Cynthia Kudjick was a 35-year-old Inuk woman who was fatally beaten in Montreal in early January 2005. Accounts place the assault on January 3, with a later case review reporting she died in hospital on January 4. Reports describe severe injuries to her head and abdomen sustained in the attack.

Despite her injuries she left the residence, went toward the Midway Bar on Saint-Laurent Boulevard and tried to get help there but was not admitted. Paramedics later found her outside, unconscious, severely injured and, according to a later account, without clothing; she was taken to hospital and died of the injuries.

Police questioned her boyfriend, who has been described as the last person known to have seen her alive and as an important witness. The available record does not show any charges, and a recent review states no arrest was ever made. The killing remains unsolved and advocates have called for renewed review.

Did anyone in Montreal at the time or since have information about Cynthia’s movements that night or about the people she was with?