On Mother’s Day weekend in 2009, 36-year-old Mi’kmaq mother of five Tanya Jean Brooks vanished in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The next afternoon, her body was found in a narrow window well at the former St. Patrick’s-Alexandra School — and the case has remained unsolved ever since. In this episode of Dark Roast & Dark Crimes, Keltee walks through Tanya’s life, the last known sightings, the early investigation, and the theories that still surround her murder, while centering the heartbreak and determination of the family still fighting for answers.
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Sources:
•\tGovernment of Nova Scotia, Rewards for Unsolved Crimes: Tanya Jean Brooks
•\tHalifax Regional Police News Release (2025): Ongoing Investigation of Tanya Brooks’s Murder
•\tCityNews Halifax (2025): “Police continue investigating cold murder file in Halifax” by Natasha O’Neill
•\tCityNews Halifax (2019): “‘Her life was stolen’: 10 years after Tanya Brooks’ murder” by Meghan Groff
•\tJudy Haiven (2022): “Halifax’s Mother’s Day murder: Tanya Brooks – A Memorial Walk”
•\tVICE (2015): “The Unsolved Murder of Tanya Brooks” by Hilary Beaumont
•\tGlobal News (2017): “Final remains of murdered Nova Scotia woman returned to family” by Aly Thomson
•\tTrue Crime Diva (2021): “Murder in Halifax: Who killed Tanya Jean Brooks?”
•\tNova Scotia Advocate (2019): “The murder of Tanya Brooks, 10 years later” by Judy Haiven
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