Two Indigenous women buried without their names in Edmonton cemeteries nearly 50 years ago have been identified through DNA testing, the Edmonton Police Service said Friday.
The women have been identified as Louise Laderoute, who was 24 when she died in 1975, and Irene Jacknife, who was 30 when she died a year later.
Laderoute, a member of the Papaschase First Nation, had been reported missing from Edmonton. Jacknife had been reported missing from Drayton Valley, Alta.
The two cases were the first to be examined under Project Match, a joint effort launched last year between Edmonton police, the RCMP and the Office of
