On Mother’s Day weekend in 2009, 36-year-old Mi’kmaq mother of five Tanya Jean Brooks vanished in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The next afternoon, her body was found in a narrow window well at the former St. Patrick’s-Alexandra School — and the case has remained unsolved ever since. In this episode of Dark Roast & Dark Crimes, Keltee walks through Tanya’s life, the last known sightings, the early investigation, and the theories that still surround her murder, while centering the heartbreak and determination of the family still fighting for answers.

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Sources:

•Government of Nova Scotia, Rewards for Unsolved Crimes: Tanya Jean Brooks

•Halifax Regional Police News Release (2025): Ongoing Investigation of Tanya Brooks’s Murder

•CityNews Halifax (2025): “Police continue investigating cold murder file in Halifax” by Natasha O’Neill

•CityNews Halifax (2019): “‘Her life was stolen’: 10 years after Tanya Brooks’ murder” by Meghan Groff

•Judy Haiven (2022): “Halifax’s Mother’s Day murder: Tanya Brooks – A Memorial Walk”

•VICE (2015): “The Unsolved Murder of Tanya Brooks” by Hilary Beaumont

•Global News (2017): “Final remains of murdered Nova Scotia woman returned to family” by Aly Thomson

•True Crime Diva (2021): “Murder in Halifax: Who killed Tanya Jean Brooks?”

•Nova Scotia Advocate (2019): “The murder of Tanya Brooks, 10 years later” by Judy Haiven

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