RCMP failed to seize the Jaguar before steam-cleaning
Summary
By the time RCMP investigators finally seized the Jaguar in which Lisa was last seen by her friends, the car had already been steam-cleaned.
Detail
Lisa was last seen by friends getting into a maroon late-1980's Jaguar XJ-40 driven by Chris Adair, leaving a houseparty in the Cathers Lake area.
similar to the car in which Lisa was last seen by friends
RCMP seized the car for forensic search, several weeks after it had been located.[2]
It was then discovered that the vehicle had been thoroughly steam cleaned, thereby destroying any potential forensic evidence.[3][4]
A former RCMP officer corroborated this story during a podcast interview:
"...when Lisa disappeared, [Chris Adair's] grandmother was out of town. He was at the house alone, staying there, like house sitting for her. I don't even know if he was living there at the time, and if he was, it would probably be very intermittent. The investigators looked at the car, but it had already been cleaned. And that's all I'll say about that."
Sources
- ↑ Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Sep 18, 2002),
Grim Task: Police comb woods for Lisa Young
ndn20020918 - ↑ Malcolm McColl, McColl Magazine (Feb 26, 2011),
Lisa Marie Young Disappeared, One of the MMIWG Not Forgotten
mcm20110226 - ↑ MP Paul Manly, Parliament, Ottawa (Oct 8, 2020),
House of Commons Debate #12 - October 8, 2020 (43-2) at 1525
hoc20201008 - ↑ Anonymous, Casefile (July 26, 2016),
Case 26: Lisa Marie Young
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