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Remains Of Aboriginal Woman Missing For 10 Years Discovered In Alberta Woods

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 28 Apr, 2015 11:02 AM
    EDMONTON — Mounties say human remains found south of Edmonton have been identified as a missing Metis woman.
     
    Delores Dawn Brower, who went by the nickname Spider, was a sex trade worker last seen hitching a ride in Edmonton in 2004.
     
    The 33-year-old was reported missing by her family a year later.
     
    RCMP say her remains were discovered last week in a wooded area near Leduc.
     
    A medical examiner was unable to determine a cause of death.
     
    RCMP say Brower was found in the same area where other human remains were located in 2003 and 2012.

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