RCMP didn't "suspect foul play" for 10 days
“Nothing's come up that
would suggest foul play,
we just don't know
where she is.”—Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Murray Conway
July 4, 2002
Summary
Lisa had been missing 10 days before RCMP conceded that she may have met with foul play
.
Detail
CHEK News, Mar 26, 2018 (Kendall Hanson)[1] (video)
Lisa's family and friends were immediately worried that something had happened to Lisa, and their reasons to worry compounded as each day passed with no visible RCMP investigation underway.
Reasons to suspect foul play
See also: Reasons to suspect foul play
Monday July 1st
- Failed to show up for plans with her father[3] and friends[4] to move her into her new apartment[5]
- Calls were going straight to voicemail[2] (she always ensured her phone was charged)[6]
- This was uncharacteristic for Lisa[7] (normally she was very responsible)[8]
- None of Lisa's many friends knew her current whereabouts[9]
- Some said they saw her with an unknown man driving a Jaguar[10]
- Final call from Lisa:
He won't bring me back...
[11] - Final text from Lisa:
They won't let me leave...
[12]
Tuesday July 2nd
Lisa's final call
Lisa's final phone call was a message to her friend Dallas (who'd been waiting at the Cathers Lake houseparty for Lisa to return): "I don't know what's going on... We're sitting in a driveway on Bowen Road and this guy won't bring me back."[15][1]
See also: Lisa's last phone call
Lisa's final text
suspect foul playuntil Lisa was missing 10 days. Alberni Valley Times, July 11, 2002[17]
Lisa's final text message to Dallas at 4:30am read, "Come get me, they won't let me leave."[18] Some might consider details like these to be sufficient reason for RCMP investigators to "suspect foul play".
See also: Lisa's last text message
See also
- Next ➜ RCMP failed to check cellphone records
- List of all issues on Lisa's List of Fifty
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Andy Neal, CHEK News (Mar 26, 2018),
Man dies after being struck by a vehicle in Nanaimo Sunday
cn20180326 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 4, 2002),
Parents fear daughter the victim of foul play
ndn20020704 - ↑ Jim Gibson, Calgary Herald (Apr 18, 2004),
Lisa Marie Young: Vanished
ch20040418 - ↑ Jason Proctor, Vancouver Province (Sep 2, 2002),
Where is Lisa-Marie?
p20020902 - ↑ Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Apr 25, 2006),
Four years, still no answers
ndn20060425 - ↑ Denise Titian, Ha-Shilth-Sa (May 15, 2012),
Family seeks closure 10 years after daughter's disappearance
hss20120515 - ↑ Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 9, 2002),
RCMP keep searching for woman
ndn20020709 - ↑ Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Nov 4, 2002),
City police continue search for Lisa Young
ndn20021104 - ↑ Jolene Rudisuela, Capital Daily (May 5, 2021),
More people go missing in BC than anywhere else in Canada. No one knows why
cd20210505 - ↑ Jason Proctor, Vancouver Province (Sep 15, 2002),
RCMP continue to search for missing Nanaimo woman
p20020915 - ↑ Skye Ryan, CHEK News (May 5, 2021),
'Today's a very hard day': Family of missing woman Lisa Marie Young marks her 40th birthday
cn20210505 - ↑ Alexandra Mehl, CTV News (June 27, 2023),
We all just want answers': It's been 21 years since Lisa Marie Young disappeared from Nanaimo
ctv20230627 - ↑ Jim Gibson, Star Phoenix (May 15, 2004),
Vanished
sp20040515 - ↑ This information was obtained first-hand by the author. ✎ Sworn declaration can be provided as needed.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Verity Stevenson, Toronto Star (Aug 6, 2016),
Inquiry brings back memories of Nanaimo woman missing since 2002
ts20160806 - ↑ 16.0 16.1 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 5, 2002),
City woman's whereabouts still unknown
ndn20020705 - ↑ Alberni Valley Times (July 11, 2002),
Police suspect foul play
avt20020711 - ↑ Eric Plummer, Ha-Shilth-Sa (July 2, 2021),
'Bring peace to Lisa': Investigators seek missing link
hss20210702