Twenty-year-old Tatyanna Harrison was last seen at the Grand Union Pub in Vancouver on April 22, 2022. Her mother Natasha Harrison desperately searched the Downtown Eastside for months, but couldn’t find her daughter.
Later that year in August, police arrived at Natasha’s house to give her the worst news: Tatyanna’s body had been found on a yacht in Richmond.
As she learned more disturbing details, Natasha kept seeking one vital piece of information — definitive evidence that her daughter hadn’t been assaulted and killed.
But that information was not forthcoming, as Natasha told a coroner’s inquest held in the summer of 2026.
Tatyanna Harrison’s case, alongside those of Noelle O’Soup and Chelsea Poorman, raised questions about the quality of police and other investigations into missing Indigenous women and youth. Over the past 13 years, a provincial and then a national inquiry on murdered and missing Indigenous women have led to dozens of recommendations, including changes to how police respond to reports of missing Indigenous people.
But loved ones, including Natasha Harrison, say they experienced delays, indifference and baffling decisions as police handled their missing persons cases.
The coroner’s inquest into Tatyanna’s death was supposed to provide answers. Instead, it mostly raised more troubling questions — and gave Natasha a fresh shock when she learned at the inquest that her daughter’s body had been buried without her knowledge or consent.
In This Series
Public Safety Minister Won’t Comment on Tatyanna Harrison Inquest
After problems with BC’s death investigation system were shown, there’s no reason to wait to act, says lawyer.
Tatyanna’s ‘Whole Case Was Built on Assumptions’
The family of a young Indigenous woman found dead in a marina is calling for a review of how BC agencies investigate deaths.
What Really Happened to Tatyanna Harrison?
A belated coroner’s inquest was supposed to provide answers. Instead, it raised troubling questions.
Inquest Paused after Mother Receives Shocking News About Her Daughter
Natasha Harrison learned during testimony her daughter Tatyanna was buried without her knowledge.
The Inquest into the Death of Tatyanna Harrison Starts This Week
Harrison was one of three Indigenous women and youth whose remains were found over a six-month period in 2022.
After Three Unexplained Deaths, Indigenous Families Fight for Answers
Three years later, loved ones say they’ve hit a brick wall with police, coroners and MCFD.
Chelsea, Noelle and Tatyanna Went Missing. Did Police Do Enough to Find Them?
In three tragic cases, the families of missing Indigenous women and youth encountered baffling police decisions and delays.