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She was found by a co-worker around 12:30 p.m. Detectives had appealed to the public for any information on anyone who might have interacted with Salm during this time or in the hours and days before.

Hikoalok, from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is a member of the hip hop collective Tr1be Music, which runs a studio program to “to help Indigenous artists break into the music industry.”

The group participated in a tour of Ottawa-Carleton District School Board schools in April, where Hikoalok went into area schools speaking to students and performing.

He raps as “Ty Millz”. According to the group’s website, the Inuit man was put into foster care and taken from his community at the age of nine.

“Music has since then been his therapy,” his biography says. Hikoalok uses “instrumentals as a way to express himself (and) as a way to stay motivated.”

The site credits a turn to making music and beats, which he taught himself, with saving his life. “Tyler’s ambition is to set up a similar music program for youth in his hometown.”

It was not immediately known if Hikoalok has a criminal record.

According to details of the April schools tour, members of the collective were “sharing their stories and providing education through music.

“These young artists are making a name for themselves and strive to be positive role models for the next generation. Not only are they performing artists, but they make their own beats, produce their own records, and are entrepreneurs.”