A small park in Regina’s core area neighbourhood was the scene of a barbecue and picnic for a little girl who vanished without a trace eleven years ago.
It is a missing mystery that has haunted the family of Tamra Keepness and stymied the Regina police department.
The park is where Tamra Keepness used to play and it is just a few blocks from the home where she used to live. Her grandmother, Lucinda Toto, says Tamra is always on her mind.
“Well there is not a day goes by that I don’t think about her.” She says. “ It is something that never goes away. I don’t care, when I wake up in the morning that is the thing I think about, when I go to bed at night that is what I think about and its been eleven years.”
Police have followed up on more than 16 hundred leads. A fifty thousand dollar reward is also being offered for information that solves the case. Deputy police chief, Dean Rae, says it is important that Tamra not be forgotten.
“When we look at the missing and murdered aboriginal women this is one of the things we do to profile those cases.” He says. “That is what we are doing here today, to profile that and hopefully maybe we will just get lucky and get a bit of a break on this.”
Deputy Chief Rae is confident that the case will eventually be solved.
Five year old Tamra Keepness was last seen on July 5th, 2004.