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JUNE 2016 PAGE 11 The girl with the incredibly bright smile was fittingly known as "Sunny" to her closest friends and family, including her two older brothers and two younger sisters. Sunshine Wood was a 16-year-old girl who, like many area teens, had recently moved from her home community of Manto Sipi Cree Nation (God's River) to attend high school in Winnipeg, where she stayed with family and friends. In many isolated communities, local schools only provide education up to Grade 9, after which time students must relocate to attend high school and pursue further education. Prior to her disappearance, Sunshine had begun missing class, as well as consuming alcohol. Sunshine was last seen on Friday, February 20th, 2004 at approximately 11:45 pm in front of the St. Regis Hotel located at 285 Smith Street in Winnipeg. She was wearing a grey EXCO sweatshirt, blue jeans and black boots. Sunshine had a medium complexion, brown hair and eyes, was 5'7" tall and weighed about 220 pounds when she went missing. She had cigarette burns on her left forearm, along with a number of tattoos on her hands and forearms, including the words Sunny, Destiny, SW, and a heart image. Sunshine was last seen on a Friday evening in a vicinity where there are a number of bars, and as a result, quite a bit of pedestrian activity in the area. Investigators are appealing to those who were in the vicinity that night to come forward with any information however irrelevant it may seem, as sometimes the smallest detail only makes sense when put into the big picture. Project Devote, the joint task force with the Winnipeg Police Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police which focuses on missing and murdered exploited persons' investigations, is actively investigating the disappearance of Sunshine Wood. Project Devote investigators are asking for anyone who has information about Sunshine to contact them at the Project Devote tipline at 1-888-673-3316. If you want to remain anonymous, you can call Manitoba CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Project Devote Do you know what happened to Sunshine Wood? Join Us… Education. Support. Access. Community. Explore Red River College's Indigenous Education programs, designed specifically for Aboriginal learners, and ACCESS Model programs, developed to help those who normally would not have access to post-secondary education. 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