‘This is where our system fails’: Regina rally calls for action on intimate partner violence
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Standing in Regina’s Wascana Centre on Saturday, Andrea Naytowhow fought back tears as she spoke about her niece, Melissa Bear, who was eight months pregnant when she was killed in what her aunt says was a case of domestic violence.
“This relationship escalated, and during this time there was a no-contact order,” said Naytowhow, one of the people who attended at Saturday rally for in support of those who have dealt with intimate partner violence and sexual assault.
“Nobody checked up on her. This is where our system fails.”
Bear, 33, was eight months pregnant with a daughter when she was killed in Saskatoon on Aug. 29, 2023.
Cary Daniel Bluebell, who had been ordered by the court to have no contact with her, was supposed to appear in provincial court on the day she died.
Bluebell pleaded guilty to manslaughter in her death in November 2024 and received a 15-year sentence.
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