With no trace of 24-year-old Natanis Merasty for more than two months, her family is pleading for answers about what happened to her.

Merasty, a member of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation who is from La Ronge, Sask., was last seen in Edmonton on May 5. With no confirmed sightings since, Edmonton Police Service is now leading the investigation into the suspicious disappearance.

Merasty's aunt and godmother, Marcela Merasty, said Friday that it isn't normal for her niece to be out of touch with family members for so long.

"By this time, she'd be calling home for family. Anything that was ever wrong with her, she came to us for support," she said.

Marcela Merasty, surrounded by other family members, says her missing niece Natanis Merasty is a shy, loving and soft-spoken person. (Madeline Sm

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