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“These are allegations, we will see where they go,’’ she said outside court.

“The tragedy of what happened here is what happens very regularly in the territories and it goes unnoticed.”

Lafleur said homicide and suicide rates in the north were alarmingly higher than the rest of Canada, while treatment centres for addiction or mental health issues were inadequate or non-existent.

“What the heck is happening up there and why isn’t it being addressed? There should be a public outrage.”

Lafleur admitted she had only scant information about this case and it wasn’t clear whether addictions played any role either in the slaying or the family relationship.

“This is an Inuit family. Just because you remove the Inuit family from Nunavut, it doesn’t mean the problems have been resolved.”

Lennese Kublu, who had been repeatedly questioned this past week, was arrested Friday.

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Kuplu was last seen in Ottawa on Jan. 10. Police have yet to recover her body.

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It’s not yet known whether Kublu is alleged to have acted alone.

None of the charges have been proven in court.

A police search was under way at the Trail Road landfill, where City of Ottawa waste ends up, on Saturday.

The last place detectives tracked Kuplu was at the Elgin Street courthouse at about 10:45 a.m. on Jan. 10. From the courthouse, police believe she headed north toward Laurier Avenue around 11:50 a.m. She likely got on a bus, they said, heading home.

On Jan. 12, two days after Kuplu was last seen, Kublu and Brown rode a bus to Toronto. Family members then believed that the two women were both missing.

Three days later, on Jan. 15, Kublu and Brown were arrested in Toronto for allegedly shoplifting. Brown also allegedly assaulted a store security guard.

Toronto police charged Brown, 28, with theft under $5,000, assault with a weapon, assault and failing to comply with bail and probation conditions. Police also charged him with possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of stolen property.

Kublu was brought back to Ottawa.

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Kuplu, originally from Nunavut, had lived in Ottawa with her daughter for several years. She has other children.

Mother and daughter spell their surnames differently in English.

Brown remained in custody in Toronto on Friday.