Thank you for searching for my son

On July 16, 2001, the RCMP found my only son, Jerry Qiyutaq.

All I want to say is thanks to the staff of the Baffin Correctional Centre and to the warden. But thanks most of all to the inmates who were there when the incident happened.

They were my only help. They kept my spirit alive and they kept my hope alive.

Thanks a lot guys for being there for me. And to the people of Iqaluit who took part in searching for him, thank you very much.

Peter Akavak
South Mackenzie Correctional Centre
Hay River, NWT