A second human skull found near Grande Prairie last month has now been identified as that of 16-year-old Krystle Knott, one of two teens who were last seen West Edmonton Mall six years ago.
Last week another set of remains found in the same spot were identified as Knott’s friend, 16-year-old Rene Gunning. The two were planning to hitch-hike back to their homes in B.C. but never arrived.
Knott’s aunt Doris Goulet received the news last night.
"I was hoping it wasn’t (Krystle), but I 99 per cent knew it was," Goulet said from her home in High Prairie, AB. "As soon as they told me that two skulls were found side by side and one was identified as Renee Gunning I knew the other one was Krystle."
But knowing the news was coming didn’t make it any easier to take.
"She was a beautiful little girl. She was smart, she was intelligent," Goulet said of her niece. "She’d do cartwheels up the street ahead of us and we’d have to hell her, ‘you can’t do that my girl, you’re going to kick somebody walking on the sidewalk.’"
The news came just one day after a memorial service was held for Renee Gunning in Fort St. John, B.C..
"Renee always wanted to make people happy, she wouldn’t want us mourning," Gunning’s father Jo said at Thursday’s service. "She was just so caring about the way people felt."
The remains were discovered approximately 60 kilometres south of Grande Prairie on the Forestry Trunk Road. Both deaths are considered suspicious and are being identified by Project KARE.
With files from Vassy Kapelos.
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