RCMP failed to seize the Jaguar before steam-cleaning

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Summary

By the time RCMP investigators finally seized the Jaguar in which Lisa was last seen by her friends, the car had already been steam-cleaned.

Detail

The driver has been located and questioned by police
Nanaimo Daily News, September 18, 2002 (Paul Walton)[1]

Lisa was last seen by friends getting into a maroon late-1980's Jaguar XJ-40 driven by Chris Adair, leaving a houseparty in the Cathers Lake area.

1980's Jaguar XJ-40
1980's Jaguar XJ-40
similar to the car in which Lisa was last seen by friends

RCMP seized the car for forensic search; several weeks after it had been located.[2]

It was then discovered that the vehicle had been thoroughly steam cleaned, thereby destroying any potential forensic evidence.[3][4]

Sources

  1. ↑ Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Sep 18, 2002), Grim Task: Police comb woods for Lisa Young ndn20020918
  2. ↑ Malcolm McColl, McColl Magazine (Feb 26, 2011), Lisa Marie Young Disappeared, One of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Not Forgotten (source)
  3. ↑ MP Paul Manly, Parliament, Ottawa (Oct 8, 2020), House of Commons Debate #12 - October 8, 2020 (43-2) at 1525 hoc20201008
  4. ↑ Anonymous, Casefile (July 26, 2016), Case 26: Lisa Marie Young pod20160726
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