The Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, Bobby Cameron, says if Dawn Walker and her son Vinnie Jansen aren’t found in the next two days, they will be offering a reward for any information that leads to their successful return.
The 48-year-old mother and 7-year-old son were last seen on July 22nd in Saskatoon, and then their truck and some belongings were later found at Chief Whitecap Park.
Operations coordinators for the FSIN’s Indigenous-led search group, Eric Beaudin, stresses that doesn’t mean to stop searching now because every minute counts. She and the Chief of Okanese First Nation, where Dawn is originally from, are urging everyone in Saskatoon and surrounding area to check their properties and their lands and yards for anything that might be unusual, because it may lead to some helpful information for the police.
Beaudin states that the Indigenous-led search group is working with the police and they support what both the Saskatoon Police Service and the RCMP are doing, but she suggests they may have knowledge that the police might not “systematically” have.
Dawn Walker is the Executive Operating Officer for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. Vice-Chief Heather Bear has previously stated that Dawn had been a victim of domestic abuse. Beaudin says everything is on the table for the search, as far as scenarios go.
The RCMP along with other search organizations have been searching Chief Whitecap Park and the river from the park to the weir, and are now expanding the river search further downstream past the weir.
The RCMP is in charge of the search and the Saskatoon Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Division, which includes the Missing Persons Unit is working on other aspects, including tracking where Dawn and her son were, leading up to them going missing, and going through phone records, banking records along with talking to anyone who had contact with her.
(CJWW | Photo: Saskatoon Police Service)
