Mother of Teen Victim in Mass Killing Suing Manitoba’s Child Welfare Agency

RCMP on the scene of an ongoing investigation regarding five deaths in southern Manitoba, in Carman, Man., on Feb. 12, 2024. The Canadian Press/David Lipnowski

The mother of a 17-year-old victim in a mass slaying in Manitoba is suing a child welfare agency for allegedly failing to protect the girl.

Juliette Hastings claims in the lawsuit that Winnipeg Child and Family Services, the General Child and Family Services Authority and the director of Child and Family Services were “reckless, careless and negligent in their statutory duty” to her daughter, Myah-Lee Gratton.