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Mom wants to know why

Valorie Smokeyday will never give up.

For the past 11 years, Smokeyday has been living with the pain of not knowing why her daughter was killed, but she will never stop seeking answers.

Family and friends gathered for a memorial walk and graveside service to remember Melanie Dawn Geddes on the weekend.

She was last seen at a house party a short walk from her Regina home in November of 2005.

The remains of the 24-year-old mother of three were discovered four months later in a field 50 kilometres north of the city.

“In my heart I really feel that I have to know what happened,” Smokeyday told CTV Regina.

The RCMP and the Regina police continue to investigate the case as a homicide, but no suspects have been charged or officially connected to Geddes’ death.

Smokeyday hopes the opening of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which officially started on Sept. 1, will help raise awareness of the disproportionate level of violence across Canada’s indigenous communities and see more resources deployed to provide answers for grieving families who feel left in the dark.

- with files from CTV



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