Death of Tina Fontaine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Death of Tina Fontaine

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1999

Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Date of Death: 17-Aug-2014

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Death of Tina Fontaine

  • Tina Michelle Fontaine (January 1, 1999 – c.?August 10, 2014) was a First Nations (Indigenous) girl who died in August 2014.
  • Her case is considered among the high number of missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada.
  • Her death renewed calls by activists for the government to conduct a national inquiry into the issue. Identified early as a suspect, Raymond Joseph Cormier was charged in December 2015 with her murder.
  • Cormier was acquitted by a jury in February 2018.
  • Under new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2015, the government committed to creating an independent national inquiry into the issue of murders and violence against Indigenous women, which was started in 2017.

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