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<big>'''''Family marks 16th anniversary of Lisa Marie Young's vanishing'''''</big> | |||
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 Cindy Hall. Her family and friends they stopped in that moment." | ''"Her life stopped in that moment,"'' said Lisa Marie's friend Cindy 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. | ||
And that was the last time I'd see her, said Hall. | ''"And that was the last time I'd see her,"'' said Hall. | ||
The Nanaimo woman says she's lived with regret about it ever since. | The Nanaimo woman says she's lived with regret about it ever since. | ||
Yeah. I wish I'd went with her and hopefully a different outcome, said Hall. "I just wish I was with her." | ''"Yeah. I wish I'd went with her and hopefully a different outcome,"'' said Hall. ''"I just wish I was with her."'' | ||
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 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 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 Cindy Hall. "It seems like yesterday and she was looking for Lisa." | ''"I remember the call when Joanne was phoning around the next morning,"'' said Cindy Hall. ''"It seems like yesterday and she was looking for Lisa."'' | ||
RCMP suspected foul play soon after, but despite identifying 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. | RCMP suspected foul play soon after, but despite identifying 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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Adding to the tragedy, is that Lisa Marie's mother Joann Young died in 2017 without any closure about what happened to her daughter. | Adding to the tragedy, is that Lisa Marie's mother Joann Young died in 2017 without any closure about what happened to her daughter. | ||
But she never gave up, said Lisa Marie's Grandmother Cecelia Arnet. "There was always hope she said." | ''"But she never gave up,"'' said Lisa Marie's Grandmother Cecelia Arnet. ''"There was always hope she said."'' | ||
Somebody knows something and they haven't come forward, said Cst. Gary O'Brien of Nanaimo RCMP. "They have to talk to a police officer. They have to call us, if they don't want to identify themselves they have to call Crimestoppers." | ''"Somebody knows something and they haven't come forward,"'' said Cst. Gary O'Brien of Nanaimo RCMP. ''"They have to talk to a police officer. They have to call us, if they don't want to identify themselves they have to call Crimestoppers."'' | ||
Now Nanaimo has another case that has disturbing parallels to Lisa Marie's. 16-year-old 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 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 Cindy Hall. "And her killer is still in our community so it's very alarming." | Yeah and that's been a year, said Cindy 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. | ||
[image caption:] WATCH: Saturday marked a heartbreaking anniversary in Nanaimo, when a young woman disappeared without a trace 16 years ago. It was at 3 a.m. June 30th, that Lisa Marie Young stepped away from friends and opened a wound in that community that still hasn't healed. | <small>[image caption:] WATCH: Saturday marked a heartbreaking anniversary in Nanaimo, when a young woman disappeared without a trace 16 years ago. It was at 3 a.m. June 30th, that Lisa Marie Young stepped away from friends and opened a wound in that community that still hasn't healed.</small> | ||
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