Family relieved as Pimicikamak woman found after going missing in Winnipeg nearly 3 weeks ago
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Family of a Pimicikamak Cree Nation woman are breathing a sigh of relief after the missing 22-year-old was found nearly three weeks after she was last seen in Winnipeg.
Police found Jessie Alexia McKay late Friday, said her uncle Christopher Ross.
"We are so happy and overcome with relief," Ross said in a statement. "The parents and the family are so overcome with happiness, tears of joy and glad she is OK."
The announcement came hours after Ross, McKay's mother Phyllis Ballantyne and others from Pimicikamak Cree Nation held the second news conference in seven days asking for tips from the public.
Before she was located, McKay was reported missing to Winnipeg police on Sept. 13.
She was dropped off at a birthday party in the area of Redwood Avenue and Main Street in the city's North End on Sunday, Sept. 5., and never made it back to her mother's home in the city.
A number of family members and First Nations leaders from Pimicikamak — also known as Cross Lake, about 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg — made the trip to Winnipeg last week to help search for McKay.
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