Tina Fontaine: Streets still unsafe, cousins of slain Winnipeg teen say

"I'm just afraid of being taken."

It's a fear that has been mounting for 16-year-oldRose Fontaine. Monday marks theone-year anniversary of the body ofher15-year-oldcousin, Tina Fontaine,being pulled from Winnipeg's Red River.She had been sexually assaulted, killed,wrapped in a bag and dumped in the water.

I don't think theygot safer, I think they got worse.- Rose Fontaine

Tina's death, which remains unsolved,has caused a rift in herfamily, which only makes things harder for Rose.

"I don't think [the streets] got safer, I think they got worse," Rose told CBC News.

Rose's sister,Kattie Fontaine,agrees that it's been one of the most difficult parts of the aftermath.

"Some family went to drugs, some family just stopped talking to each other. Just seems like everybody is growing apart," Kattie, 18, said.

For the sisters, it hasalso been difficult to hearnew details about Tina's death in the media, never knowing whether what they'rereadingis true. All of it just fuels the sisters' anger and sadness about their cousin's untimely death.

"It's getting hard and I always get worried about my little sisters when they go out in the night time," Kattie said.

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"The thing I like that has pretty much changed is they have the Bear Clan walking around the North End. I see them a lot, you can tell it's them with their claws on the back of their shirts. I think it's cool, my dad was even talking about going to volunteer to be one of them," Kattie told CBC News.

The volunteer safety-patrol group reunited fortheir first official street patrollast month in Winnipeg's North End.

"[The Bear Clan] can't be everywhere," Kattiesaid, it's no guarantee of safety.

Police said on Monday the investigation into Tina'sdeath remains active.

"It has not moved to a cold case status," Sgt. Rob Carver of the Winnipeg Police Service said."And we don't foresee anything in the future that would suggest that it's going to move there."

Targeted in broad daylight

For Rose, she said that she's been approached by strange men looking for sex on multiple occasions in the past year.

"I went to go see my friend, I was taking a shortcut and a guy was asking me to take me somewhere. I said no and kept backing up slowly. We were talking for like fiveminutes. I tried to walk away and he tried to grab me by my leather jacket. I ran away and he stopped me again and said, 'I have money.' I said, 'I don't care about your money,'" Rose said.

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That particular occasion took place right after school, Rose said, but she's had similar situations happen to her before school as well.Strange menapproach her andaskher to get into their vehicles.

Rose hopes that history doesn't repeat itself for her family.