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It's been nearly two and a half years since 23-year-old Ashley Jalbert was found dead in a Greater Sudbury motel room. Her death was ruled accidental, and police closed the investigation into her death.
Her family has gone without answers about how Ashley died, and they aren't giving up their fight for justice.
Last January, Yvette Jalbert erected two billboards — one at the intersection of Lasalle and Falconbridge and the other on Highway 17 near Bob’s Husky — asking for information on the circumstances surrounding her daughter’s death.
“We have continued our fight for justice and have made progress with our own investigation but to no avail,” Jalbert said in an email to Northern Life. “Our police department will not return our phone calls.”
The family has “a lot more information which shows the death was not an accident,” according to a petition to have Ashley's case reopened, posted on change.org.
On May 5, the family is hosting a walk in Ashley's honour to bring attention back to the case. Jalbert emphasized that the walk is not meant to be a protest, but to quietly bring awareness to the family's plight, as well as to gain support for the petition.
The Walk for Ashley will begin at 1 p.m. at the Sudbury Courthouse, head down Elm Street to Paris, and end at the police department on Brady Street.
A fundraising campaign has also been launched to assist the Jalberts in hiring a lawyer to “build a case against those who had a role in Ashley's death,” according to the Facebook group “Justice for Ashley Jalbert 1987-2010.” Any funds remaining following the investigation will be donated to a local women's shelter.
Posted by Laurel Myers
