'No one listened': Mother of teen slain in Carman says CFS ignored her safety concerns
CTV
The grieving mother of a teen who was among a family killed in Carman, Man., over the weekend is demanding answers – saying her daughter was placed in the home where she died by Winnipeg Child and Family Services despite warnings that it wasn't safe.
The grieving mother of a teen who was among a family killed in Carman, Man., over the weekend is demanding answers – saying her daughter was placed in the home where she died by Winnipeg Child and Family Services despite warnings that it wasn't safe.
Juliette Hastings looks through photos of her oldest daughter Myah-Lee Gratton – a 17-year-old girl who she said had a passion for life.
"Myah, she could do anything and her heart was so pure and so big," Hastings said in an interview with CTV News, adding Myah loved her four younger siblings. "I always called her a butterfly. She was very colourful, always wanting to be around people. Have fun. Make people smile."
Myah-Lee was one of five people killed in Carman, Man., on Sunday. CTV News has confirmed the four other victims include 30-year-old Amanda Clearwater and her three children: six-year-old Bethany, four-year-old Jayven, and two-and-a-half-month-old Isabella.
Clearwater's common-law partner Ryan Manoakeesick, who had been living in the home at the time, has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder. The charges have not been tested in court.
"It could have been all avoided – and that's what gets me. No one listened. No one listened," Hastings said.
