A Ghanaian woman found dead near the Canada-U.S. border was on her way to see her newborn granddaughter in Toronto and had been living in the U.S. under an expired visa, CBC News has learned. Border patrol officers on the U.S. side found Otuteye dead in a ditch after several hours of searching. Mavis Otuteye's niece Augustina Otuteye said she felt something was wrong when she spoke to Mavis last Thursday. Maggie Yeboah, president of the Ghanaian Union of Manitoba, says Mavis Otuteye was on her way to Toronto to see her daughter’s five-week-old newborn. Residents in nearby border towns have expressed concern about the safety of the people walking across the border into Canada seeking refuge.

Source: CBC News June 01, 2017 21:53 UTC