Missing Person - Come Home

 Amber Tara-Lynn Redman was born on January 30, 1986. Amber was from Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation; she was the middle child and only girl of loving parents Gwenda Yuzicappi and Art Redman Sr. She was very close to her older brother Bevin and her younger brother Dreyden. 

When she was three years old Amber’s father, Art Sr., designed and beaded her first fancy dance outfit in her favourite colours, purple and pink, and her parents traveled with her on the powwow trail. Amber felt the pride of being a Dakota Winyan (woman) and dancing to the heartbeat of the drum inspired her Spirit to dance with All The Relatives

On July 15, 2005, Amber went to Trapper’s Bar in Fort  Qu’Appelle with Cody and her cousin Tommy. Earlier that day Amber got paid for babysitting. She took her aunt and cousins out for pizza and chicken. By the time Gwenda got home Amber was already gone. It was unlike Amber to go out to the bar on a Thursday night. When Gwenda asked the waitress about Amber, she said she served Amber only two drinks and was surprised when Amber fell and appeared intoxicated. Gwenda believes something was slipped into Amber’s drink. Amber and Cody had an argument in the bar that night and Cody left. Tommy said he went to the bathroom and when he came out he could not find Amber. Amber had Tommy’s car keys so he called his mom who came to get him. This was the last time Amber was seen by those close to her. 

Amber’s remains were found on May 5, 2008 on Little Black Bear First Nation after a police sting operation. Two men, Albert Patrick Bellegarde, 29, and Gilbert Allan Bellegarde, 31, were charged with first degree murder. On December 12, 2008 the Crown stayed the first degree murder charge against Gilbert Bellegarde. On January 22, 2009 Albert Bellegarde pled guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years