RCMP failed to check for bank account activity
Summary
RCMP investigators failed to check Lisa’s bank account for activity relevant to her disappearance. Lisa's parents had to obtain the records themselves.
Detail
It is standard procedure for investigators to check a missing person's banking activity for any clues that could lead to the person's whereabouts — as outlined in several documents including evidence submitted[2] to the National MMIWG Inquiry.[3]
Section 15(d) of the British Columbia Missing Persons Act authorizes police to obtain this information as part of an “emergency demand for records”.[4]
However, RCMP did not attempt to obtain the records.
When it became apparent that RCMP investigators had not contacted Lisa's bank or cellphone provider to check for clues to her disappearance, her parents had to handle it themselves.[5] After contacting her bank, they learned that Lisa's account still had money which had remained untouched since her disappearance.[1]
See also
- Next ➜ RCMP failed to proactively publicize Lisa's case
- List of all blunders on Lisa's List of Fifty
- 2002-Sep-18 Grim Task: Police comb woods for Lisa Young Nanaimo Daily News
- 2020-Dec-17 Nanaimo RCMP conduct new searches in nearly two-decade-old case (video) CHEK News
- Call back in 48 hours
- Call back in 5 days
- RCMP didn't "suspect foul play" for 10 days and Reasons to suspect foul play
- RCMP ignored neighbours' report of burial
- RCMP failed to check cellphone records
- RCMP failed to obtain security camera recordings
- RCMP failed to question bar patrons or Lisa’s friends
- Timeline: July 1, 2002
- RCMP statements
- 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
- RCMP lied about planned searches for Lisa
- RCMP lied about how often they searched for Lisa
- RCMP staffing issues prevented additional searches for Lisa
- Re-enactment: "exhaustive search by Nanaimo RCMP"
- Tips
- Category: Family searches
- Category: RCMP searches
- Category: RCMP delays
- Category: RCMP vs Crime Stoppers
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nelson Bennett, Nanaimo Daily News (July 25, 2002),
Lisa's kin follow psychic tip
(source) - ↑ Government of Canada, MMIWG Inquiry (June 28, 2018),
Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls
- ↑ Gov't of Canada, MMIWG (2016-2019), "National Inquiry into Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls" (Official website)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Government of British Columbia (Mar 24, 2014), "Missing Persons Act" (Regulation)
- ↑ Ha-Shilth-Sa (June 13, 2013),
Walk to remember Lisa Marie Young
(source)
