Indigenous teenagers Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander disappeared from Maniwaki in September 2008. Since 1980, at least 1,073 indigenous Canadian women have been murdered and more than 100 have gone missing, according to government statistics. (DEVON HAYNIE FOR USN&WR)
The Maniwaki building where Odjick and Alexander were last seen in September 2008. Police say there are new developments in the case, but they can't comment because it's an ongoing investigation.(DEVON HAYNIE FOR USN&WR)
Bridget Tolley is founder of Families of Sisters in Spirit, a grassroots organization that advocates for murdered and missing indigenous women and their families. Here she stands at the site where 27-year-old Kelly Morrisseau was found nearly naked and stabbed more than a dozen times in a parking lot in the city of Gatineau in 2006. She was seven months pregnant when she and her unborn baby were killed. Her case has not been solved. (DEVON HAYNIE FOR USN&WR)
The Kitigan Zibi Anishinabe First Nations reserve was formally established in 1851, according to its website. The reserve, the largest Algonquin Nation in Canada, has more than 2,300 people and its own police force. (DEVON HAYNIE FOR USN&WR)
Throughout Maniwaki and Kitigan Zibi, missing persons posters show what Odjick and Alexander looked like when they first went missing and what they might look like now, in their 20s. (DEVON HAYNIE FOR USN&WR)
Bridget Tolley holds a picture of her mother Gladys Tolley at an anti-police protest in Maniwaki in March 2016. She stands between two cars from the Sûreté du Québec. An officer from that force struck and killed her mother in 2001. She believes the police are hiding key details about the case. They refute her claims. (DEVON HAYNIE FOR USN&WR)
A mailbox stands outside of Maisy's grandmother's house, where Laurie last saw her daughter mowing the lawn before she went missing. (DEVON HAYNIE FOR USN&WR)
Every year, Bridget Tolley and others hold a march on behalf of Shannon, Maisy and other missing girls. They start the march at this pavilion, at the border of Maniwaki and Kitigan Zibi. (DEVON HAYNIE FOR USN&WR)
This is the site on Route 105 where Bridget Tolley's mother was struck by a police car in 2001. Tolley believes the brother of the officer who killed her mother was in charge of investigating the initial scene. The police dispute her account, and say they are legally prevented from releasing the names of those involved in the accident or the investigation. (DEVON HAYNIE FOR USN&WR)
A distant view of Laurie Odjick's home on the Kitigan Zibi reserve. While she was initially frustrated with how the reserve police handled her daughter's case, Laurie says she now has a good relationship with the lead investigator from Québec’s provincial police force, which is leading the investigation. Maisy's case is now with the homicide division. (DEVON HAYNIE FOR USN&WR)