December 22 2016 - [⚠️: murder, sexual assault, brutality] Theresa Cardinal has thought about her #mother #JeanetteCardinal every day since she was found dead on Feb. 7, #2011, praying police would catch her killer. As the years went by there were times she lost hope, but now with her pain is a sense of relief. "I cried when the homicide detective told me," said Cardinal, 26. On Thursday police announced they have made an arrest in the five-year-old slaying. Police let her know first they have made a breakthrough in the cold case. 'It was just really hard' Cardinal remembers her #mother as kind and loving to her and her four siblings. "She would do anything for us children," she said. "It was just really hard for our family to lose our mother in the way that we did." Her mother had addiction problems that led her to the wrong crowd, but she never lost her spirit and infectious laugh, Cardinal said. Jeanette Cardinal's body was found by a repairman in an apartment building near 119th Avenue and 81st Street. The cause of her death has not been released. The 40-year-old, originally from the #BeaverLakeCreeNation moved to #Edmonton in late 2010 from #SlaveLake, Alta. Forensic evidence leads to break Police said the man arrested for Cardinal's murder was a person of interest within a couple of days of her death, but they did not have enough evidence to lay charges. Technological advances in forensic testing was the turning point, police said Thursday. "Through some consultation with the RCMP lab, we were able to identify some additional evidence that we could consider for additional testing which ultimately provided us additional grounds," said Det. Ryan Tebb, with Edmonton Police Service's historical homicide unit, who started the review of the file in February. #DanaFash, 38, was arrested Monday and charged with second-degree murder in the homicide, Edmonton police said. #violenceagainstwomen #restinpeace (at Edmonton, Alberta)
