Family still has 'no answers' after death of Calgary teen, mother says
CBC
As police continue to investigate the death of 16-year-old Calgary resident Jordyn Dines, her mother says the circumstances around her death remain a mystery to her.
"I guess the hope is just to have answers. Right now, we don't really know anything," Jody Graves, Dines's mother, told CBC News in an interview Saturday.
Dines was found dead in an abandoned car near Glenwood, a village approximately 215 kilometres south of Calgary, on July 4. RCMP said Dines was last seen alive at Chinook Centre in Calgary the afternoon of July 3, before being found dead the following day.
"We have a lot of questions and no answers," Graves said.
"We don't know what made her run away, we don't know who she was with, we don't know who drove her out there. We don't know what happened … as a mother, your mind just goes wild with thoughts."
The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating the death, which police said they've deemed to be suspicious.
Cpl. Mathew Howell, an RCMP public information officer, told CBC News there were no further developments to share about the case, as of Saturday.
He said the Major Crimes Unit handles distributing information on a case-by-case basis, but that generally any new information would be shared with the family prior to being made available publicly.
If the family hasn't received any new information, Howell said, it's likely because there haven't been any significant developments to be shared by investigators.
Graves said her daughter's death remains a mystery to her as she waits for any new information on what happened to be shared with her by investigators.
"It's hard to really kind of comprehend that she's gone, because you just really don't have any answers," she said.
"She wasn't a bad person. She wouldn't have done anything to anybody to cause them harm."
Dines, an avid skateboarder and artist, wanted to go to school to become a youth worker, her mother said.
"She's a good kid," she said. "She's kind and thoughtful and compassionate and loving and funny and smart."
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