RCMP seeking help to identify victims

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The skeletal remains of three young Native women have been found 16 kilometres south of Saskatoon, near the South Saskatchewan River.

Eva Taysup, 30, a former resident of Rose Valley, Sask., has been identified through a tip and by dental charts, said Corp. Jerry Wilde of the Saskatoon RCMP.

Wile said the women have been missing between one-and-a-half and three years. Ernie Walker, an anthropologist with the University of Saskatchewan, has been able to determine ancestry, approximate age and heights of the victims.

RCMP have combed more than 500 missing persons files and have found four that might match the victims, who are believed to have been murdered. Dental charts are needed to make a positive identification.

"We don't have any idea who they are so we're asking the public if they have any relatives they haven't seen for one-and-a-half to three years to please contact Saskatoon RCMP," said Wilde.

The number to call is (306) 975-5133.