Missing, murdered aboriginal women crisis demands a look at root causes

Roxanne Isadore was already a survivor by the time she reached her sixth birthday.

"She used to scream at night … 'That guy is after me.'" Her grandmother Angeline recalls how the sexual abuse Roxanne experienced as a child haunted her for years.

As she got older, she continued to struggle. There were suicide attempts, addictions. And when she was 24, she disappeared.

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