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Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help in tracing the movements of Annie Pootoogook, a 46-year-old Inuit artist whose body was found in Lowertown earlier this week.
Pootoogook’s body was discovered Monday at about 8:50 a.m. in the water close to Bordeleau Park in Lowertown.
Police do not consider her death to be suspicious or a homicide, said Const. Marc Soucy. “We just want to recreate her final moments.”
Soucy said an autopsy was performed, but police are not releasing a cause of death. It is unclear where she was last seen.
Pootoogook’s artwork is in the collection of the National Gallery. The acclaimed artist, originally from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, had spent much of her life recently trying to overcome addiction and the hardships of living life on the street. Although her artwork was shown in local galleries, Pootoogook said her life had spiralled out of control. Last year, she was living at a women’s shelter after moving out of an ex-boyfriend’s apartment. She was known to panhandle outside the Metro store on Rideau Street, and on Queensway off-ramps, as well as barter her artwork.
Annie Pootoogook’s “Lying In Bed, 2004” was exhibited at Harbourfront Centre’s Power Plant. SunMediaArchive
Last October, she seemed cheerful and content to be with friends at the Shepherds of Good Hope, and told a Citizen reporter she knew she had an alcohol problem. But it was hard to abstain, and she was trying to overcome the deaths of family members and stay strong.
“When people tell you to stop drinking,” Pootoogook said, her tendency is to “keep drinking and drinking.”
Police ask anyone who saw Pootoogook in the days leading up to the discovery of her body to contact the Ottawa Police major crime unit at 613 236 1222, ext. 5493.
Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477
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Pootoogook’s body was discovered Monday at about 8:50 a.m. in the water close to Bordeleau Park in Lowertown.
Police do not consider her death to be suspicious or a homicide, said Const. Marc Soucy. “We just want to recreate her final moments.”
Soucy said an autopsy was performed, but police are not releasing a cause of death. It is unclear where she was last seen.
Pootoogook’s artwork is in the collection of the National Gallery. The acclaimed artist, originally from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, had spent much of her life recently trying to overcome addiction and the hardships of living life on the street. Although her artwork was shown in local galleries, Pootoogook said her life had spiralled out of control. Last year, she was living at a women’s shelter after moving out of an ex-boyfriend’s apartment. She was known to panhandle outside the Metro store on Rideau Street, and on Queensway off-ramps, as well as barter her artwork.
Annie Pootoogook’s “Lying In Bed, 2004” was exhibited at Harbourfront Centre’s Power Plant. SunMediaArchive
Last October, she seemed cheerful and content to be with friends at the Shepherds of Good Hope, and told a Citizen reporter she knew she had an alcohol problem. But it was hard to abstain, and she was trying to overcome the deaths of family members and stay strong.
“When people tell you to stop drinking,” Pootoogook said, her tendency is to “keep drinking and drinking.”
Police ask anyone who saw Pootoogook in the days leading up to the discovery of her body to contact the Ottawa Police major crime unit at 613 236 1222, ext. 5493.
Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477
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