US EditionRelatives of Alberta girl found dead in hockey bag give victim impact statements
Ashley Rattlesnake pleaded guilty to manslaughter after chronic abuse and blunt head trauma led to the death of eight-year-old Nina Napope Dumais, whose identity was previously protected.
- On Wednesday in Edmonton, Justice Jody Fraser lifted a publication ban allowing the Napope/Dumais family to name the eight-year-old victim Nina Napope Dumais.
- Court heard the autopsy found blunt impact trauma, sepsis from an untreated broken tooth, and healed fractures, showing chronic abuse and neglect in Ashley Rattlesnake's care at the West Edmonton home.
- Authorities say a friend found the girl unconscious and bleeding beside a hole in an Edmonton home, then asked for help instead of calling 911 before her body was found in a hockey bag on Samson Cree Nation.
- Sentencing resumes Friday, with Crown prosecutor Terry Hofmann seeking nine years and family members weeping during victim impact statements, including Nina's relatives.
- The public dispute over the plea has Alberta Premier Danielle Smith weighing in, as Driechel criticized prosecutors and police faced criticism for overreach.
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'My baby': Relatives of Alberta girl dead in hockey bag give victim impact statements
EDMONTON — Family of an eight-year-old girl found dead in a hockey bag in central Alberta cried while reading victim impact statements at the start of a sentencing hearing Wednesday for the woman charged in the killing.
Relatives of Alberta girl found dead in hockey bag give victim impact statements
Family of an eight-year-old girl found dead in a hockey bag in central Alberta cried while reading victim impact statements during a sentencing hearing for the woman charged in the killing. They say Nina Napope was kind and loving and that her siblings wonder where she is. Justice Jody Fraser lifted a publication ban on the girl’s […]
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Relatives of Alberta girl found dead in hockey bag give victim impact statements
EDMONTON - Family of an eight-year-old girl found dead in a hockey bag in central Alberta cried while reading victim impact statements during a sentencing hearing for the woman charged in the killing.
Publication ban lifted as sentencing begins in case of Edmonton girl found dead in hockey bag
As manslaughter sentencing got underway for the woman initially accused of murdering an eight-year-old girl in her care, victim Nina Napope's identity can finally be revealed.
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