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Sault-based investigative team helping in search for missing Barrie woman

Barrie police and ISN Maskwa, an Indigenous-led organization operated by Missanabie Cree First Nation, are searching for 26-year-old Autumn Shaganash, last seen in June 2023
Kevin Lamb
Kevin Lamb
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A Barrie police officer and a canine search volunteer walk back to a meeting point during a search for clues on Wednesday in the case of a Barrie woman, Autumn Shaganash, missing since June 2023. Kevin Lamb/BarrieToday

Barrie police announced today that a three-day search of Sunnidale Park has begun in an effort to try to locate a local woman missing since June 2023.

Officers are on-site with ISN Maskwa, an Indigenous-led investigative organization operated by Missanabie Cree First Nation and headquartered in downtown Sault Ste. Marie. 

ISN Maskwa has been brought in to assist with the search for 26-year-old Autumn Shaganash, who was last seen near the park before she vanished on June 10, 2023.

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Volunteers could be seen in the park with search dogs on Wednesday looking for clues.

“We are very grateful for ISN Maskwa and everyone who came to search in Sunnidale Park. That is what we need,” Lili-Anne Moore, the sister of Shaganash, told our sister site BarrieToday at the park this morning.

The search is scheduled to resume tomorrow with more volunteers assisting.

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Kevin Lamb

About the Author: Kevin Lamb

Kevin Lamb picked up a camera in 2000 and by 2005 was freelancing for the Barrie Examiner newspaper until its closure in 2017. He is an award-winning photojournalist, with his work having been seen in many news outlets across Canada and internationally
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