September 6, 2008 (Saturday)

Maisy Odjick stayed the night at Shannon Alexander’s the previous night, which was a Friday. According to Shannon’s father, Bryan Alexander, Shannon walked him to the bus station at about noon. Bryan Alexander took the bus to Ottawa, ON, to paint his son’s place. Maisy’s grandmother states that Maisy and Shannon had stayed over her place many nights the week prior, including Thursday night.

September 7, 2008 (Sunday)

Maisy’s mom and grandmother cannot get a hold of Maisy and get a bit worried. They feel that  she’ll  soon call.

September 8, 2008 (Monday)

Maisy’s grandma, Lisa Odjick, goes to Bryan Alexander’s house. They exchange information and both become heightened with worry. Maisy’s mom Laurie starts calling around to all of her friends, finding out bits and pieces of information as to who was the last person to see Maisy. Police are alerted by Laurie Odjick at this point.

September 10, 2008 (Wednesday)

Kitigan Zibi Police make an official report today and interview Laurie Odjick.

September 12, 2008 (Friday)

Kitigan Zibi Chief Gilbert Whiteduck arranges a press conference in Kitigan Zibi at the Cultural Center for 10am.  Laurie Odjick and Bryan Alexander both make pleas to the cameras for their girls to come home.

September 19, 2008 (Friday)

Maisy’s Mom, Laurie Odjick, along with Constable Francis McDougall (lead investigator from the Kitigan Zibi police), arrange for a search in Ottawa, ON. A group of 20 volunteers gather posters together and go 2 by 2 all over Ottawa and Gatineau handing out posters, posting at businesses and bus stops and visually looking for the two girls.  Despite all efforts, no new information is found.

September 23, 2008 (Tuesday)

Marcel Brascoupe (a Kitigan Zibi community member and Emergency Preparedness Coordinator), along with Maisy’s Mom, Laurie Odjick, arrange for a river search in Kitigan Zibi.  Community members, Bernard Dumont and Joanne Cote, volunteer their boats for the search.  Many volunteers come to help in the river search. No new information is found. Laurie Odjick claims that Constable Francis McDougall was present during this search and tried to end the search early as he claimed there was proof the girls were in Ottawa.

September 25, 2008 (Thursday)

Marcel Brascoupe, along with Maisy’s Mom, Laurie Odjick, arrange for a ground search in Kitigan Zibi.  About 60 volunteers consisting of Kitigan come to help in the ground search. No new information is found.

October 1, 2008 (Wednesday)

After talking with Maisy’s Mom, Laurie Odjick, and Shannon’s Dad, Bryan Alexander, Maisy’s aunt Maria Jacko, puts together a website asking for donations for a reward and giving information of the missing girls.

October 4, 2008 (Saturday)

A second press conference is arranged by the Assembly of First Nations and National Chief, Phil Fontaine.  The families (Laurie Odjick, Maria Jacko, Penny Jacko, Bryan Alexander, and Roy Alexander (Shannon’s uncle)) along with the Kitigan Zibi Chief, Gilbert Whiteduck, are present in Ottawa for the press conference. Later the families go to Parliament Hill to partake in a vigil for Missing and Murdered woman hosted by the Native Womens Association of Canada.

October 10, 2008 (Friday)

Lynda Kitchikeesic Juden, a volunteer who worked at the Native Women’s Association of Canada, organizes a 3-day search in the Ottawa area for Saturday, October 11th, Sunday October 12th, and Monday October 13th, 2008.

November 28, 2008 (Friday)

Maisy Odjick’s aunt, Maria Jacko, calls a meeting in Kitigan Zibi (4:00pm at the Kitigan Zibi Band Office) to present ideas for a search and get answers from police and to see how to go forward with the reward money.  Present at the meeting are Laurie Odjick (Maisy’s mom), Bryan Alexander (Shannon Alexander’s Dad), Kitigan Zibi Chief (Gilbert Whiteduck) and Council (Marlene Carle, Darlene Twenish, Rene Commando, Kristy Whiteduck, Wayne Odjick). Kitigan Zibi Police Chief Gordon McGregor and Constable Francis McDougall (lead investigator for missing girls) are also present. During the meeting, Bryan Alexander blows up at the police and leaves early. A potential search is discussed pending on Polices ability to get a Search manger. Also, it is decided that a flyer will go out in the community advertising the reward money for the following week.

December 4, 2008 (Thursday)

Maisy Odjick’s Aunt, Maria Jacko was able to get in touch with Roland Hamel, coordinator for Search and Rescue Global 1, who agreed to bring a team of searchers for the December 7^th search, provided that police would work with them.

December 7, 2008 (Sunday)

The KZ Chief and Council & the KZ police assisted in a community search surrounding Shannon Alexander’s house, the last place the girls were seen.  The Search and Rescue Global 1 Team brought a team of over 30 searchers and the Ottawa Valley Search and Rescue Dog Association brought a team of 6 members and 2 dogs.  Despite a tremendous effort of over approximately 70 searchers, no new information was found.

January 14, 2009 (Wednesday)

Kitigan Zibi Chief and Council hold a meeting with Search and Rescue Global 1 and the families of Maisy Odjick and Bryan Alexander. Present are Kitigan Zibi Chief Gilbert Whiteduck,  Councilor Marlene Carle, Laurie Odjick and Maria Jacko along with team members of the Search and Rescue Global 1 (SARG1) team. SARG1 team presents a report stating that specific areas were searched and nothing is found and they give this report to Chief Whiteduck. Chief Whiteduck presents SARG1 with a donation of $1000.00 and Maria Jacko and Laurie Odjick give a donation of $275.00 (money donated for the search from community members).

It is decided at this meeting that another search will commence in the Spring/ Summer after the snow disappears. SARG1 with contact KZ Chief with a date.

January 30, 2009 (Wednesday)

Maria Jacko gets in touch with the Missing Children’s Society of Canada through tip from the RCMP. They agree to take on the investigation after registration forms are filled out by the parents of Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander.

March 31, 2009 (Monday)

SARG1 meets with KZ Chief and Council and families of Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander. During this meeting it is decided that the next search will be on Saturday May 2, 2009.

April 23, 2009 (Thursday)

The Quebec Native Women Inc. hold a press conference for the missing girls, Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander. The families announce the upcoming search in Kitigan Zibi.

May 2, 2009 (Saturday)

Search Day: SARG1 and Ottawa Valley Search and Rescue Dog Association lead the search of specified areas with over 230 volunteers. Two buses donated from Amnesty International journey from Ottawa to Maniwaki, Quebec with over 70 volunteers.

Despite findings, no new substantial information is found. Kitigan Zibi Constable Justin Petoniquot and SQ investigator Steve Lalande are present and pick up clues for analysis. Clues consist of a ripped green sweater and a gun. These are found not to be connected to the disappearance of Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander.  Also present is Missing Children Society of Canada investigators Gregg McMartin and Wendy Christensen.

May 9, 2009 (Saturday)

An elderly couple of Kitigan Zibi, Antoine Ojinany and his wife, contact Kitigan Zibi police. Antoine’s wife said she had a dream of the girls bones being at a certain place and asked KZ police to assist her. They do assist the couple to the site and actually find bones. Kitigan Zibi police call the Surete du Quebec as it is not in Kitigan Zibi’s jurisdiction. The bones are sent to a lab in Montreal for analysis and are later determined to be animal bones.

May 22, 2009 (Friday)

At 8:00am, Chief Whiteduck meets the Ottawa Valley Search and Rescue Dog Association team members at the Kitigan Zibi Band Office along with Laurie Odjick and Maria Jacko.  OVSARDA performs a search with 1 dog of specified areas outlined by Maria Jacko. Emails from the ‘Find Maisy and Shannon’ website suggest girls are in specified places. We also do a thorough search of where the animal bones were found. Thorough searches of four separate areas provide no new evidence.  OVSARDA says that anytime we have new places to search, they will come back.

May 23, 2010 (Saturday) – November 11, 2025 (Tuesday)

Since May 23, 2010, many searches have been done through out Maniwaki and Kitigan Zibi. Each information received by the families are reviewed and some information are provided to the police.