Notoriety

Lisa’s "disappearance" has . . .

Notoriety

• been reported in over 200 articles in at least 15 major publications including Toronto Star, Calgary Herald, National Post and Vancouver Sun
  • over 100,000 words were written by at least 70 journalists
• been featured in television news segments on CBC News, CTV News and Global News.
• been topic of over 50 podcast episodes totalling over 33 hours:
  • produced as far away as Australia, Netherlands, Norway and several US states

  • Island Crime ep.1: Where is Lisa?

    including the entire 15-episode, 10-hour first season of Island Crime
    • hosted by 1 retired CBC producer (wife of 1 retired BC Provincial Court judge
    • went "viral" and for several weeks held the rank of ^#2 Canadian true-crime podcast on Apple Podcasts
• been discussed on at least 5 occasions by 6 MP's at the House of Commons in Ottawa.
• continued to draw large crowds at the annual Walk for Lisa, with 100+ participants in the 21^st annual event.
• been recognized by the mayor with an official proclamation in 2021 declaring June 26th Justice for Lisa Marie Young Day in Nanaimo.
• CBC News described Lisa's as "Nanaimo's most high profile missing persons' case" and several newspapers referred to it as the "most notorious".
• There's a 12,000-word Wikipedia article Disappearance of Lisa Marie Young.
• The Lisa Marie Young public Facebook group has around 7,500 members and continues to expand.
• 7 years after Lisa's disappearance, a Crime Stoppers re-enactment video was produced and aired based on Lisa's last known movements. The video had at least 18 errors/omissions.

• Allison Crowe - Lisa's Song

  Lisa’s Song is the 1st track of the debut album, Lisa's Song + 6 Songs recorded by Lisa's friend, Canadian singer/songwriter Allison Crowe.
• The case has seen no arrests, and zero visible progress has been made in the case despite:
  • 100's of tips poured in within the first 2 weeks.
  • investigators have now received 1,000's of tips — with more coming in every month.
  • the RCMP's file consists of 15,000 documents.
• Dozens of ground searches were performed in several towns by Lisa’s extended family — plus 1 underwater search by a dive team.
• RCMP investigators are known to have searched 2 locations:
  • the first was 80 days after Lisa's disappearance.
  • the second was 6,666 days later, at a location they've now searched at least 3 times.
• Tens of thousands of “missing” posters were distributed across Vancouver Island and beyond by Lisa's dad's coworkers at Purolator Courier.
• 3 cash rewards have been offered, totalling over ^CAD$80,000 — including ^USD$50,000 privately offered by an anonymous American.
• Lisa's grandfather Moses Martin — Tribal Chief of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation — and other family members provided 1 day of sworn testimony at Justin Trudeau's National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) in Vancouver.
• Lisa was not the only of Chief Martin's granddaughters who was murdered. Lisa's cousin, Chantel Moore was shot 4 times by an RCMP officer during a "wellness check".
• Red Dress Day, recognized nationally since 2010, is Lisa's birthday — May 5^th.

See Also

• By The Numbers
• News Article List
• Podcasts
• Timeline: July 1, 2002