Noelle O'Soup's family was fighting to remove her from group home when she disappeared: uncle

WARNING: This story discusses violence against Indigenous women and girls and may affect those who have experienced it or know someone who has.

The family of Noelle O’Soup, a 14-year-old Indigenous girl whose remains were found in a Vancouver apartment in May, says B.C.’s Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and the Vancouver Police Department neglected the teen before and after her death, failing to properly inform them when she disappeared and when her remains were ultimately identified.

O’Soup and her three brothers, who belong to the Key First Nation in Saskatchewan and the Saulteau First Nations in B.C., had been living in group homes run