Family calls for help in solving Mohawk woman's murder

The family of a Mohawk woman who went missing 10 years ago today is appealing to the public for help in catching her killer.

Tiffany Morrison, a mother of one, left a LaSalle bar on the night June 18, 2006 but never made it home.

Her body was found four years later in a wooded area near the Mercier Bridge in Kahnawake, where she's from. She was 24.

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A decade after her disappearance, Morrison's family and friends held a vigil and march at the very spot that her remains were found to shed light on her unsolved case.

"It's heartbreaking that it's been 10 years and we still have to push for information," said Tiffany's sister, Melanie Morrison. 

But years after Tiffany disappeared, her family received a new tip. She was last seen getting into a cab from Angrignon Taxi. The company, however, does not have records from 2006.

Nevertheless, the Morrison family wonders if the cab driver can be identified.

I speak to my sister all the time and I constantly remind her that I'm not going to rest until she can rest. And she can't rest until somebody is brought to justice for her murder.- Melanie Morrison, sister of murdered Mohawk woman Tiffany Morrison

"The family's still strongly looking for justice. Somebody knows something. She didn't just end up in the wooded area, on her own," Melanie Morrison said.

For Mohawk woman Cheryl McDonald, the pain of unanswered questions feels familiar. Her sister, Carleen Marie McDonald, went missing in Akwesasne in 1988. Her remains were found seven weeks later.

McDonald says Tiffany Morrison's case and that of her sister's are just two examples of a much larger pattern of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

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"It is one of many open cases across Canada, even cases where bodies are found there are still no one held accountable for the death," she said.

McDonald says the lack of accountability leads many Indigenous families to question: "Does anybody even care? Does anybody remember?"

Melanie Morrison, however, shows no sign of giving up on finding her sister's killer anytime soon.

"I speak to my sister all the time and I constantly remind her that I'm not going to rest until she can rest. And she can't rest until somebody is brought to justice for her murder."

Do you have information on an unsolved case involving missing or murdered Indigenous women or girls? Email mmiw@cbc.ca