Brother of teen who died to testify at First Nations student deaths inquest

The last person to be seen with Reggie Bushie on the night he disappeared is scheduled to testify on Thursday at the inquest into the death of the First Nations teen in Thunder Bay, Ont.

Ricki Strang is Bushie's older brother. Strang was 17-years-old, two years older than Bushie, when the pair left Poplar Hill First Nation in 2007 to attend high school in Thunder Bay.

Other witnesses at the inquest have testified the pair were last seen together, intoxicated, near the McIntyre River in Thunder Bay's Intercity area, on Oct. 26.

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The boys' mother told the inquest on Tuesday that she has many questions about what happened that night, but hasn't been able to bring herself to ask her son about it.

Bushie's body was found in the McIntyre River on November 1, 2007. His death prompted the inquest into seven First Nations students in Thunder Bay. It began in October and is expected to wrap up in March.

Watch live streaming video from the First Nation student deaths inquest here.

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