RCMP didn't "suspect foul play" for 10 days
From lisamarieyoung.ca
“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
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.
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."[3][1]
Lisa's final text message to Dallas at 4:30am read, "Come get me, they won't let me leave."[6] Some might consider details like these to be sufficient reason for RCMP investigators to "suspect foul play".
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kendall Hanson, CHEK News (Mar 26, 2018), "Man dies after being struck by a vehicle in Nanaimo Sunday" cn20180326
- ↑ Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 4, 2002),
Parents fear daughter the victim of foul play
(src) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verity Stevenson, Toronto Star (Aug 6, 2016), "Inquiry brings back memories of Nanaimo woman missing since 2002" ts20160806
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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