Muntener

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Corporal Markus Muntener has been the lead RCMP investigator assigned to Lisa's case since 2020.[note 1]

Constable, Surrey RCMP

Cpl. Markus Muntener
Cpl. Markus Muntener, lead investigator
CHEK News, June 26, 2022 (Kendall Hanson)[3]

Muntener has been employed by the RCMP since at least 2011 when he was a Constable in Surrey and — along with several senior officers — was in September 2011 commended for "outstanding performance in the investigation" into a homicide unsolved from 10 years earlier.[4]


Corporal, Surrey RCMP

By 2013, Muntener became a Corporal and shared another award, this time for "outstanding service in the conduct of a robbery investigation which began on June 7, 2012 in Surrey.[5]


Salary

As of 2022, about 1 in 8 RCMP members is a Corporal. A tenured Corporal receives a salary of $9,725/month ($116,703/year) plus benefits.[6]

After 10 years of service, a member receives 25 paid vacation days per year.[6]

Muntener is a father and husband. All RCMP officers are entitled to 9 months of paid parental leave for each child born.[6]


Commander, Gabriola Island RCMP

Cpl. Markus Muntener
CHEK News, June 26, 2021 (Nicholas Pescod)[7]

In 2013, Muntener was offered a position of Detachment Commander[8] of the Gabriola Island detachment[9] (5km east of Nanaimo, a 25-minute ferry ride).

Between 2013 and 2016, Muntener was mentioned in a handful of Gabriola Island police-related media stories[10] including stolen boats[11] and credit cards,[12].

Muntener was also interviewed after an arrest for a gas station fight unexpectedly resulted in an 11-gram methamphetamine seizure. Muntener described the bust as "the largest seizure of crystal meth they’ve ever made."[13] Eleven grams (0.01 kg) of meth has a "street value" of approximately $440.[14]

There was an unpublicized connection between two cases with which Commander Muntener was involved.


Termination of Commander role

nnb20160512
Nanaimo Bulletin, May 12, 2016 [15]

The final media mention of Muntener's role as Detachment Commander was in a May 12, 2016 article about his involvement in the charges against Douglas Green.

After that point, there is no further mention of Muntener in any media stories – seemingly leading to an absence from police work of over 4 years — until 2020 when he resurfaced at the Nanaimo detachment, as role of Lead Investigator on the case of the disappearance of Lisa Marie Young.



Lead investigator on Lisa's case, Nanaimo RCMP

Facebook: Muntener/Palmer
Facebook post in public Nanaimo RCMP group (June 24, 2020)
Facebook, Jun 24, 2020 (Nanaimo RCMP) [2]

The earliest mention of Muntener's involvement in Lisa Marie Young's case was June 24, 2020, when he was interviewed by former CBC executive Laura Palmer for her podcast "Island Crime", the first season of which was centred around Lisa's disappearance.

That interview occurred within a month of the podcast's initial release, and 20 days after Lisa's cousin, Chantel Moore, was murdered by an RCMP officer during a "wellness check".

In a 2022 media interview, it was stated that Muntener had been assigned to Lisa's case since 2018, although there is no other documentation indicating any involvement prior to 2020.

Since his assignment to Lisa's case, there is no mention of Muntener's involvement in any other police work outside of Lisa's case.


Search of 827 Nanaimo Lakes Road

After the huge popularity of the Island Crime podcast about Lisa's disappearance, Nanaimo RCMP faced mounting pressure from the public about the lack of progress in Lisa's case.

In December 2020, Muntener's team performed a search of the property at 827 Nanaimo Lakes Road.

See also

Media mentions

Selected media articles mentioning RCMP Markus Muntener
Sep 22 2011 Cloverdale Reporter "Surrey RCMP hosts Officer in Charge Awards" Kevin Diakiw (First media mention of Markus Muntener)
Constable Marcus Muntener shares a commendation with several senior members, "for their outstanding performance in the investigation" into a homicide unsolved from 10 years earlier in Surrey.[4]
May 9 2013 Cloverdale Reporter "Surrey's finest recognize" Kevin Diakiw Corporal Markus Muntener won an award (shared with 6 others): "outstanding service in the conduct of a robbery investigation" which began on June 7, 2012 in Surrey[5]
Nov 11 2013 Stolen Boats Canada "Archive — 2013" Constable/Corporal Markus Muntener on Gabriola re: stolen boat[11]
May 5 2014 Nanaimo Bulletin "Gabriola man charged with using stolen credit card" Corporal/Detachment Commander[12][9]
June 12 2014 Gabriola Island Ferry Advisory Committee "Traffic management in the ferry line-up on Gabriola" John Hodgkins RCMP representative Markus Muntener reviews hazards[16]
Jan 15 2015 Islands Trust "Regular Meeting Agenda" Gabriola RCMP Detachment Commander Corporal Markus Muntener[8]
Feb 27 2015 MyCoastNow "11 grams of crystal meth seized on Gabriola" Hilary Eastmure Gabriola Detachment Commander Cpl Markus Muntener re: meth bust[13][14]
Apr 18 2015 RCMP Memorandum "re: Church to Spruce connector road" Markus Muntener Corporal Markus Muntener Detachment Commander Gabriola Island RCMP[10]
June 30 2015 Times Colonist "Coast guard pulls man’s body from waters east of Gabriola" Amy Smart contact Cpl Markus Muntener at Gabriola re: body in water[17][18][19][20]
Mar 28 2016 Legacy.com "Paul Hudson Phinney" Cpl. Markus Müntener, first responder on suicide call[21]
Mar 28 2016 Nanaimo News Bulletin "Search for missing Gabriola Island man ends with discovery of body" Cpl Markus Muntener, Gabriola RCMP spokesman re: body in water[22][23]
May 9 2016 RCMP Memorandum "re: Church to Spruce connector road" Markus Muntener Corporal Markus Muntener Detachment Commander Gabriola Island RCMP[24][15]
May 11 2016 Times Colonist "Gabriola Island man faces child porn charges" contact Cpl Markus Muntener, Gabriola Detachment Commander re: CP[25]
2017 to 2019 (4 years) (No media mention of Markus Muntener)
June 24 2020 Facebook RCMP meets with Laura Palmer Corporal Muntener met with Laura Palmer
June 25 2021 RCMP Press Release "Update on Lisa Marie Young missing person investigation" Update on Lisa's case[26]
June 26 2021 NanaimoNewsNow "New information in Lisa Marie Young's disappearance after several people come forward" "...numerous witnesses came forward"[27]/>
June 26 2021 CTV News "Where is Lisa Marie Young?" "...more witnesses"[28]/>
June 26 2021 CHEK News "Nanaimo RCMP plead for more information regarding disappearance of Lisa Marie Young" Nicholas Pescod "...numerous searches in the past year"[7]
Feb 2 2022 Nanaimo News Bulletin "$50,000 reward offered for location of missing Nanaimo woman's remains" Chris Bush "...decision was made only to pay out the US$50k for Lisa's remains"
"Muntener's been on the case since 2018"[6]
Mar 12 2023 Zoominfo "Nanaimo RCMP Crime Unit at Royal Canadian Mounted Police" Muntener has been working for RCMP since 2012 (?)[29]


See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A media article from 2022 states that Muntener has been assigned to Lisa's case since 2018.[1] however, his first public appearance in relation to Lisa's case was in June 2020 when he and RCMP spokesman Cst. Gary O'Brien were interviewed by Laura Palmer for her Island Crime podcast.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ Chris Bush, Nanaimo News Bulletin (Feb 2, 2022), $50,000 reward offered for location of missing Nanaimo woman's remains nnb20220202
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cst. Gary O'Brien, Cpl. Markus Muntener, Facebook (June 24, 2020), RCMP meets with Laura Palmer fb20200624
  3. ↑ Kendall Hanson, CHEK News (June 26, 2022), Community marches for Lisa Young 20 years after she went missing in Nanaimo cn20220626
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kevin Diakiw, Cloverdale Reporter (September 22, 2011), Surrey RCMP hosts Officer in Charge Awards
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kevin Diakiw, Cloverdale Reporter (May 9, 2013), Surrey's finest recognize
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 RCMP (March 31, 2023), "Collective Agreement: RCMP Regular Members" rc20220506
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Nicholas Pescod, CHEK News (June 26, 2021), Nanaimo RCMP plead for more information regarding disappearance of Lisa Marie Young cn20210626
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Islands Trust (January 15, 2015), Regular Meeting Agenda
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Nanaimo Bulletin (May 5, 2014), Gabriola man charged with using stolen credit card
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Cpl. Markus Muntener, RCMP Memorandum (April 18, 2015), re: Church to Spruce connector road
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Stolen Boats Canada (November 11, 2013), Archive — 2013
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Nanaimo Bulletin (May 5, 2014), Gabriola man charged with using stolen credit card
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Hilary Eastmure, MyCoastNow (February 27, 2015), 11 grams of crystal meth seized on Gabriola
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Stockwell, T., Vallance, K., Martin, G., Macdonald, S., Ivsins, A., Chow, C., Greer, A., Zhao, J., Duff, C., Lucas, P., Marsh, D., Michelow, W. & Treno, A. (2010) "The price of getting high, stoned and drunk in BC: A comparison of minimum prices for alcohol and other psychoactive substances" CARBC Statistical Bulletin #7: University of Victoria, BC
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Nanaimo Bulletin (May 12, 2016), Gabriola man charged for possessing child porn nnb20160512
  16. ↑ John Hodgkins, Gabriola Island Ferry Advisory Committee (June 12, 2014), Traffic management in the ferry line-up on Gabriola
  17. ↑ Amy Smart, Times Colonist (June 30, 2015), Coast guard pulls man’s body from waters east of Gabriola
  18. ↑ Gabriola Bird Blog (January 31, 2015), "Barrow's Goldeneye, male"
  19. ↑ Nanaimo Bulletin (July 2, 2015), Body recovered near Gabriola Island identified
  20. ↑ Amy Judd, Global News (July 3, 2015), Man whose body was found in waters off Gabriola Island identified
  21. ↑ Legacy.com (March 28, 2016), "Paul Hudson PHINNEY (Obituary)"
  22. ↑ Nanaimo Bulletin (March 28, 2016), Search for missing Gabriola Island man ends with discovery of body
  23. ↑ Legacy.com (March 28, 2016), https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/nsnews/name/paul-phinney-obituary?id=42336729 Paul Hudson Phinney nsn20160328
  24. ↑ Cpl. Markus Muntener, RCMP Memorandum (May 9, 2016), re: Church to Spruce connector road
  25. ↑ Jeff Bell, Times Colonist (May 11, 2016), Gabriola Island man faces child porn charges tc20160511
  26. ↑ RCMP Press Release (June 25, 2021), Update on Lisa Marie Young missing person investigation (ARCHIVED COPY — the original document was in 2023 removed from the RCMP website) rc20210625
  27. ↑ Ian Holmes, NanaimoNewsNow (June 26, 2021), New information in Lisa Marie Young's disappearance after several people come forward nnn20210626
  28. ↑ CTV News (June 26, 2021), Where is Lisa Marie Young? (video) ctv20210626
  29. ↑ Zoominfo (March 12, 2023), Nanaimo RCMP Crime Unit at Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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