Friends question circumstances around New Year’s death
Questions are still swirling around the death of a 22-year-old Indigenous woman that was deemed unsuspicious by Saskatoon police.
Friends say Rudy Lynn Kishayinew was seeking shelter from the cold at St. Paul’s hospital in the early hours of New Year’s Day with a friend.
They claim the two were “kicked out” around 3:15 a.m., and hours later Kishayinew’s body was found behind the Rexall Pharmacy across the street from the hospital.
“We think she decided to wait for her methadone,” Lynn Thompson said, who is helping to plan a vigil for the young woman. The event is planned for Friday at 7 p.m. outside the Rexall location. The family won’t be involved, and organizers have requested no photography.