An Indigenous girl called 911 naming her killer two weeks before she died. The police never heard that call. Tina Fontaine disappeared in Winnipeg in August 2014 and was found wrapped in a comforter with rocks in the Red River. Her case exposes how the family, social services, and the law simultaneously failed.

In this episode, we trace every moment when Tina could have been saved: the unknown 911 call, the ignored alert when she was released into a car with a drunk driver, and the disappearance of her mother just when she needed her most. You will discover how a six-month undercover operation captured recorded confessions, but a jury decided in less than twenty-four hours that there was not enough evidence. The man accused died without conviction in 2024.

Case Details
Victim: Tina Fontaine, 15 years old, Indigenous from Manitoba
Date: August 17, 2014 (discovery)
Location: Red River, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Status: Raymond Cormier found not guilty January 2018, died 2024 without conviction

- The 911 call from August 6 where Tina names "Sebastian" as responsible for theft was unknown during the initial investigation until weeks later
- Raymond Cormier admitted under recorded surveillance to having had sexual relations with Tina, contradicting what he told the police
- Eight DNA profiles were found on the comforter where she was wrapped, none matched Raymond Cormier
- The officer who released her on August 8 into a car with a drunk driver did not check the active high-risk missing person alert

How did a case with recorded confessions, willing witnesses, and a documented pattern of predation end in not guilty?

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