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The search for a missing Mi’kmaw woman has ended in Knoxville, Tenn.
Chrisma Joy Denny was found alive Sunday after she was reported missing in early November.
“Denny is in a safe location and has agreed to stay there,” said the Knox County sheriff’s office in a press release.
Police in Knoxville said they’re working with police in Canada to ensure her safe return home.
Denny, 23, was reported missing in early November.
But no one in her home community of Eskasoni had seen her since early September.
Her family has said Denny struggled with addiction and mental illness and often took off on her own. At times, she lived on the streets in Sydney, Cape Breton. So, it wasn’t unusual to not see her for weeks at a time.
Early in their investigation, police found out that Denny travelled to the United States. Her last reported sighting was in Tennessee where she had contact with the Knox County sheriff’s office.
Officers in Knox County had tried to help Denny. She spent a couple of days at a shelter and was thought to have then moved on.
