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<div style="font-weight:600; font-style:italic; font-size:110%; text-align:left; margin:0 0 0 25px !important; padding:0;">This is the story of Lisa's disappearance and the investigation that followed...</div>
<div style="font-weight:600; font-style:italic; font-size:110%; text-align:right; margin:0 25px 0 0 !important; padding:0;">...as told by newspaper clippings.</div>

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'''Lisa Marie Young''' was a 21-year-old{{NDN20020704}} half-[[wikipedia:Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]{{HSS20170911}}{{MM20180404}} woman who on Canada&nbsp;Day&nbsp;2002{{YT20090515}} "[[wikipedia:Missing person|disappeared]]" from [[wikipedia:Nanaimo|Nanaimo]],&nbsp;[[wikipedia:British Columbia|BC]]{{NDN20090506}} while out celebrating with friends.{{NDN20090626}}{{TC20031005}}

Lisa's story has always garnered significant public interest, including [[Tips|thousands of tips]] submitted to the RCMP. The case has been the subject of [[News|hundreds of articles]] in reputable [[:Category:Publications|publications]] the investigation discussed on multiple occasions at the [[:Category:House of Commons|House of Commons]] in Ottawa, and several dozen [[Podcasts|podcast episodes]] have been privately produced in Canada and as far away as Australia and internationally, including an award-winning 10+ hour analysis hosted by a retired CBC executive.  It's been called ''"Nanaimo's [[Notoriety|most notorious]] unsolved crime."''{{NDN20050624}}{{NDN20090506}}

The case has seen no arrests,{{CBC20180630}}{{TC20210626}} Lisa's remains have not been recovered,{{CN20210505}} and RCMP investigators are no closer to resolving the case than they were two decades ago,{{NDN20020725}}{{NDN20021129}} despite many locals claiming to know the disturbing truth of what happened to Lisa that night.



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<span class="info icon"></span> This wiki will provide you with the '''all''' the publicly-available facts about Lisa's disappearance. Care has been taken to reference every claim with citations including links to '''original, reputable sources''', wherever possible. You'll also learn the independently-verified '''"inside story"''' including details that can finally provide closure to this heartbreaking case &mdash; and the '''shocking''' events that unfolded ''after'' the answers were brought to the RCMP.
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{{NDN20020704c.png}}'''<big>From the start</big>''', Nanaimo RCMP openly admitted to the media that they weren't very concerned about Lisa's disappearance.

This was despite several red flags...

<hr>{{TC20040404i.png}}Monday morning, Lisa had missed plans she'd made with her father who was going to help her move into a new apartment.

<hr>{{CH20040418a.png}}The next day, she also missed her first day of training at a [[RMH|call centre]] where she'd been eager to start work.

<hr>{{P20020902b.png}}Lisa shared a beer with her dad on the night she vanished.

<hr>{{TC20040404e.png}}The Youngs last saw Lisa around 11pm.<br><br>She was having a bath and then going out.

<hr>{{HSS20120515b.png}}She dressed in a black skirt, black top, black zip-up thigh-high boots, and a silver hoop necklace.

<hr>{{NDN20090626a.png}}Lisa headed out to celebrate a friend's birthday.

<hr>{{NDN20020704e.png}}Calls to Lisa's cellphone &mdash; which she'd purchased specifically so her parents could always reach her &mdash; were now going straight to voicemail.

<hr>{{NDN20020709b.png|left}}{{NDN20020704f.png}}Lisa's parents were very close with their daughter, and it was unlike her to not be in touch.

<hr>{{NW20150501b.png}}Lisa's mother called every number in Lisa's phone number book.

<hr>{{TS20160806a.png}}Lisa's chilling final [[Lisa's last text message|text message]] to a friend:<br><br>''"Come get me, they won't let me leave."''<br><br><small>See also: '''[[:File:Cn20180326-dallas-call.mp4|Lisa's final phone call]]'''</small>

<hr>{{NW20150501c.png|left|350px}}{{NDN20020710a.png}}Frantic, Don and Joanne decided to call the police, at 11:30am on July&nbsp;1<sup>st</sup>.

<hr>{{NDN20020704g.png}}Nanaimo RCMP initially refused to accept Lisa's mother's report of her daughter's disappearance. She was told to [[Call back in 48 hours|call back in 2 days]].<br style="clear:both;">

<hr>{{HSS20190624b.png}}RCMP said they needed her to be gone [[Call back in 48 hours|48 hours]] before a report could be filed.

<hr>{{ABC20181008a.png|right|150px}}''"The first 72 hours in a missing persons investigation are the <u>most</u> critical,"'' according to criminology experts.

<hr>{{NDN20020704g.png|left|150px}}{{NW20150501a.png|right|275px}}A uniformed officer finally attended, to pick up a photo of Lisa. When Lisa's parents tried to follow up with him the next day, they were told he was on 5 scheduled days off, so they should [[Call back in 5 days|call back after that]]. Lisa's parents were incredulous.<br><br>When they contacted the media, a reporter came over right away.  Lisa's story [[:File:Ndn20020704.png|first made headlines]] on July 4<sup>th</sup>.

<hr>{{NDN20020704h.png}}By this point, RCMP's efforts were limited to putting Lisa ''"on the police computer."''

<hr>{{NDN20020705b.png|left}}{{NDN20030725a.png|right}}Lisa's dad, a [[Purolator Courier|Purolator driver]], has the co-operation of his co-workers are now distributing [[:File:Posters.gif|posters]] bearing Lisa's picture throughout the Island.<br><br>Before long billboards were rented.

<hr>{{NDN20020705a.png}}Lisa's family began their own search efforts.

<hr>{{TC20040404f.png}}Lisa's family pieced together her evening based on what they'd heard from Lisa's friends, and 2<sup>nd</sup>-hand from tapping into a network of cabbies and couriers.

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<hr>{{NDN20020706b.png}}Lisa worked for Paul Manhas at 3 of his establishments: ''The Old Flag Inn'' and the ''Palace Hotel'', before moving up to work at the busy ''Jungle Cabaret''.
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<hr>{{P20020902f.png|left}}{{P20020902a.png}}Lisa's maternal grandfather Moses Martin (tribal chief of the 800-member Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation) organized search parties across Vancouver Island, following leads garnered from ''"tips, hunches and psychics."''

<hr>{{NDN20020706a.png}}Police said they received''"a number of tips that they'' want ''to follow-up on."''

<hr>{{NDN20020709a.png}}Within days of Lisa's disappearance, RCMP received two dozen tips.

<hr>{{NDN20020710c.png}} By day 10, RCMP had received 40 tips from the public.

<hr>{{NDN20020712b.png}}By day 11, more than 100 tips had been received.

<hr>{{NDN20030529a.png|left}}{{TC20040404h.png}}Lisa's dad believes she went to a party on [[827 Nanaimo Lakes Road|Nanaimo Lakes Road]]. ''"We hear she went to that party ... the police say she wasn't there."''

<hr>{{NNN20170701a.png|left|225px}}{{VS20110226a.png}}Lisa was last seen at about 3am leaving a 2<sup>nd</sup> house party, in the Cathers Lakes area of Nanaimo.

<hr>{{KP20180712a.png}}Around 3am, Lisa was hungry and the driver offered to take her to get pizza while others stayed behind.

<hr>{{NDN20020725a.png}}It wasn't the RCMP but Lisa's parents who contacted her bank and cell provider.<br><br>Lisa had money in her bank account which hadn't been touched, and she hadn't used her cellphone.

<hr>{{HSS20130613a.png}}The last signals from Lisa's cell phone were traced to the [[Departure Bay]] area of Nanaimo.

<hr>{{TC20020710a.png|left}}{{FMT20020710a.png}}Lisa had been missing 10 days before Nanaimo RCMP became concerned about Lisa's disappearance.

<hr>{{NDN20020725b2.png}}3&frac12; weeks after Lisa's disappearance, ''"the police appeared no closer"'' to solving the case, despite '''''numerous''''' tips.<br><br>''"We've received well over 100 to 150 tips on the case."''

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<hr>{{NDN20020918a.png}}The driver has been located and questioned by police.

<hr>{{NDN20020712a.png}}The car was a mint-condition maroon late-80's Jaguar XJ-40.

<hr>{{NDN20020710d.png|left}}{{P20020902d.png}} Police spoke with Gerry Adair of Qualicum Beach, the owner of the maroon Jaguar in which Lisa was last seen. Gerry's grandson Chris had borrowed the car on the night of Lisa's disappearance.

<hr>{{TC20040404d.png}}Lisa's mom was taken to the Parksville RCMP detachment to confront the Jaguar driver. ''"I can't, I'm sorry I don't mean to disrespect your family."''

<hr>{{TC20040404g.png}}In the room was a whiteboard on which the troubling words, ''rape,'' ''murder'' and ''accident'' were written.

<hr>{{TC20040404b.png}}Lisa's mother asked the driver to tell her where her daughter was.<br><br>He said, ''"I can't,"'' before pausing and then trailing off with ''"I'm sorry, I don't mean to disrespect your family."''

<hr>{{HSS20030814h.png}}He was released shortly after, though the RCMP told the Youngs they were sure he was withholding information critical to the case.

<hr>{{TC20040404j.png}}Lisa's father began e-mailing Chris's grandmother, until he was warned off by the RCMP.
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<hr>{{NDN20020712c.png|left}}{{NDN20020717a.png|right|150px}}Rumours circulated that Lisa's body had been located out of town.<br><br>The rumours only made it harder on Lisa's parents.



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<hr>{{P20020902e.png}}At the end of August, Chris Adair was arrested in Saskatchewan.<br><br>He had breached the terms of his CSO, by assaulting a police officer in Saskatchewan.

<hr>{{NDN20020918f.png}}The first RCMP search related to Lisa's case was based on information they received in August.

<hr>{{NDN20020910d.png}}Police will search for Lisa in 'the days ahead.' The search was delayed after the Sept 1<sup>st</sup> shooting of Rosella Centis. Investigators were pulled off of Lisa's case. The shooter was arrested Sept 3<sup>rd</sup>.

<hr>{{VS20020904a.png}}Rosella's husband was arrested at home without incident, 2 blocks from the police station, 2 days after shooting his wife as his daughter watched.<br><br>Investigators were pulled off of Lisa's case, delaying the initial search by 18 days (for a total delay of 80 days).

<hr>{{NDN20020910a.png}}One RCMP officer would not disclose the location of the search.

<hr>{{NDN20020918c.png}}A different officer told the media that police searched the area of Doumont & Biggs Roads.<br><br><small>(Nanaimo's jail is also on Biggs Road.)</small>

<hr>{{NDN20020918e.png}}Lisa is officially listed as "missing," but police were looking for a body when they searched a wooded area south of Nanaimo.

<hr>{{NDN20020918b.png}}The search began around 9am and ended before noon.

<hr>{{NDN20020918d.png|right|175px}}Cpl. Hogg told 2-dozen officers how a body may be obscured by brush after lying in the woods for several months.

<hr>{{NDN20021104a.png}}Cpl. Hogg said they want to search another area north of the city, but have not been able to arrange the required number of officers.

<hr>{{NDN20021129a.png}}Lisa's family later repeated the search of the same area police had searched several months earlier.
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<hr>{{NDN20030725b.png}}Lisa's parents are disappointed by the lack of progress by police.

<hr>{{NDN20030726a.png|left}}{{NDN20030726-psychic2.png}}Two Tla-o-qui-aht divers searched the upper [[Colliery Dam Park|Colliery Dam]] reservoir based on information from Chemainus psychic Christine Brant, who directed Lisa's family to ''"an area with 3 connected bodies of water, a flat-roofed building and grown-in paths"'' which perfectly describes Colliery Dam Park <small>(right across the street from the location of [[827 Nanaimo Lakes Road|the first houseparty]]).</small>

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<hr>{{NDN20030529b2.png}} Young said he's not heard from the police in three months, and that they have no interest in his suggestion of a Crime Stoppers spot. ''"How could a Crime Stoppers spot hurt?"'' he asked. <u>Eubank also said that Crime Stoppers no longer does re‑enactments of crimes</u>. '''''This was a blatant lie.'''''

<hr>{{TC20040404c.png}}The new [[:File:Posters.gif|posters]] would name the driver. RCMP warned the Youngs not to do this, but they went ahead anyway.

<hr>{{HSS20030814d.png}}Lisa's parents were visited by two Nanaimo RCMP officers, warning that they would be charged with Obstruction of Justice if they pursued media coverage.
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<hr>{{HSS20030814e.png}}In 2003, an investigator told Lisa's mother that he felt a Crime Stoppers re‑enactment video would not be helpful.

<hr>{{HSS20030814c.png|left}}{{HSS20030814f.png|right}}The Nanaimo RCMP's official spokesman told the media ''Crime Stoppers no longer does re‑enactments of crimes'', yet Crime Stoppers' Cst. Jossee Smith says <u>they're never stopped</u>.<br><br>The investigator simply needs to provide some basic information about the case.

<hr>{{NDN20090506a.png}}Crime Stoppers has paved the way for the resolution of many crimes. Earlier this year Crime Stoppers began working on a re‑enactment of what is known about Lisa's final hours before her disappearance.

<hr>{{HSS20120515a.png}}A Crime Stoppers re‑enactment of Lisa's last known activities was produced and aired in 2009*. <small>* corrected date.</small>

<hr>{{NDN20090519a.png}}Nanaimo RCMP hope reviving such unsolved cases can help jog a person's memory and generate fresh leads, prompting someone to step forward. ''"We're hoping somebody may remember something ... We're hoping it generates discussion."''
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<hr>{{TC20070505a.png}}RCMP made Lisa's mother feel angry for trying to convince her not to pursue other means of discovering what happened to Lisa. ''"I had wanted to hire a private investigator but the police dissuaded me from that saying that he would only be retracing the work they had already done."''

<hr>{{HSS20030814b.png}}Joanne was warned on RCMP letterhead for telling one Nanaimo paper about the man who was taken into custody and then released without providing a solid explanation of the circumstances under which Lisa left the car he was driving.

<hr>{{CH20040418b.png}}They were formally "cut off" from receiving further details from the RCMP about their daughter's case.
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<hr>{{NNB20120621a.png}}By 2012, RCMP had received "hundreds" of tips related to Lisa's case.

<hr>{{HSS20190624c.png}}By 2019, RCMP had received over 800 tips related to Lisa's case.

<hr>{{CN20210626a.png}}In 2021 the lead investigator said there have been ''"numerous"'' searches for Young conducted in the past year due to new information. ''"We have more of those searches planned in the future at some point.''"

<hr>{{HSS20210702a.png}}He also said Lisa's file had become enormous, including 15,000 documents and hundreds of witnesses.

<hr>{{HSS20190624d.png}}A 2022 [https://web.archive.org/web/20231111032820/https://www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/missing-disparus/case-dossier.jsf?case=2013000120&id=0 update] to the RCMP's official dossier added a claim that Lisa had taken a taxi... but Lisa's parents had already checked with the taxi companies back in 2002. ''"There was no record of a taxi."''<br><br><small>(Lisa's parents [[:File:Tc20040404.png|questioned cabbies]], years earlier.)</small>

<hr>{{FB20220203a.png}}A 2022 Facebook post on behalf of Muntener: ''"Crime Stoppers and Nanaimo RCMP don't work together anymore. If you report a tip to Crime Stoppers, the police <u>won't</u> look into it."''

<hr>{{AVT20220202a.png}}A <sup>US</sup>$50,000 reward was put up by an anonymous American.<br><br>The next day, the lead investigator met with the appointed trustee to discuss conditions of the reward.

<hr>{{NNB20200103a.png|left|205px}}{{GN20170518a.png}}There was seemingly a connection between Lisa's case and that of Makayla Chang, a 16-year-old who was murdered in 2017.<br><br>Makayla's body was located at [[Colliery Dam Park]].

<hr>[[File:Chantel-Moore-and-Daughter-Gracie.jpg|left|thumb|290px|alt=Chantel Moore|<small>Chantel Moore (Lisa's cousin) who was killed by an RCMP officer on June 4, 2020.</small>]]
[[File:Cst-Jeremy-Son-murdered-Chantel-Moore.jpg|right|thumb|175px|alt=Jeremy Son|<small>Cop who shot Chantel Moore 4 times during a "wellness check".</small>]]
Lisa's grandfather &mdash; Chief&nbsp;Moses&nbsp;Martin &mdash; had another granddaughter who was also a victim of murder.<br><br>[[Chantel Moore]] was shot four times by an RCMP officer during a "wellness check."</small>

<hr>{{TC20080922a-never-close.png}}More than 100 suspicious missing persons cases remain open and unsolved on Vancouver Island, yet RCMP refuse to identify the cases.

<hr>{{NDN20040504a-never-close.png}}The investigation is not active but will never close the file. Officially she is missing, but police suspect she met with foul play.

<hr>{{P20071224a-never-close.png}}''"We never close a murder file."''

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