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Cabbie found dead in Thompson
Last Updated Nov 28 2005 09:00 AM CST
CBC News

An autopsy is being performed Monday on the body of a Thompson taxi driver who was found dead inside her cab early Saturday morning.

Police say the death of Mellissa Ivy Chaboyer, 35, is considered "suspicious."

Don Cameron, a dispatcher and driver for North Star Taxi, the company Chaboyer worked for, says he and the other drivers can't believe their colleague is dead.

"Right now we are really in a state of shock, because this sort of thing is really unheard of," he said. "Nothing like this has really happened up here in this community to anybody."

Cameron says the local cab drivers hope to have a meeting with the mayor early this week to discuss cab safety.

A vigil was held Saturday at the Thompson mall, close to the place where Chaboyer's body was found.