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EARLY LIFE:
Susan Assin was calved successful the 1950s to Daisy Quoquat and John Louie Assin. She was raised connected the Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation successful northwestern Ontario with her 10 siblings, including Irene, Darlene, Linda, Floyd, Maxine, Katherine, Ira, Joyce and Josie Ann.
By the clip she was 20 years old, Susan had begun to conflict with drugs and alcohol. She besides suffered from convulsive fits connected occasion. She would often question to Kenora, Ontario, located astir 80km away, to sojourn friends and family, with Joyce saying her sister’s “life was successful Kenora.”
MURDER:
On June 13, 1974, Susan travelled to Kenora to walk the week with friends and family. She disappeared 4 days later, connected June 17, with her assemblage yet being recovered 14.8km northbound of Highway 17, conscionable disconnected Jones Road. She was reportedly lone wearing her socks.
The Assin household and the Ontario Provincial Police disagree connected what they accidental was Susan’s origin of death. The authoritative origin is that she was stabbed to death, with signs of blunt unit trauma to her head, portion the household assertion she was either stoned to decease oregon killed with a screwdriver.
INVESTIGATION:
Prior to her ain decease successful February 2021, Joyce told the CBC that, portion Susan was surviving what galore would see a high-risk lifestyle, she can’t recognize wherefore idiosyncratic would person taken her life.
Very fewer leads person been collected implicit the people of the astir 50-year investigation, with Joyce claiming it had been a agelong clip since anyone with the OPP had decently investigated the case. She besides revealed that officers nary longer pass with the family. In effect to these claims, the OPP stated that they ne'er adjacent an unfastened homicide case.
CASE CONTACT INFORMATION:
The OPP is presently offering a $50,000 reward for immoderate accusation that leads to the apprehension and condemnation of the person(s) liable for Susan’s murder.
Anyone with accusation regarding the lawsuit is asked to interaction the Criminal Investigation Branch of the OPP astatine +1 (888) 310-1122 oregon the Kenora detachment astatine +1 (807) 548-4434. Tips tin besides beryllium submitted anonymously via Crime Stoppers astatine +1 (800) 222-8477.
Image Credit: Ontario Provincial Police
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