Mary Jean KREISER Missing Person Case

Mary Jean

KREISER

87

49

67 inches

67 inches

134 lbs

134 lbs

Indigenous

Female

Mary Jean Kreiser, a 49-year-old mother of five, vanished in the fall of 1987 from the area of Westlock, Alberta, leaving her family with decades of unanswered questions. Born in Wabasca, Alberta, to a Métis father and a mother from the Bigstone Cree Nation, her life was marked by early hardship, including time spent at a residential school. In the autumn of 1987, she was living in Slave Lake. The exact date of her disappearance is uncertain, with reports varying between September and October of that year. She was last definitively seen at a Petro Canada gas station in Westlock, a community situated northwest of Edmonton. After that sighting, communication from her ceased, and she was reported missing to both the Edmonton Police Service and the Slave Lake RCMP in October 1987. At the time she went missing, Mary Jean was described as being five feet seven inches tall, with a slender build, short brown hair, and brown eyes. She had a noticeable mole on the right side of her jaw and a tattoo of the letter "M" on her left wrist. When she was last seen, she was reportedly wearing a dark blue coat over a blue shirt and a green wool shirt, blue jeans, and white running shoes. She was also carrying a black leather clutch-style purse. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance were troubling. At the time, she was residing at a local campground with her boyfriend, a man her family later came to suspect might have been involved in her vanishing due to his history of assault. This individual passed away in a car accident in 1997, taking any potential knowledge of her whereabouts with him. The search for Mary Jean has been a long and painful journey for her children and loved ones. Her family has expressed feeling that law enforcement did not initially give the case the serious attention it deserved, questioning if her struggles with alcohol were a factor in the initial response. These personal struggles were deeply rooted in the trauma she endured at a residential school, which led to depression and substance abuse throughout her life. Despite the passage of time, her case remains an open and unsolved investigation. Over the years, there have been suggestions that she might have traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia, but these leads have not resulted in answers. The case of Mary Jean Kreiser is a heartbreaking story of a mother lost, a family left in limbo, and the lasting impact of intergenerational trauma on Indigenous communities. It underscores the profound and painful uncertainty that surrounds so many cases of missing persons, leaving a void that cannot be filled.

Coat Dark Blue Pants Blue, Jeans Purse Leather, Black, Clutch style Shirt Wool, Green Shirt Blue Shoes White, Running shoes Mark Jaw, Mole on right side Tattoo Left Wrist, Letter "M"

Oct 05, 1987

Westlock

Alberta

Slave Lake RCMP

Slave Lake

Alberta

780-849-3999

780-849-3999

Law Enforcement

20141275163

Slave Lake RCMP

Brown

Brown

Brown

Build: Slender/Thin; Complexion: Ruddy; Hair details: Short

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