tamra keepness

Mother of missing Tamra Keepness dies, search continues 19 years after disappearance

Jul 5, 2023 | 3:16pm

A woman whose daughter has been missing for 19 years is being remembered as someone dedicated to her children. Lorena Keepness, the mother of Tamra Keepness, died suddenly in late May. Cowessess First Nation Chief Erica Beaudin spoke of the mother’s death during an annual barbecue in Regina marking the anniversary of the child’s disappearance. Beaudin said […]

Regina Police still searching for Tamra Keepness 17 years after her disappearance

Jul 5, 2021 | 11:21am

Tamra Keepness disappeared from her home 17 years ago Monday. The five-year-old — originally from the Whitebear First Nation — was last seen in her home on the 1800 block of Ottawa Street in Regina. Her disappearance made national news headlines. Tamra Keepness disappeared from her #YQR home 17 years ago. As we send our […]

$50,000 rewards to solve two Regina mysteries extended for another year

Dec 15, 2020 | 2:09pm

Two unsolved mysteries in Regina are going to continue to have big rewards attached to them as police look to find the person or persons responsible. At a board of police commissioners meeting on Tuesday,  police said a $50,000 reward that leads to a conclusion in the 2004 disappearance of five-year-old Tamra Keepness and the […]

Community, RPS host awareness event for Tamra Keepness

Jul 17, 2020 | 4:18pm

Regina Treaty/Status Indian Services (RT/SIS) held an event aimed at raising awareness about the disappearance of Tamra Keepess, nearly two decades ago. On July 5th, 2004. Tamra disappeared from her family home in Regina, 16 years later, she still hasn’t been found. Regina Police Chief Evan Bray, says the investigation into Tamra’s disappearance remains as […]

Tamra Keepness disappearance now 16 years old

Jul 5, 2020 | 7:07pm

It is one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in Regina and Saskatchewan, and it is now 16 years old. Five-year-old Tamra Keepness was last seen around 10:30 p.m. on July 5, 2004 as she was going to bed in her home in Regina’s core, where she lived with her mother, stepfather, twin sister and four […]

Rewards for information on Tamra Keepness and Htoo/Maw triple homicide renewed by RPS

Dec 18, 2019 | 1:56pm

The rewards for information on both the Tamra Keepness and Htoo/Maw triple homicide have been renewed by the Board of Police Commissioners. Separate rewards of $50,000 will be given to anyone who has information that leads to solving both cold cases. Mayor Michael Fougere said the Keepness search has been on since 2004, while the […]

Annual Tamra Keepness barbecue marks 15 years since her disappearance

Jul 5, 2019 | 5:13pm

Joyce Keepness (left), one of Tamra’s great aunts, speaks to the crowd at Pepsi Park on Friday afternoon. (Photo: Moises Canales/620 CKRM)   Reginans gathered together on Friday to show their support and love for Tamra Keepness. The annual event was hosted at Core Community Park, also known as Pepsi Park, off of 11th Avenue […]

July 5 marks the 15 year anniversary of Tamra Keepness disappearance

Jul 5, 2019 | 6:30am

Retired police corporal Jim Pratt remembers standing on a road on the outskirts of Regina as a team of searchers walked through a yellow canola field. They were looking for a missing Indigenous girl, five-year-old Tamra Keepness. Elders had told police they had visions of the child near rocks, water and trees. Pratt says a […]

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