CANADA Samuel Bird, 14, Edmonton AB, last seen in West Edmonton - June 1, 2025

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I believe that his ex girlfriend lived in the house, and she was also a minor. There are likely adults that also lived there.

That sounds very sad if a 14 year old girl was involved, and she remained silent while someone she cared about was killed and transported out of the city by her relatives. I hope she is currently in government care and that she is receiving appropriate mental health treatment.

Did his mother know his girlfriend and follow up, or did she believe that he vanished off the street without any connection to a family friend?

 

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The family friend lived very close to where Samuel lived, so I'm guessing that would be one of the first people his family contacted after he was missing. I'm trying to understand the scenario ... are the families friends, or only the children?

He visited a friend on the way home, and was murdered. That friend and her family then hid his body in a field West of the city.

Police used CCTV to identify the last location where Samuel was seen alive. After police searched that property, where he was most likely murdered, the property was set on fire ... presumably to hide blood evidence?

Why would anyone murder a 14 year old child who was visiting his friend? I'm very curious whether there is some connection with drugs - perhaps he saw something he shouldn't see? Nothing makes sense at this point ... seems so random.

Google Map: approximate locations

"Investigators are now releasing that Samuel was last seen on surveillance video at approximately 8:30 p.m. on June 1, 2025, walking through the grounds of Holy Cross School near 151 Street and 104 Avenue, after which he attended the residence of a friend in the area of 150 Street and 106 Avenue, where he was last seen"

Samuel Bird's disappearance deemed criminal

 

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I would like to hear more about the suspect(s), how they fit into "missing and murdered Indigenous children and youth," and where the system has failed in protecting 14 year old Samuel.

We know that he was visiting a friend. That was the last time he was seen alive. We don't know why he was murdered, nor who was involved. I'm curious why there have been no arrests. Don't police know who was living at the house where Samuel was last seen? Don't they know the name of the friend?

"Bird's mother thanked volunteers and those who have been there for her family during the "darkest time of [her] life."

"We stand here in the shadow of a much larger injustice, the ongoing crisis of our missing and murdered Indigenous children and youth," Alanna said.

"This is not just about Samuel. This is about the systems that continue to fail our families and a silence that too often surrounds our pain."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/indigenous-teen-s-disappearance-now-deemed-criminal-by-edmonton-police-1.7648515

"Investigators believe that the suspect or suspects involved in Samuel’s disappearance may have disposed of his body no more than 150 km from Edmonton, and that this occurred within a short time of his disappearance on June 1, 2025."

Samuel Bird's disappearance deemed criminal