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Her vehicle was found in the community days later, with no trace of her. The North District RCMP Major Crimes unit treated the disappearance as highly suspicious, and FNFN has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to what happened to Tessier. The disappearance was the subject of a recent episode of the True North True Crime podcast, a medium with 18,000 Facebook followers. 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