Jean Lachance was the victim of a homicide in 1991 — a case that has never been solved. (YouTube/Prince Albert Police Service)

By paNOW Staff

Homicide of Jean LaChance

‘Somebody out there knows the truth’: Police continue 30-year-old homicide investigation

Sep 15, 2021 | 3:00 PM

Three decades have passed since their mother died and the children of Jean Lachance are still waiting to find out how and why it happened.

The Prince Albert Police Service continues to seek additional information that can help solve the thirty-year-old homicide case.

Sgt. Kathy Edwardsen with the Prince Albert Police Service’s Missing Persons and Historical Crimes unit said, “somebody out there knows the truth and we hope they will do the right thing and come forward.”

On September 15, 1991, Lachance’s body was discovered along the bush line in a field south of Victoria Hospital. She had five children between the ages of four and 11 who were left without a mother. Those children are now adults and are hoping the person responsible for her death can find the courage to do the right thing and come forward to police after all this time.

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Lachance was last seen on that Saturday night in 1991 at the former Coronet bar at closing time. Police said there were multiple witnesses who were able to help police in providing a timeline of her actions that weekend but police need more to work with.

“The family and friends of the missing and murdered cannot rest until they know the truth,” Edwardsen said. “They deserve to know what happened.”

If you have information about the unsolved homicide of Jean LaChance, contact police at 306-953-4222 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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