Nanaimo Daily News Thu Jul 4, 2002
Parents fear daughter the victim of foul play
Paul Walton newspapers.com
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The parents of a 21-year-old Nanaimo woman, not seen or heard from since early Sunday morning, fear their daughter has met with foul play. Lisa Young was last seen at the Jungle Cabaret downtown Nanaimo at closing time at around 2 a.m. Sunday, said her parents, Don and Joanne Young.
They said it is unlike their daughter not to be in contact with them for so long. "It's very unusual; we're very close to her," said Don Young. "We're thinking foul play because it's not like her at all."
She was also to begin a new job Tuesday, and her father was to help her move Sunday. She had been living very near her parents on Barons Road and spoke with them regularly.
Don Young said the last contact they know of with Lisa was at about 3 a.m. Sunday when a friend called her cellphone.
Lisa said she would not be home until the next day. and would be staying the night in Harewood. Efforts to call her cellphone since then have been met only with her voice mail.
"Our daughter was moving to a new apartment and starting a new job, and it's very much unlike her not to call," said Joanne Young.
"The person she was going to move in with hasn't heard from her either." The Youngs called police before noon Sunday to report Lisa as missing.
Const. Jack Eubank, with the Nanaimo RCMP said, she was immediately put on the national police computer.
Const. Murray Conway, with the Nanaimo RCMP serious crimes section, said he took on the investigation Wednesday because the uniformed officer who took the initial report Sunday is away until Friday.
Conway said that he has found nothing to raise suspicions. "Nothing's come up that would suggest foul play, we just don't know where she is," said Conway.
Anyone who saw Lisa Saturday night or Sunday morning, or who knows her whereabouts, is asked to call police at 754-2345.
Information can also be provided to Crime Stoppers for a potential reward. Callers to Crime Stoppers are also guaranteed anonymity.
👉 NOTE: Several sources misreported the dates in their early articles. Lisa actually went out on Sunday June 30th, and was last seen in the early hours of Monday July 1st. Lisa failed to show up for plans with her father Monday morning, to move her into her new apartment. Joanne first contacted Nanaimo RCMP around 11:30am Monday.