By Canadian Press

Family of Saskatoon woman being held in U.S. urges Canada to extradite her home

Aug 10, 2022 | 11:51 AM

Family of a Saskatchewan woman being held in custody in the United States say they want her extradited quickly to deal with her charges in Canada.

Dawn Walker, who is 48, is facing two charges in Oregon related to identity fraud along with two charges in Saskatoon of child abduction and public mischief.

She was arrested Friday when she and her seven-year-old son were found in Oregon City, Ore.,  following a two-week search for the pair.

Police allege Walker was involved in a custody dispute with the boy’s father and faked her death and that of her son before illegally entering the U.S.

Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier, a former chief of Okanese First Nation who is Walker’s aunt, says she hopes the federal government will work as fast as it can to bring Walker home rather than leave her to sit in a U.S. jail.

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Saskatoon police say they are working with prosecutors and justice officials about extradition, but don’t have any updates on the process.

The U.S. Department of Justice says on its website that if an extradition is approved by a judge, it can takes months or years to return a person back to their home country.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 10, 2022.

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