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Global News
9 hours ago
- Global News
Mother calls on Regina to search landfill for daughter's remains
See more sharing options Send this page to someone via email Share this item on Twitter Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Facebook Michele Bear is camping outside the Regina Landfill, calling on the city to search the area for her daughter's remains. Her daughter, Richele Bear, went missing in 2013 and was deemed murdered by convicted serial killer Clayton Eichler in 2014. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy While camping out front of the landfill, Bear is on a hunger strike. She plans to stay there as long as necessary. Katherine Ludwig explains the full story in the video above.
CBC
10 hours ago
- CBC
Mother fasting as she demands search of Regina landfill for daughter's remains
Michele Bear believes she knows where her daughter's remains are, and she can't understand why efforts aren't being made to find them. Her daughter Richele Bear was killed by Clayton Eichler, who is serving a life sentence for the second-degree murders of Richele, 23, and Kelly Goforth, 21. They were both killed in 2013. While Goforth's body was discovered in a dumpster, Richele's remains were never found. Michele, who's from Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation, said she's been told Richele's body likely was also put in a dumpster and ended up at the Regina landfill. She has called for a search of the landfill before. On Tuesday, she began camping out near the entrance and started a fast, which she said she'll continue for "as long as it takes." "I want the City of Regina to realize that, you know, my daughter is out here," Michele said in an interview on Thursday, Day 3 of her fast. Richele's relatives tried to get an answer from Eichler when he pleaded guilty to the murder charge, back in a Regina courtroom in 2016, but he said he didn't know where the body was. WATCH | Mother demands search of Regina landfill for daughter's remains: Mother demands search of Regina landfill for daughter's remains 3 hours ago Duration 1:03 Michele Bear is on a hunger fast and says she will stay at the Regina landfill, which she believes holds the remains of her daughter, 'as long as it takes.' The Regina Police Service declined an interview request, but said in a statement that they "will pursue all leads and information" that might help them locate Richele. "We want to clarify that, at this time, we have no evidence that would confirm the location of her remains," the statement said. Police officers, including the manager of the victim services program, have been meeting with Michele twice daily — once during the day and once at night — "to help ensure her safety," police said. "The RPS has a long-standing relationship with Ms. Bear and will continue to keep lines of communication open with her." Other landfill searches Searches for the remains of missing women in landfills in two other Prairie cities have been successful in recent years. Last year, Saskatoon police found the remains of Mackenzie Trottier after a three-month search at the city's landfill. Police said the suspect died in a drug overdose and a search of his phone after his death showed online searches for garbage pickup schedules at the time Trottier went missing. Investigators were able to use GPS data from garbage trucks to determine a particular location at the landfill to search. The search took place in the summer of 2024. Trottier had gone missing in December 2020. Earlier this year, the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran were found at the Prairie Green landfill north of Winnipeg. They were among four Indigenous women who were the victims of a serial killer. Police had video surveillance from May 2022 that showed the killer putting their remains in a garbage bin, which was then taken to the Prairie Green landfill. Family members advocated for a landfill search and the issue was part of Manitoba's 2023 provincial election, with the governing Progressive Conservatives campaigning on their opposition to it and the NDP promising to carry it out. The NDP won the election and the search went ahead. Michele Bear said she is worried that her daughter might not be the only loved one whose remains end up at the landfill. "I'm only afraid that, you know, these people are going to realize that the City of Regina's not going to look for the women in the dumpsters, so we might as well just keep throwing them there," she said. "That's my fear."
CTV News
2 days ago
- CTV News
Sask. mother begins fast, advocating for landfill search to find daughter's remains
Michele Bear is asking the City of Regina to search the city's landfill in hopes of finding her daughter's remains. (Sierra D'Souza Butts/CTV News) A Regina woman has begun a fast, while she demands City of Regina for a search of the landfill in hopes of finding her daughter's remains. Richele Bear was reported missing in the fall of 2013. She was later determined to be the victim of a homicide following an investigation. Convicted serial killer Clayton Bo Eichler pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of Richele and 21-year-old Kelly Goforth. Goforth's body was found in a plastic bag inside of a hockey bag in a back alley near the 1700 block of McAra Street. However, Richele's body was never found. Her mother, Michele Bear, is still seeking action from the city. 'Everyone deserves the respect of a proper burial, especially our First Nations people,' Bear said tearfully. 'They tell me my daughter's in [the landfill]. I cry every time. I used to come by here I used to cry all the time. I'm going to sit here and I'm going to wait until they come and they settle with me.' Beginning her fast Tuesday morning at the landfill, members of the Regina Police Service (RPS) met with Bear to check in on her to help ensure her safety. 'The RPS has a long-standing relationship with Ms. Bear and will continue to keep lines of communication open with her,' the service said in a statement to CTV News. 'Although police have laid charges in the murder of her daughter, Richele Bear, we want to clarify that, at this time, we have no evidence that would confirm the location of her remains.' The police service went on to say that its investigators are continuing to follow up on leads and information concerning Bear's case. RPS encourages anyone with information to come forward. 'Help bring closure to this case,' the service added. -With files from Angela Stewart
