Eight years after Jacqueline 'Jackie' Crazybull was fatally stabbed near the intersection of 17 Avenue and 11 Street Southwest, her killer has yet to be apprehended.
On Saturday afternoon, friends and family members made a solemn walk from outside St. Mary’s Cathedral to the site of the vicious attack that claimed the 43-year-old mother. Members of the march drummed as they made their tribute walk along 17 Avenue.
Clifford Crowchild, Jackie’s son who was five years old at the time of the murder, performed a traditional grass dance to honour his mother’s memory.
“That’s my mom,” said the now teenaged Clifford. “I want to let her know that I’m there for her and I’m dancing for her.”
Crazybull was one of five people stabbed during a violent spree throughout the city. While the other victims survived their attacks, she was left to die on the sidewalk. Police released surveillance video from a nearby Mac's convenience store of ‘persons of interest’ in connection with Crazybull’s death but no arrests have been made.
“What’s frustrating to me is we’ve lived eight years with the tragic loss of my sister, but these people are free to live freely,” said Sandra Manyfeathers.
Lauren Crazybull, Jackie’s niece, says the family will not allow her aunt to become another statistic and they’re joining the call for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.
“All these women's lives are important and they're being looked past so easily,” said Lauren Crazybull. “And the way their deaths are handled…”
“The question for me is why can people think they can kill us and nothing is being done when they kill us,” said Sandra Mayfeathers.
The Calgary Police Service says the fatal 2007 stabbing is still under investigation. In the past, police have said they have identified a suspect but they lack sufficient information to make an arrest.
With files from CTV's Ina Sidhu
