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Disappearance of Fort Nelson woman featured on true crime podcast

It has been just under two years of the last time anyone saw Fort Nelson First Nation resident Karen Tessier, whose story is featured on the True North, True Crime podcast

57 year old Karen Tessier was last seen in Fort Nelson on July 9th, 2024. (Northern Rockies RCMP detachment)

FORT NELSON, B.C. — The disappearance of a Fort Nelson Indigenous woman from two years ago is the focus of a true crime podcast this week.

Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN) resident Karen Tessier was 57 years old when she was last seen in the community in July 2024. Without a trace, she vanished. Her vehicle was found in the community days later, with no trace of her.

The North District RCMP Major Crimes unit treated the disappearance as highly suspicious, and FNFN has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to what happened to Tessier.

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The disappearance was the subject of a recent episode of the True North True Crime podcast, a medium with 18,000 Facebook followers.

A preview of the 43-minute episode reveals a conversation between the hosts, Graeme and Caitlin Duffy and Tessier’s mother, FNFN Elder Elizabeth Tessier.

It also includes a chat with a local community member who canvassed for months, searching for both Tessier and her dog after her disappearance.

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The podcast is available through subscription and on platforms such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Tessier is asked to contact their local RCMP detachment.

Energeticcity.ca has reached out to True North True Crime producers for further comment about this story.

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Ed Hitchins

A guy who found his calling later in life, Edward Hitchins is a professional storyteller with a colourful and extensive history.

Beginning his journey into journalism in 2012 at Seneca College, Edward also graduated from Humber College with an Advanced Diploma in Print and Broadcast Journalism in 2018.  After time off from his career and venturing into other vocations, he started his career proper in 2022 in Campbell River, B.C.

Edward was attracted to the position of Indigenous Voices reporter with Energeticcity as a challenge.  Having not been around First Nations for the majority of his life, he hopes to learn about their culture through meaningful conversations while properly telling their stories. 

In a way, he hopes this position will allow both himself and Energeticcity to grow as a collective unit as his career moves forward and evolves into the next step.

He looks forward to growing both as a reporter and as a human being while being posted in Fort St. John.

This reporting position has been funded by the Government of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative.

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