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Highway of Tears billboard was unveiled outside Moricetown along
Highway 16
June 13, 2007 -
The Interior News
Highway of Tears march marks anniversary of
murder
Highway of Tears march marks anniversary of murder
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Region/Interior News Ryan Jensen/The Interior News
Matilda Wilson, mother of slain Smithers
teenager Ramona Wilson, is joined Sunday in a memorial march along
Hwy 16.
By Ryan Jensen
Jun 13 2007
Matilda Wilson wants no one to ever forget her murdered daughter
Ramona.
Saturday marked the 13-year anniversary since Wilson went missing
and on Sunday, a memorial walk was organized that ended in the
location on Yelich Rd. where Ramona's body was found in 1995.
"This walk is for the missing, the ones that haven't been found and
the murders that have never been solved and one of them is Ramona,"
Wilson said.
The memorial walk has been taking place every year since Ramona's
disappearance and Wilson said the event is more relevant each year
as more young women go missing.
As students at Smithers Secondary were taking part in graduation
celebrations on Saturday, Wilson said she was praying extra hard
that each child remains safe.
"Every graduation, I always say more prayers than usual to make sure
everyone stays safe," she said.
The walk has a dual purpose, Wilson said, to remember the Highway of
Tears victims, and also to let the person responsible know they are
still searching for them.
"We don't want to forget that their is still a killer or killers out
there," she said. "Don't let your guard down. We still have to be
careful. These murders are unsolved and there are so many loved ones
missing. We want to let [the person responsible] know we're here
every year and I haven't forgotten what has happened."
Wilson said in the last several months she has
attended meetings with the RCMP in Prince Rupert and Prince George
and is happy with the cooperation and openness she is now seeing.
"I'm pretty sure they're making a bit of progress but it's slow,"
she said. "[The RCMP] have gotten closer to us and they have made us
understand what the process is and what they're working on."
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