Taken (2016)
Taken
2016A true crime series that covers the stories of missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada.
Seasons & Episode
Annie Pootogook was a renowned Inuit artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut whose body was found in the Rideau River near Bordeleau Park in Ottawa on September 19, 2016. Annie's death was treated as suspicious, but not enough evidence was found to build a case that has led to justice. Annie’s loved ones responded when an Ottawa Police officer made racist social media comments connected to Annie’s story.
April Carpenter was last seen April 26, 2018 at the Health Sciences Center in Winnipeg. Her body was pulled from the Red River on May 16, 2018. Her family believes someone knows something.
In September 2014, William Wapoose was found dead in Chapples Park, on the south end of Chapples Drive, discovered by a cyclist. Police immediately confirmed that the father of two daughters' death was a homicide and that he was the victim of foul play. In June of 2019, two men were arrested in William’s death, but the trials are pending, and justice has yet to be served.
The mother of a one-year-old girl and pregnant at the time of her disappearance, Sylvia may have been in an abusive relationship when she moved to Winnipeg. Five months later she disappeared. It is believed that two people who were known to Sylvia came to her apartment on Furby Street the last evening she was last known to be seen in July 2003. Sylvia has not been heard from since.
Wilma Ann Hanska pled guilty to manslaughter after taking the life of her husband with whom she had an abusive relationship and spent four years in prison. She started a new life in Brandon and went by the name Diana Rattlesnake following her release but continued to live through abusive relationships. On October 28, 2004, at the age of 48, Diana was found deceased in a Brandon, Manitoba rooming house.
The last episode of the last season brings the entire series to an empowering conclusion that pays homage to all the stories, explores the current state of the issues behind the issues, offers resources, introduces audiences to the true MMIWG and MMIMB tories of the cast and crew, and asks the question, “what's next?” leaving the audience with not only a call to action, but a sense of hope.
A true crime series that covers the stories of missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada.