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== Influx of tips ==
:&#8505; '''More info''' &rarr; see category: '''''"[[:Category:Tips|Tips]]"'''''

Frustrated by the lack of effort by RCMP{{NW20150501}}{{HSS20030814}}{{HSS20170821}}{{MB20210921}} during the first 48 hours after Lisa's disappearance, her parents started their own intensive investigative efforts.  Lisa's father's coworkers at [[Purolator Courier]] distributed thousands of "missing" posters across Vancouver Island.{{NDN20020705}}

Tips began pouring in almost immediately,{{NDN20020706}}{{NDN20020709}}{{NDN20020710}}{{NDN20020712}} with over 150 received within three weeks.{{NDN20020725}}

Lisa was a popular, recognizable young woman, and a lot of people saw her at ''The Jungle'' and the first two house parties which she attended in the early hours on Canada Day 2002.{{NDN20030529}}{{HSS20120515}}  Others rumours around town about what had happened that night,{{HOC20201008}}{{IC20210121-109}}{{IC20220628-111}}{{IC20221129-112}} which generated many more tips &mdash; a flow which has never ceased,{{CN20220626}} eventually numbering in the thousands.{{CN20210505}}

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|- style="text-align:center;"
! Date
! 
! RCMP Quote
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July 1, 2002
| Day <sup>#</sup>0
| 
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July 9, 2002
| Day <sup>#</sup>8
| <span class='logo ndn'></span> two dozen tips{{NDN20020709}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July 10, 2002
| Day <sup>#</sup>9
| <span class='logo ndn'></span> 40 tips{{NDN20020710}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July 12, 2002
| Day <sup>#</sup>11
| <span class='logo ndn'></span> more than 100 tips{{NDN20020712}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July 25, 2002
| Day <sup>#</sup>24
| <span class='logo ndn'></span> well over 100 to 150 tips{{NDN20020725}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June 21, 2012
| Year <sup>#</sup>10
| <span class='logo nnb'></span> hundreds of tips{{NNB20120621}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July 11, 2018
| Year <sup>#</sup>16
| <span class='logo tuw'></span> substantial amount of tips{{TUW20180711}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June 24, 2019
| Year <sup>#</sup>17
| <span class='logo hss'></span> more than 800 tips{{HSS20190624}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June 5, 2020
| Year <sup>#</sup>18
| <span class='logo nnn'></span> still receiving tips{{NNN20200605}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | May 5, 2021
| Year <sup>#</sup>19
| <span class='logo cn'></span> thousands of tips{{CN20210505}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June 26, 2022
| Year <sup>#</sup>20
| <span class='logo cn'></span> still getting new tips<br>"a few times each month"{{CN20220626}}
|}

[[File:Chart-Tips-July-2002.png|thumb|320px|right|Tips received in '''July&nbsp;2002''' <small>(<span class="desktop">Click</span><span class="mobile">Tap</span> to view full size)</small>]]
[[File:Chart-Tips-2002-2022.png|thumb|320px|right|Tips received '''up&nbsp;to&nbsp;2022''' <small>(<span class="desktop">Click</span><span class="mobile">Tap</span> to view full size)</small>]]<br style="clear:both">

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== News about tips ==

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|+ Media articles discussing tips received by RCMP about Lisa's case
|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"
! Date
! Source
! Excerpt
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July&nbsp;6, 2002
| <span class='ndn logo'></span> Nanaimo Daily News
| Const. Jack Eubank said they have '''a number''' of tips they want to follow up{{NDN20020706}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July&nbsp;9, 2002
| <span class='ndn logo'></span> Nanaimo Daily News
| Eubank said they have had '''two dozen''' tips officers were looking into and, "and more are coming in."{{NDN20020709}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July&nbsp;10, 2002
| <span class='ndn logo'></span> Nanaimo Daily News
| One of the '''40''' tips, which serious crime investigators continue to examine, is that Young was last seen in a red or burgundy-coloured Jaguar{{NDN20020710}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July&nbsp;12, 2002
| <span class='ndn logo'></span> Nanaimo Daily News
| Investigators with the Nanaimo RCMP serious crimes unit continue to follow up tips, now at '''more&nbsp;than&nbsp;100'''.{{NDN20020712}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July&nbsp;23, 2002
| <span class='vs logo'></span> Vancouver Sun
| Police are asking for tips.{{VS20020723}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July&nbsp;25, 2002
| <span class='ndn logo'></span> Nanaimo Daily News
| Police appear to be no closer to solving the mystery of Young's disappearance, despite numerous tips."We've received '''well over 100 to 150''' tips on the case," says Const. Jack Eubank of the Nanaimo RCMP.{{NDN20020725}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Sep&nbsp;2, 2002
| <span class='p logo'></span> Vancouver Province
| Her maternal grandfather Moses Martin is tribal chief of the 800-member Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation. He has organized search parties from Coombs to Tofino following leads garnered from tips, hunches and psychics. "We check everything out," he says.{{P20020902}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Sep&nbsp;10, 2002
| <span class='ndn logo'></span> Nanaimo Daily News
| Tip sparks new search for woman: Police will conduct a new search for a 21-year-old missing Nanaimo woman in "the days ahead" after getting a recent tip. Const. Jack Eubank said police got the tip in August and investigators had intended to begin the search after the Labour Day long weekend. The search, however, was [[Search was delayed 18 days due to RCMP prioritization of simple 2 day case|delayed]] after the Sept. 1 shooting of Rosella Centis.{{NDN20020910}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Sep&nbsp;18, 2002
| <span class='ndn logo'></span> Nanaimo Daily News
| Police received tips that Lisa was last seen outside club in a [[Jaguar|maroon Jaguar]].{{NDN20020918}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July&nbsp;25, 2003
| <span class='ndn logo'></span> Nanaimo Daily News
| Tip from psychic prompts team to look for missing woman in Colliery Dam: Although police had '''a number of tips''' and were able to find the car and driver she was last seen in, they have so far been unable to learn what happened to her.{{NDN20030725}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Apr&nbsp;25, 2006
| <span class='ndn logo'></span> Nanaimo Daily News
| Crime Stoppers guarantees permanent anonymity and pays up to $2,000 for tips leading to an arrest.{{NDN20060425}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Sep&nbsp;22, 2008
| <span class='tc logo'></span> Times Colonist
| Joanne Young, whose daughter Lisa Marie Young vanished from Nanaimo in 2002, found it "incredible" that the RCMP would refuse an opportunity to publicize cold cases and generate tips. "I just find it unreal that they're not out there to help," she said.{{TC20080922}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | May&nbsp;15, 2009
| <span class='yt logo'></span> YouTube
| Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS{{YT20090515}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July&nbsp;16, 2011
| <span class='nnb logo'></span> Nanaimo News Bulletin
| "The police tell us that they're working on tips that come in, so that gives us some hope that they're still working on it," she said.{{NNB20110716}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June&nbsp;21, 2012
| <span class='nnb logo'></span> Nanaimo News Bulletin
| "Based on the evidence gathered - and we have thousands of pieces of documentation, we have '''hundreds''' of tips, we have Crime Stoppers tips, we have the public calling, it's brought to the public's attention every year through the family's vigilance with their walks and not letting her memory fade — our members continue to work this file and, hopefully someday we'll get a break and we'll find out what happened," O'Brien said.{{NNB20120621}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Aug&nbsp;21, 2017
| <span class='hss logo'></span> Ha-Shilth-Sa
| The RCMP didn't go out to search until September even though tips were coming in. That bewildered and frustrated not only Joanne, but the entire family.{{HSS20170821}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Sep&nbsp;11, 2017
| <span class='hss logo'></span> Ha-Shilth-Sa
| "My sister was upset because there was tips coming in and they weren't following up with the tips. It was our nation that pulled together, Tla-o-qui-aht, and put a search team together."{{HSS20170911}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | July&nbsp;11, 2018
| <span class='tuw logo'></span> Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly
| O'Brien said a substantial amount of tips have 'come in regarding Lisa Marie's case. "Every one of those tips has been investigated and it's essential that we do so.{{TUW20180711}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June&nbsp;24, 2019
| <span class='hss logo'></span> Ha-Shilth-Sa
| Last year the family met with the RCMP's Major Crimes Unit, who brought a binder with '''more than 800''' tips related to the case.{{HSS20190624}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | May&nbsp;22, 2020
| <span class='ic logo'></span> Island Crime
| They were also getting tips from different people in the community who were calling them directly{{IC20200522-103}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June&nbsp;5, 2020
| <span class='nnn logo'></span> <small>NanaimoNewsNow</small>
| O'Brien said their detachment still receives tips in Young's disappearance.{{NNN20200605}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June&nbsp;28, 2020
| <span class='ctv logo'></span> CTV News
| We've got a number of investigators working on it and people have come forward, recently. We're following up on tips.{{CTV20200628}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Dec&nbsp;17, 2020
| <span class='cn logo'></span> CHEK News
| One neighbour who didn't want to be identified for fear of retribution recalls seeing what looked like a body in a hammock in the backyard of the Nanaimo Lakes Road home around the time that Lisa Young went missing. Soon after, he says he saw equipment moving soil around in the back yard. He says he reported this to the police at the time.
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | May&nbsp;5, 2021
| <span class='cd logo'></span> Capital Daily
| Paul Manly: "RCMP did not take this case seriously, making numerous mistakes and failing to act on important tips and suspects."{{CD20210505}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | May&nbsp;5, 2021
| <span class='cn logo'></span> CHEK News
| Despite '''thousands''' of tips over 19 years, annual vigils and appeals, no arrests have ever been made or her remains found.{{CN20210505}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June&nbsp;26, 2021
| <span class='nnn logo'></span> <small>NanaimoNewsNow</small>
| Rejuvenated efforts to solve a presumed homicide has resulted in new tips considered by police to be credible and important" to their investigation.{{NNN20210626}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Sep&nbsp;21, 2021
| <span class='mb logo'></span> Medium
| They hope to keep advancing the investigation with new information and a recent influx of tips. Young's file reportedly has over 15,000 documents and hundreds of witnesses.{{MB20210921}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Feb&nbsp;2, 2022
| <span class='nnn logo'></span> <small>NanaimoNewsNow</small>
| The reward will be paid out if the tip leads directly to Young's remains, not a suggestion of where she might be.{{NNN20220202}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Feb&nbsp;3, 2022
| <span class='fb logo'></span> Muntener/Hall
| <small>Crimestoppers and the Nanaimo RCMP ''don't work together'' anymore. If you report a tip to Crimestoppers <u>the police will not look into it</u>. This is because of changes to the law. So if you have information we need you to go directly to the police. Corporal Markus Muntener is the lead investigator of Lisa's case and he is working hard to find Lisa. He communicates regularly with the family. We need you to trust Markus and his team. If you talk to the police they do not make it public you spoke with them. It only becomes public if Lisa's case goes to court and what you told the police is a part of Lisa's case. The police can offer you protection if you are concerned about your safety. Please do the right thing for Lisa and come forward. This is the primary case that explains how Crime Stoppers Tips must be handled. If a tip is disclosed inadvertently or police act on that tip in a way that creates evidence then charges can be stayed by Crown. AKA the file never goes to court. <small>https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1997/1997canlii367/1997canlii367.html</small> Nanaimo&nbsp;RCMP&nbsp;250-754-2345</small>{{FB20220203}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Feb&nbsp;3, 2022
| <span class='hss logo'></span> Ha-Shilth-Sa
| Tips should be called into Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345{{HSS20220203}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June&nbsp;26, 2022
| <span class='nnn logo'></span> <small>NanaimoNewsNow</small>
| Cst. Gary O'Brien said their serious crimes investigators continue reviewing new tips that continue to come in. ... The money won't be awarded unless the tipster is positively identified to police. {{NNN20220626}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Jun 26, 2022
| <span class='cn logo'></span> CHEK News
| Nanaimo’s RCMP’s lead investigators in Lisa Young’s file who say they get new tips '''a few times each month'''. “There are still people coming forward. None of that has broken the case wide open but it’s like putting together a big puzzle so every time someone comes in and talks to us and gives us a little bit more with that puzzle it helps us along,” said Cpl. Markus Muntener{{CN20220626}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June&nbsp;27, 2022
| <span class='hss logo'></span> Ha-Shilth-Sa
| “We’re still receiving tips. I’ll forward the information to the investigator.”{{HSS20220627}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June&nbsp;28, 2022
| <span class='ic logo'></span> Island Crime
| We are still following up on witnesses and tips and when we have the resources, potential searches.{{IC20220628-111}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Apr&nbsp;20, 2023
| <span class='cn logo'></span> CHEK News
| Police have continued to receive tips over the years and when asked Nanaimo RCMP confirmed the investigation remains active.{{CN20230420}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June&nbsp;21, 2023
| <span class='rc logo'></span> RCMP
| Over the years, investigators have received '''hundreds''' of tips, have interviewed as many people, conducted numerous searches, and have diligently followed up on old and new information, said Reserve Constable Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP.{{RC20230621}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June&nbsp;24, 2023
| <span class='nnn logo'></span> <small>NanaimoNewsNow</small>
| At the 2021 Lisa Young justice march, Nanaimo RCMP stated multiple people offered tips who were previously hesitant to do so.{{NNN20230624}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | June&nbsp;25, 2023
| <span class='gn logo'></span> Global News
| Investigators have conducted numerous searches and received hundreds of tips but they said it’s never too late to come forward.{{GN20230625}}
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | Feb&nbsp;6, 1997
| <span class='pc logo'></span> Supreme&nbsp;Court of&nbsp;Canada R.&nbsp;v.&nbsp;Leipert
| <small>R. v. Leipert sets precedent in protection of the rights of ''Informer Privilege'', specifically preventing police from access to material which could identify individuals who provide submit tips anonymously via Crime Stoppers. … '''The rule of informer privilege is of such fundamental importance to the workings of a criminal justice system''' that it cannot be balanced against other interests relating to the administration of justice. Once the privilege has been established, neither the police nor the court possesses discretion to abridge it. ... '''Informer privilege is an ancient and hallowed protection which plays a vital role in law enforcement.''' It is premised on the duty of all citizens to aid in enforcing the law. The discharge of this duty carries with it the risk of retribution from those involved in crime. The rule of informer privilege was developed to protect citizens who assist in law enforcement and to encourage others to do the same. ... It was recognized that citizens have a duty to divulge to the police any information that they may have pertaining to the commission of a crime. It was also obvious to the courts from very early times that the identity of an informer would have to be concealed, both for his or her own protection and to encourage others to divulge to the authorities any information pertaining to crimes. It was in order to achieve these goals that the rule was developed. ... The rule is of fundamental importance to the workings of a criminal justice system. ... The rule gives a peace officer the power to '''promise his informers secrecy''' expressly or by implication, with a guarantee sanctioned by the law that this promise will be kept even in court, and to receive in exchange for this promise information without which it would be extremely difficult for him to carry out his duties and ensure that the criminal law is obeyed. ... As long as crimes have been committed, certainly as long as they have been prosecuted, informers have played an important role in their investigation. ... by guaranteeing anonymity, Crimestoppers provides law enforcement with information it might never otherwise obtain. </small>{{PC19970206}}
|}


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== Psychic July 2002 ==

In July 200, a Pennsylvanian psychic contacted Lisa's parents and "described an area of Nanaimo where Young's body would be found."{{NDN20020725}}



=== Searches by family ===




== August 2002 tip ==
RCMP received a tip which led (the following month) to the RCMP's first search related to Lisa's case.

=== Source ===

=== Delay ===

=== RCMP search ===


== Psychic July 2003 ==

=== Source ===

=== Diver search ===

== January 2021 tip ==


=== Initial report ===


There was a particularly significant tip that has not yet been mentioned by the media, nor properly acted upon by investigators.

The lead investigator assigned to Lisa's case &mdash; an RCMP Corporal who was formerly a Detachment Commander &mdash; received a phone call on January 6, 2021 from someone who provided their identity along with extensive and detailed information about what happened to Lisa:

Who killed her, how/where/when, who else was in the room (and their current whereabouts), as well as the events leading up to and following the murder, including the precise burial coordinates (and detail about subsequent efforts taken to further conceal the grave) plus a solid explanation of why RCMP's search 3 weeks earlier failed to locate the grave.

The caller even explained why those present were previously unable to come forward on their own, and how investigators could easily motivate the "primary" witness to talk.

=== Follow-up ===

=== RCMP search ===

=== Surveillance ===

=== Result ===


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<gallery mode=packed heights=100px>
ndn20020706a.png|Nanaimo Daily News 2002-07-06
ndn20020709a.png|Nanaimo Daily News 2002-07-09
ndn20020710c.png|Nanaimo Daily News 2002-07-10
ndn20020712b.png|Nanaimo Daily News 2002-07-12
ndn20020725b2.png|Nanaimo Daily News 2002-07-25
nnb20120621a.png|Nanaimo News Bulletin 2012-06-21
hss20190624c.png|Ha-Shilth-Sa 2019-06-24
</gallery>


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== See also ==

* [[:Category:Tips|Category: ''Tips'']]
* [[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]]
* [[:Category:Family searches|Category: Family searches]]
* [[:Category:RCMP searches|Category: RCMP searches]]
* [[:Category:RCMP delays‏‎|Category: RCMP delays‏‎]]
* [[:Category:RCMP vs Crime Stoppers‏‎|Category: RCMP vs Crime Stoppers‏‎]]
* [[RCMP lied about planned searches for Lisa]]
* [[RCMP lied about how often they searched for Lisa]]
* [[Re-enactment: "exhaustive search by Nanaimo RCMP"]]
* [https://lisamarieyoung.ca/search/preview Search] all article text
* List of [[Special:ListFiles|all files]]
* [[Notoriety]]
* [[By The Numbers|<q>By the Numbers</q>]]
* List of [[Podcasts]]

== Sources ==

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[[Category:Tips]]