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Betty Osborne
Helen Betty Osborne (1952 - November 13, 1971) was an Aboriginal woman from Norway House reserve who was kidnapped while walking down Third Street in The Pas, Manitoba on the morning of November 13, 1971.
After being kidnapped, she was brutally beaten, raped, and killed. Her unclothed body was found by police after the fact.
Four young white men were implicated in her death: Dwayne Archie Johnston , James Robert Paul Houghton, Lee Scott Colgan and Norman Bernard Manger. It was not until December 1987 that any of them were convicted of the crime, and then only Johnston was convicted, as Houghton had been acquitted, Colgan had received immunity for testifying against Houghton and Johnston, and Manger had never been charged.
The delay in solving the crime was interpreted by many as evidence of police racism towards Aboriginal people, and this event continues to be a source of strain in The Pas to the present day.
The RCMP officially closed the Osborne case on February 12, 1999.
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