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<span class='avt logo'></span>[[:Category:Alberni Valley Times|Alberni Valley Times]]: Wed Feb 2, 2022 ([[:Category:By Chris Bush|Chris Bush]]) <q><sup>$</sup>50,000 reward offered for location of missing Vancouver Island woman's remains</q>

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<big>'''''<sup>$</sup>50,000 reward offered for location of missing Vancouver Island woman's remains'''''</big>

Family of Lisa Marie Young and RCMP investigators hope a large reward offer will help forward the investigation into her disappearance.

Young was 21 when she left a [[827 Nanaimo Lakes Road|house party]], accepted a ride with a man who drove a [[Jaguar]], and disappeared on <del>June 30, 2002</del>{{Star}}, in Nanaimo. Police believe Young's disappearance was the result of [[RCMP didn't "suspect foul play" for 10 days|foul play]] and in nearly 20 years of investigation into the case, her body has never been found.

Now an anonymous donor has offered USD<sup>$</sup>50,000 <small title="CAD conversion as of 2022-02-01">[~CAD[https://www.exchange-rates.org/exchange-rate-history/usd-cad-2022-02-01 <sup>$</sup>63,450]]</small> to anyone who can lead investigators to the location of Young's remains.

Carol Frank, Lisa Marie's aunt, said her sister Joanne Young, Lisa Marie's mother, worked hard to keep her daughter's memory alive until she [[cn20170626|died in 2017]]. Frank, along with Cyndy Hall, has organized annual marches and other efforts to maintain public awareness of the missing woman's case.

''"I know my late sister would be really happy and honoured that someone was going to do this for Lisa,"'' Frank said. ''"It's sad we have to come to this, you know, to offer money, but if it helps in the end then that's all we want, to bring Lisa home. It's always been our main goal over all the years, even before justice is done ... to bring Lisa home, give her a proper burial. Somebody just threw her away, [[burial|like trash]], and she wasn't."''

Frank said she knows and has spoken with the person who has put up the reward and the decision was made that the reward money would only be for locating Young's remains.

''"Cyndy and I actually met with the [[Muntener|lead investigator]] and discussed this too and that's what we want,"'' Frank said. ''"It's not just for information because we've got a lot of information over the years ... Someone knows where she is and we're hoping this will help."''

[[Muntener|Cpl. Markus Muntener]] of Nanaimo RCMP's serious crimes unit, lead investigator on the case since 2018, said police believe the reward could bring forward new information.

''"Which would benefit the investigation, obviously, and at the same time help the family get some closure if her remains are located,"'' Muntener said. ''"We have to basically corroborate and assess information if it does come through to us."''

He said finding Young's remains could provide physical evidence that could be used to ''"assess other information in the investigation"'' that could further the file.

''"Finding her remains could have a significant positive impact,"'' he said. ''"We've had quite a few years where we've been able to dedicate a lot of resources to it. Unfortunately last year Nanaimo had [https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv!recreate.action?pid=3510007101&selectedNodeIds=&checkedLevels=0D1,0D2,1D1&refPeriods=20210101,20230101&dimensionLayouts=layout3,layout2,layout2&vectorDisplay=false five murders], so our unit's been heavily taxed away, but we're still actively investigating things as they come in."''

Muntener said police believe there are people who have direct evidence or [[tips|information]] and they're hoping the reward will motivate those people to come forward.

''"We're just really thankful that they've come forward to do this and hope it will help move the case forward because it's been a long time. It's going to be 20 years,"'' Frank said.

== See also ==
* "Anonymous donor" revealed in podcast [[:File:Island-Crime-s1e11-Red-Jag-Guy-2.mp3|Island Crime s1e11: Red Jag Guy #2]]
* 2022-Feb-1 ''[[cn20220201|Large reward offered for information about Lisa Marie Young]]'' <small style='whitespace:nowrap'><span class='logo cn'></span></span>[[:Category:CHEK News|CHEK News]]</small>
* 2022-Feb-2 ''[[nnb20220202|$50,000 reward offered for location of missing Nanaimo woman's remains]]'' <small style='whitespace:nowrap'><span class='logo nnb'></span></span>[[:Category:Nanaimo News Bulletin|Nanaimo News Bulletin]]</small>
* 2022-Feb-2 ''[[nnn20220202|Cash reward offered for information leading to remains of Lisa Marie Young]]'' <small style='whitespace:nowrap'><span class='logo nnn'></span></span>[[:Category:NanaimoNewsNow|NanaimoNewsNow]]</small>
* 2022-Feb-2 ''[[vif20220202|$50,000 reward offered for location of missing Nanaimo woman's remains]]'' <small style='whitespace:nowrap'><span class='logo vif'></span></span>[[:Category:Van Isle Free Daily|Van Isle Free Daily]]</small>
* 2022-Feb-3 ''[[hss20220203|Anonymous donor posts $50,000 reward for information on Lisa Marie Young]]'' <small style='whitespace:nowrap'><span class='logo hss'></span></span>[[:Category:Ha-Shilth-Sa|Ha-Shilth-Sa]]</small>
* 2022-Feb-10 ''[[hss20220210|$50K reward for Lisa Marie information]]'' <small style='whitespace:nowrap'><span class='logo hss'></span></span>[[:Category:Ha-Shilth-Sa|Ha-Shilth-Sa]]</small>
* 2022-Feb-10 ''[[ctv20220210|$50K reward offered to locate missing Nanaimo woman's remains]]'' <small style='whitespace:nowrap'><span class='logo ctv'></span></span>[[:Category:CTV News|CTV News]]</small>
* 2022-Feb-22 ''[[vb20220222|$50,000 reward being offered for whereabouts of Island woman missing two decades ago]]'' <small style='whitespace:nowrap'><span class='logo vb'></span></span>[[:Category:Victoria Buzz|Victoria Buzz]]</small>

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