Edmonton march remembers missing women
Last Updated: Thursday, February 15, 2007 | 11:46 AM MT
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A march in support of slain and missing women drew about a hundred people to Edmonton's streets Wednesday night.
The bodies of more than 20 Edmonton women have been found since 1983 and many more have been reported missing.
Tina Andrew decided not to walk the downtown streets to make money on Wednesday night. Instead, the prostitute walked to remember the many friends she has lost.
"People that don't have a right to die were just out there supporting ourselves, supporting our habits," she said.
Also in the crowd was Charlotte Lajimodiere, sister-in-law of Rachel Quinney, a 19-year-old prostitute whose body was found in a wooded area northeast of Sherwood Park, an Edmonton suburb, on June 11, 2004.
Thomas Svekla, 38, was charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of Quinney and 36-year-old Theresa Innes. He has yet to go to trial.
Lajimodiere says the plight of these women is finally getting some attention.
"Just the highlighted cases in the courts right now, with [B.C. farmer] Robert Pickton's trial on right now, Thomas Svleka's trial."
Pickton is being tried in New Westminster, B.C., on six counts of first-degree murder in the case of women missing from Vancouver's Eastside.
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