much, and have become some of the most powerful advocates and leaders in the support of MMIWG.

17-year-old Fonassa Bruyere's family got the sense from Fonassa that she might be in danger. When she went missing from the corner of Selkirk Avenue and Charles Street in Winnipeg, they never saw her alive again. A victim of child exploitation, explores the vulnerabilities for at risk youth, and the healing her family experiences in walking to heal and raise awareness.

Tanya Nepinak's disappearance and presumed murder is one of many in a long series of unsolved violent deaths in her family. Tanya's children have been deeply affected, and many of those who love her have become advocates for the MMIWG. A serial killer's confession failed to solve the case of Tanya's murder, as did a search of a Winnipeg landfill. Violence continues to plague the family to this day.

Sandra Johnson was a pow wow princess from a loving family on the Seine River First Nation. In Thunder Bay, Ontario on the morning of February 13, 1992, 18-year-old Sandra Johnson's naked body was found murdered. There are many theories as to who could have committed the horrible crime, but no justice for Sandra's family.

Maniwaki and Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in Quebec are neighbouring communities. It was from there in 2008 that best friends Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander vanished without a single clue.

On Mother's Day, May 10, 2009, Tanya Brooks had final telephone conversations with her family. It would be the last time they would ever speak with her again. A mother of five, Tanya was 36 years old at the time of her murder. She was seen later that evening walking on Gottingen Street in north Halifax, before being found in a school window well the next day. Each year a memorial march gains momentum, strengthening the collective objective to find her murderer.

Taken looks into Canada's National Inquiry into its missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. At the heart of this episode is one young woman – Hillary Angel Wilson, who came from Norway House Cree Nation and was murdered in Winnipeg in August, 2009.

On April 25th, 2013, the lifeless body of 20-year-old Cheyenne Fox, was found at the bottom of a Toronto high-rise. Earlier on that date, multiple calls were made to 911 from a condo where Cheyenne was last seen alive, but when police arrived, it was too late.

Gladys Simon, of Elsipogtog First Nation, was 41 years old, and a patient at Restigouche Hospital in Campbellton, New Brunswick when she went for a walk on June 24th, 2004 in Sugarloaf Park, and did not return. Eight years later, her remains were found at a remote location in the park.

Glenda Morrisseau was 19-years-old when she went out with family on July 17th, 1991 near their home in Winnipeg. When they arrived home, Glenda's sister Doreen turned around to unlock the door, and when she turned back she saw a car quickly drive off with Glenda inside. Glenda was found murdered on August 7th, 1991.

Kelly Morrisseau was the loving mother of three children. On the night of December 9th, 2006, Kelly, seven months pregnant, left a location in the Vanier Sector of Ottawa with an unknown male. She was found hours later with severe bodily trauma in a park in Gatineau, Quebec. Kelly did not survive her injuries.

Mildred Flett was an outgoing and kind woman loved by her family, daughters, and friends. But she struggled with alcohol and was a victim of domestic abuse. On the night of June 4th, 2010, Mildred was seen getting into a brown car with her ex-boyfriend in Winnipeg, and was never heard from again.

Jennifer Catcheway's family was excited to celebrate her 18th birthday, but she never arrived for her party. Having left her home in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba to Grand Rapids up Highway 6 with family members on June 19th, 2008, her family members returned home but Jennifer did not. Her family has searched for her ever since.

Throughout her short life, Angela Meyer struggled with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia with the help of her close family. However, both her family and Angela herself began to feel the strain of her deteriorating mental health and the frustration at the lack of resources available to them in the Northwest Territories. On November 27th, 2010, Angela was at home visiting her family on a weekend pass from the local hospital when she disappeared from the front steps of her parents' home.

Delaine Copenace of Kenora, Ontario went on a fun trip to the mall on February 28th, 2016, with her sister. When Delaine and her sister were separated and Delaine went missing, her family embarked on a search that involved the entire community. Tragically, Delaine's body was found in Lake of the Woods on March 22nd, 2016.

It has been over a decade since Danita Big Eagle, age 22, went missing from Regina, Saskatchewan, leaving two children without a mother. Danita's mother Dianne says she last saw her daughter on February 11th, 2007. Was Danita taken by mysterious individuals, or could she have vanished from a party with friends?

Felicia Solomon was a bright and outgoing 16-year-old girl from Norway House Cree Nation, living in the city of Winnipeg. In March of 2003, Felicia left a friend's house and never made it home. After having been missing for several months, Felicia's partial remains were pulled from the Red River in June of 2003.

Over the course of many years, the number of missing and murdered women and girls in British Columbia has grown, just as it has throughout Canada. 22-year old Tamara Lynn Chipman was last seen near Prince Rupert on September 21st, 2005. Belinda Williams was seen for the last time in British Columbia in 1977.

On July 11th, 2007, 44-year-old Jacqueline Crazybull was stabbed by a group of men in an attack that seemed to be random. That same night four other men and women of different ages and ethnicities were stabbed by the same group of men in separate incidents. They recovered from their injuries. Jackie Crazybull did not.