Dozens march in Vancouver 3 years after deaths of Indigenous women, girl [Video]

WARNING: This story discusses violence against Indigenous women and girls and may affect those who have experienced it or know someone who has.

Dozens of people attended a march on Monday to mark three years since the bodies of two young Indigenous women and an Indigenous girl were separately discovered in Metro Vancouver in the summer of 2022.

The bodies of 24-year-old Chelsea Poorman, 20-year-old Tatyanna Harrison and 14-year-old Noelle O’Soup were found weeks apart three years ago in 2022.

A Vancouver police officer is facing a misconduct investigation in connection with O’Soup’s death. An investigation into the VPD’s handling of Poorman’s case was announced in January.

Last week, CBC News exclusively revealed that the police response to Harrison’s death was under investigation by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (OPCC), the civilian, independent office that oversees complaints into police forces in B.C.

In a march that drew dozens to Vancouver’s Shaughnessy neighbourhood on Monday, the victims’ families reiterated their belief …