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Sixteen years to the day that Lisa Marie Young vanished from Nanaimo her family and friends gathered to march and find justice for her Saturday. | Sixteen years to the day that Lisa Marie Young vanished from Nanaimo her family and friends gathered to march and find justice for her Saturday. | ||
''"Her life stopped in that moment,"'' said Lisa Marie's friend | ''"Her life stopped in that moment,"'' said Lisa Marie's friend Cyndy Hall. ''"Her family and friends they stopped in that moment."'' | ||
Tara Hall was out with the vibrant brunette the night she disappeared back in 2002. | Tara Hall was out with the vibrant brunette the night she disappeared back in 2002. | ||
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21-year-old Young was celebrating a friend's birthday in Nanaimo in the early morning hours of June 30th 2002, when she suddenly vanished after she left a [[827 Nanaimo Lakes Road|house party]] to get food with a man she had just met that night. | 21-year-old Young was celebrating a friend's birthday in Nanaimo in the early morning hours of June 30th 2002, when she suddenly vanished after she left a [[827 Nanaimo Lakes Road|house party]] to get food with a man she had just met that night. | ||
''"I remember the call when Joanne was phoning around the next morning,"'' said | ''"I remember the call when Joanne was phoning around the next morning,"'' said Cyndy Hall. ''"It seems like yesterday and she was looking for Lisa."'' | ||
[[:File:Ndn20020710.png|RCMP suspected foul play]] soon after, but despite identifying [[Jaguar|the car]] and driver she left with, intense searches and a mother on a mission to find her daughter, Lisa Marie's body has never been found. | [[:File:Ndn20020710.png|RCMP suspected foul play]] soon after, but despite identifying [[Jaguar|the car]] and driver she left with, intense searches and a mother on a mission to find her daughter, Lisa Marie's body has never been found. | ||
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Now Nanaimo has another case that has disturbing parallels to Lisa Marie's. 16-year-old [[:Category:Makayla Chang|Makayla Chang]] was a beautiful young woman who vanished in March of 2017. She was found murdered months later but her case also remains unsolved. | Now Nanaimo has another case that has disturbing parallels to Lisa Marie's. 16-year-old [[:Category:Makayla Chang|Makayla Chang]] was a beautiful young woman who vanished in March of 2017. She was found murdered months later but her case also remains unsolved. | ||
''"Yeah and that's been a year,"'' said | ''"Yeah and that's been a year,"'' said Cyndy Hall. ''"And her killer is still in our community so it's very alarming."'' | ||
Nanaimo RCMP say both cases remain open and active but they are looking for the public to lend a critical helping hand. To bring justice and peace to a community that is badly in need of it. | Nanaimo RCMP say both cases remain open and active but they are looking for the public to lend a critical helping hand. To bring justice and peace to a community that is badly in need of it. |