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Darlina Moar-Lahteenmaki closes her eyes while she speaks passionately about her murdered daughter Alinda Meeri-Alice Lahteenmaki during the Silent Witness Project memorial held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery Wednesday afternoon. The roses in the foreground were laid at the feet of wooden cutouts during the memorial. The Silent Witness initiative consists of a travelling exhibit of life-sized wooden silhouettes; each represents a Manitoban woman who has been murdered by her intimate partner. In each case, the woman’s partner has been convicted of the murder or both have died in a murder/suicide. Because these women no longer have a voice, the silhouettes are called the Silent Witnesses. 140409 April 09, 2014 Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press