A Vice-Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations suggests the police should widen their search and their investigation about a missing mother and child. Heather Bear says 48 year old Dawn Walker works for the FSIN and has told staff that she has been a victim of domestic abuse. Bear would like the search to go beyond looking in and around the river at Chief Whitecap Park where the truck Dawn was driving was found Monday morning.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Greg Abbott says a number of special teams from the RCMP and the Saskatoon Police Service, along with volunteers are searching underwater as well as on the surface, scouring the rivers edge and the river itself, and the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association is also coming in to help.

Dawn Walker and her son Vincent haven’t been seen since Friday night and her family says it is uncharacteristic for her not to be in touch. Her sister, Patricia Dorian, says, “I just want to say this is so unlike Dawn, to just leave and go. We have a lot of family and friends here who are concerned about her.”

After the truck was found on Monday, personal belongings were also located. Investigators learned that a person in the same area had discovered her purse on Saturday and had turned it in to the RCMP.

The FSIN is holding a candlelight vigil for Dawn and Vincent tonight at 8:30 at Chief Whitecap Park.

Forty-eight year old Dawn Walker is described as 5’5″ tall, medium build, blond hair, brown eyes. Her six year old son Vincent Jansen is described as 4’2″ tall, slim build, brown hair and brown eyes. Dawn Walker was last seen on July 22, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at a business on the 300 block of Owen Manor in Saskatoon.

Patricia Dorian speaking to media: