{"id":591770,"date":"2026-04-09T04:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/591770\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T04:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:49:14","slug":"manitoba-family-seeks-answers-after-missing-indigenous-womans-remains-found-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/591770\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba family seeks answers after missing Indigenous woman\u2019s remains found – Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nearly\u00a0 three years after her family last heard from her, the remains of Leah Keeper<\/a> have been found.<\/p>\n

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Police discovered partial human remains<\/a> on Selkirk Avenue in November 2025, and recently identified them as Keeper through DNA.<\/p>\n

Keeper was reported missing in November 2023, after her family hadn\u2019t heard from her in several months. She was 32 at the time she went missing, and had two young children.<\/p>\n

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Police are investigating her death as suspicious, but Marilyn Courchene, Keeper\u2019s aunt, says the family is still looking for more details.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want answers. What happened within those three years, what happened with the remains, where did they find the remains?\u201d says Courchene.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho\u2019s there, who played the roles in finding her? We don\u2019t know any of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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