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Husband of Linnea Veinotte issues statement

HALIFAX — Police in Grenada have not yet officially identified the body they found Friday as that of missing Canadian Linnea Veinotte, but her husband is speaking out.

Matt Veinotte put a lengthy post on the Facebook page “In Memory of Linnea Veinotte” on Saturday afternoon.

In the post, Matt writes that his wife’s death “does not seem real.”

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He goes on to apologize to his family saying: “It was my job to keep our family safe and I failed. Now I have to look into the eyes of everyone that knows Linnea, especially our two little boys and find a way keep them safe, to give them love, and provide in a way that only she could do.”

Linnea, 36, was born in New Denmark, N.B. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in microbiology at Dalhousie University and owned a home in Glen Haven, N.S., with her husband.

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The family moved to Grenada so Linnea could start a job at St. George’s University.

 

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