Cassandra was 20 years old when her charred remains were found by a hiker in Richmond, British Columbia on June 1st, 1997. Cassandra was a resident of Vancouver at the time and was known to engage in sex work in the Downtown Eastside to support herself. Downtown Eastside Vancouver is known to be dangerous for those living a high-risk lifestyle and many other Indigenous sex workers have disappeared from or been murdered there. Cassandra's child was only 5 months old when she was murdered. Cassandra's murder remains unsolved.

Subsequent reports have also highlighted significant concerns about the initial Police investigation including concerns about the BC Coroner among others. The purpose of this report is to make a report of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Won & Girls in the Vancouver lower mainland. It is recommended that you include (a) timeline of events, (b) the locations of as many sites reported by the media. (c) the impacts these discoveries have/are having on Indigenous communities, and (d) recommendations necessary to mitigate the harm caused to Indigenous children, families, and communities as well as what can be done to reverse the harm, etc..