MISSING: Jennifer Catcheway
On the morning of her 18th birthday, Jennifer Catcheway called her parents to let them know she’d be home soon for the big celebration. Sixteen years later, she’s still missing.
At the time of Jennifer’s disappearance, she had long brown hair, brown eyes, and was wearing a green and white striped shirt. She has a tattoo with the letters “J.C.” on her left ankle and another tattoo with the letter “J” on her left hand.
Photo of Jennifer
Jennifer with her mom, Bernice Catcheway
Photo by Jordan Pearn for Global News
Jennifer Catcheway pictured with one of her nieces
Photo by Jordan Pearn for Global News
Bernice and Wilfred Catcheway hold a sign for their missing daughter, Jennifer.
Bernice Catcheway holding a photo of her daughter at a press conference
Wilfred Catcheway keeps a room filled with photos, video recordings, newspaper clippings, documents and statements, trying to piece together information on what happened to his daughter
Photo by Jordan Pearn for Global News
The family and volunteers conducting searches
Wilfred Catcheway, Jennifer’s dad, digs in an area west of Portage La Prairie where an anonymous tipster drew a map of where her body may be
Photo via HuffPost
If you have information regarding the whereabouts of Jennifer Catcheway, contact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Portage la Prairie at 204-857-4445. You can also contact the Manitoba Crime Stoppers line at 1-800-222-8477, as well as Manitoba Search and Rescue at 204-777-0553.
Resources
Silent No More https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdjXyUPXtZs
CBC: Taken, 2017, Season 2 Episode 7
Ojibwe Parents Use Map From Anonymous Source To Search For Missing Daughter | HuffPost News
RCMP arrest suspect charged in the homicide of a Duck Bay man
New information in Jennifer Catcheway case has family searching Duck Bay | CBC News
The numbered treaties in Canada and where they are located | CTV News
“Search is on for missing women”, The Sun Times, 3 Nov 2008
“Search put off until snow cover is gone–officials”, North Bay Nugget, 7 Apr 2009
“Family allowed to continue search for daughter on Manitoba Reserve”, The Canadian Press, 2 Nov 2015
Research by Charlie from Crimelines