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Border Patrol find Ghanaian woman, 57, walking into Canada from U.S. dead of hypothermia

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0303&semi;"><strong>57-year-old Ghanaian woman walking into Canada from U&period;S&period; dies of hypothermia<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0303&semi;"><strong>Mavis Otuteye&comma;  was found dead a half-mile from the border by local and U&period;S&period; Border Patrol investigators near Noyes&comma; Minn&period; on May 27<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A body found near the Manitoba border was that of a Ghanaian woman who died of possible hypothermia trying to walk into Canada&comma; U&period;S&period; police said on Tuesday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Kittson County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office said they discovered the woman&&num;8217&semi;s body on Friday near Noyes&comma; Minnesota which is directly across from the Canadian border town of Emerson where asylum seekers had been crossing in recent months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-193565" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;mavis-otuteye1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mavis Otuteye1&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"2180" &sol;>Mavis Otuteye found dead a half-mile from the border by Border Patrol near Noyes&comma; Minnesota<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The county sheriff&comma; in concert with U&period;S&period; border patrol&comma; had been searching for a missing woman following a call the previous day&comma; according to a statement from the sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office&period; A preliminary autopsy indicated hypothermia as cause of death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police declined to give any information about who reported the woman&comma; identified as 57-year-old Mavis Otuteye&comma; as missing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;It is believed that Mavis was attempting to enter Canada at the time of her death&comma;&&num;8221&semi; police said in a statement&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Canada has seen a spike in refugee claims this year&comma; with more than 2&comma;000 people coming across the U&period;S&period; border illegally since January&period; Many have crossed over in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Quebec&comma; walking across unmonitored fields or through ditches&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Most of those border crossers had been living legally in the United States but say they left because they feared President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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