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It’s a first for the Saskatchewan RCMP and for the national police force as a whole.
The identity of human remains found near Maymont in 2018 have been identified through the National Missing Persons DNA Program (NMPDP). The NMPDP is operated by the RCMP and it is a partnership between the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains and the National DNA Data Bank.
On July 24, 2018, partial human remains were found near Maymont, in a remote rural area, a few hundred metres inland from the North Saskatchewan River.
The Biggar RCMP and the Saskatchewan RCMP Historical Case Unit (HCU) attended the scene. Over the course of three days, RCMP officers from the HCU, Forensic Identification Section and Biggar detachment along with an RCMP forensic anthropologist worked together to go over the scene and the riverbanks.
The remains were compared against several outstanding missing persons cases across the province and Alberta, but no matches were made.
Investigators developed a DNA profile from the remains and worked with the RCMP’s National Centre for Missing Persons DNA Program. The DNA profile was then compared against DNA profiles from missing persons and their relatives from across the country by the National DNA Data Bank.
Through the program, the DNA profile was matched to that of Cheyenne Partridge. She went missing from Edmonton in 2016.
The Saskatchewan RCMP HCU worked with the Edmonton Police Service and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service to confirm Partridge’s identity. The cause of her death remains undetermined and the Edmonton Police Service continues to investigate the circumstances of her death.
In a release, Cpl. Kelly Bates from the Saskatchewan RCMP Historical Case Unit said: “Having a loved one go missing can be very traumatic for a family, and it was very important to investigators that we identified Cheyenne so that she may be brought home to her family and provide them with a sense of closure.”
At this point, the Saskatchewan RCMP has concluded its involvement in the investigation. The Saskatchewan RCMP will remain available to assist Edmonton police for any investigative support that is required.
Any information about the circumstances of Partridge’s death can be directed to the Edmonton Police Service.