Top of the new month, means we are back to discussing current MMIW cases. This time we talk about numerous women. Many of them have the same thing in common, their case files are bare bones. There is little to no information on their cases, but there is suspicious circumstances in all of them. From falling 30 stories to disappearing while hitchhiking in an attempt to get her children back from the state. The RCMP continues to throw the term, high risk lifestyle out, making it feel like an excuse rather than simply investigating.

Sources:

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/bella-marie-laboucan-mclean

https://itstartswithus-mmiw.com/this-is-bellas-story/

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/bernadette-lynda-ahenakew

https://www.justicefornativepeople.com/2016/09/bernadette-ahenakew-murdered-in-alberta.html

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/bernadine-quewezance

https://someonesawsomething.ca/2026/01/14/the-unsolved-murder-of-bernadine-leanne-quewezance/

https://crimeimmemorial.com/2025/09/29/bernadine-quewezance/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/family-of-saskatoon-woman-struggle-with-news-of-death-1.1156157

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/bernice-evelyn-bottle

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/betsy-rosa-owens

https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2022/02/12/the-disappearance-of-betsy-owens/

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/bonnie-lynn-jack

https://primetimecrime.com/Recent/Murder/murder_Edmonton_Serial.htm

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/bonnie-lynn-jack-remembered-at-service-1.628841

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/bonnie-marie-joseph

https://coldcasepg.ca/?p=134

https://missingpeople.ca/cold-case-missing-woman-in-vanderhoof-british-columbia-bonnie-marie-joseph-32-last-seen-september-8-2007/

Quisi Bryan was born in Massachusetts and spent his youth on the East Coast. Still, he started in youth corrections before graduating to adult corrections when he moved into the Midwest. It was in Ohio that many crimes continued, but didn't come to light until he was already behind bars. In 2000, he shot a police officer in the face, ending both their lives. After receiving his death sentence, it came out that he had been the perpetrator of numerous rapes and assaults. As of this time, his current death sentence has been delayed on multiple occasions. The latest one as a result of not being able to get the medication necessary to safely end a life per DOC protocol.

Sources:

Quisi Bryan-Via Letters and messages

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/execution-date-pushed-back-for-man-convicted-of-killing-cleveland-police-officer-wayne-leon

https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/06/20/execution-delayed-man-who-killed-cleveland-police-officer/

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-9372/108342/20190717140040636_17528181_1.PDF

https://grokipedia.com/page/Quisi_Bryan

https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Briefing-Room/News-Releases/Criminal-Justice/BryanStay

https://www.hudson.oh.us/1270/Violent-Fugitive-Task-Force

The Amber alert system is a nationwide alert system to immediately broadcast information on vulnerable children, children who have been abducted and are in danger. But how did this system fall into place. Well it came after Amber Hagerman, a nine year old abducted by a stranger. The first media information about her case aired two hours after the incident. Likely allowing the kidnapper turned killer to make it to the location he held her without being detected.

The delay was noticed. Many people got involved and created a plan to immediately get information out. At the time through the use of the radio. Since it's start in Arlington Texas, it has grown. Being taken on nationally and signed on by former president George Bush. Now information is disseminated through phones, TV's, and radios to ensure blanket coverage.

Yet for all that, we still have no answers for who stole and killed Amber.

Sources:

Amber: The Girl Behind the Alert

https://www.eastchicago.com/235/Amber-Alert

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/a-key-figure-in-amber-hagerman-case-urges-vigilance-to-protect-children/3967202/

http://missingkids.org/blog/2021/still-searching-for-ambers-killer

https://people.com/what-happened-to-amber-hagerman-11883708