Death of Noelle O'Soup 'a familiar tragedy' and answers are needed, Indigenous leaders say

Noelle “Elli” O’Soup, an Indigenous girl reported missing from her Port Coquitlam, B.C. home over a year ago, died in early May in a Vancouver apartment, authorities say. She was 14 years old.

Noelle, a member of Key First Nation in Saskatchewan, was one of two people found dead in an apartment at the corner of Heatley Avenue and Hastings Street on May 1, in the city’s Strathcona neighbourhood, Vancouver police said in a statement. Police said their cause of death is unknown.

“This has become a familiar tragedy experienced by our families and communities,” said Coun. Solomon Reece of Key First Nation in a written