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Nanaimo Daily News: Wed Sep 18, 2002 (Paul Walton) Grim Task: Police comb woods for Lisa Young

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See also: "RCMP's first search was focused more on officer training than on Lisa"

Grim Task: Police comb woods for Lisa Young

Officially Lisa Young is listed as missing, but Tuesday police were obviously looking for a body as they searched a wooded area south of Nanaimo.

Prior to commencing the search, lead investigator Cpl. Doug Hogg told two-dozen officers joining the search how a body may be obscured by brush after lying in the woods for several months. They were also told that previous cursory searches with police dogs had come across bones found to belong to deer.

The officers, two with search dogs, split into groups to begin their grim task at Doumont and Biggs Roads. The search began around 9 a.m. and ended shortly before noon. Police found "nothing significant to the investigation," said Nanaimo RCMP spokesman Const. Jack Eubank. He would say only that information they received last month led to the search.

Young's mother, Joanne Young, said she is resigned to the fact that her daughter will never come home again. She said she and her husband, Don Young, have "pretty well" given up hope.

"From the first day we knew it in our hearts," she said. "The hardest part is she's not here." On Sunday night a candlelight vigil was held for Lisa in Nanaimo.

"I'm totally in awe of the support we had Sunday," she said.

Joanne Young said not knowing what has happened to Lisa is the worst part. "We need to get some answers very quickly," she said.

"We miss her a lot."

On June 30* Lisa was supposed to move with the help of her father, but never showed up. In addition to the fact that she always called when away for any length of time, Lisa was also supposed to start a new job that week.

Neither Lisa's new roommate nor her new employer heard from her. Within a week of the first story about Lisa's disappearance running in the Daily News, police said they suspected foul play.

She was last seen at about 2 a.m. on June 30* outside The Jungle Cabaret on Skinner Street in, downtown Nanaimo. Police quickly focused on a maroon Jaguar, after a tip she was last seen outside club in the vehicle. The driver has been located and interviewed by police.

Eubank said further searches in different areas may be carried out in the near future.

See also

• Lisa had been missing 80 days before the RCMP's first ground search
• Search was delayed 18 days due to RCMP prioritization of simple 2 day case
• RCMP's first search was focused more on officer training than on Lisa
• 2003-Apr-30 Billboard to keep search for Lisa alive Nanaimo Daily News
• 2003-Jul-25 Divers to search for Young Nanaimo Daily News
• 2018-Mar-25 Dallas Barry Hulley obituary Nanaimo News Bulletin
• 2018-Mar-26 Man dies after being struck by a vehicle in Nanaimo Sunday CHEK News
• 2020-Jan-21 On Vancouver Island, Beaders Find a Way to Aid Search for MMIWG Tyee
• 2020-Dec-17 Nanaimo RCMP conduct new searches in nearly two-decade-old case CHEK News
• Party invitation
• 827 Nanaimo Lakes Road
• RCMP ignored neighbours' report of burial
• Burial
• File:Dallas.png (photo)
• File:Cn20180326-dallas-call.mp4 (video clip)
• File:Dallas-call-captioned.gif (animated GIF)
• Before The Jungle
• The Jungle Cabaret
• Disappearance
• Timeline: July 1, 2002
• Lisa last seen by friends, last phone call, last text message
• RCMP lied about how often they've searched for Lisa and searches they've planned
• RCMP staffing issues prevented additional searches for Lisa
• Re-enactment: "exhaustive search by Nanaimo RCMP"
• Re-enactment: "Lisa & her friends entered..."
• Tips
• Category: RCMP searches
• Category: Family searches
• Category: RCMP delays‏‎
• Category: RCMP vs Crime Stoppers‏‎
• ▶ Watch the video → Crime Stoppers re‑enactment of Lisa's disappearance on YouTube or locally
• ▶ Watch our video → RCMP vs Crime Stoppers on YouTube or locally (More info)
• ▶ Watch our video → The Jungle: What Actually Happened on YouTube or locally (More info)

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Selected clippings from: Nanaimo Daily News Wed September 18, 2002 (Paul Walton) Grim Task: Police comb woods for Lisa Young
File:Ndn20020918a.png		"The driver has been located and questioned by police…"
File:Ndn20020918b.png		"The search began around 9am and ended before noon…"
File:Ndn20020918c.png		[police searched] "Doumont & Biggs Roads…"
File:Ndn20020918d.png		"Cpl. Hogg told 2-dozen officers…how a body may be obscured by brush after lying in the woods for several months…"
File:Ndn20020918e.png		"Lisa's listed as missing but Tuesday police … looking for a body … search a wooded area south of Nanaimo…"
File:Ndn20020918f.png		[first RCMP search was based on] "information they received last month…"