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From the start, Nanaimo RCMP openly admitted that they weren't very concerned about Lisa's disappearance.
Lisa had missed her planned move-in to a new apartment she'd rented, and the next day, Lisa also missed her first day at a new job.
Calls to Lisa's cellphone (which she'd purchased specifically so her parents could always reach her) were now going straight to voicemail.
Lisa had always kept in touch with her parents. This was very much unlike her.
A uniformed officer finally attended, to pickup a photo of Lisa. When Lisa's parents tried to follow-up with him the next day, they were told he'd gone on 5 scheduled days off, so they should call back after that.
she was immediately put on the national police computer
[Lisa's family] have also began their own search.
![[Lisa's dad,] a Purolator driver, has the co-operation of his co-workers are now distributing posters bearing Lisa's picture throughout the Island.](/w/File:Ndn20020705b.png)
[Lisa's dad,] a Purolator driver, has the co-operation of his co-workers are now distributing posters bearing Lisa's picture throughout the Island.
a number of tips that they want to follow-up on
Young had worked for him at the old Flag Inn and the Palace Hotel before moving up to work at the Jungle Cabaret
she was supposed to move into a new apartment
![[RCMP have received] two dozen tips](/w/File:Ndn20020709a.png)
[RCMP have received] two dozen tips…
they were very close with their daughter, and it was unlike her to not be in touch
![[Lisa's parents] called police at 11:30am on July 1.](/w/File:Ndn20020710a.png)
[Lisa's parents] called police at 11:30am on July 1.
Nanaimo RCMP now believe a 21-year-old woman who went missing 10 days ago has met with foul play.
Lisa was to begin a new job
police have spoken with the owner of that vehicle
![[RCMP have received] 40 tips](/w/File:Ndn20020710c.png)
[RCMP have received] 40 tips
Police now believe foul play is involved
maroon or red four-door Jaguar
...tips, now at more than 100.
headline: rumours unfounded
headline: rumours serve no purpose
She had money in her bank account, which has not been touched, and had not used her cellular phone
police appear to be no closer… despite numerous tips. 'We've received well over 100 to 150 tips on the case.'
…about to move into a new apartment
Chief Moses Martin organized search parties from Coombs to Tofino following leads garnered from tips, hunches and psychics.
She even shared a beer in the kitchen with her dad on the night she vanished.
Lisa Marie had lined up friends to help her move into a new apartment.
Qualicum Beach, the home of the man police have identified as the driver of the Jaguar.
![[Adair is] being held in Saskatchewan awaiting trial on a charge of assaulting a police officer.](/w/File:P20020902e.png)
[Adair is] being held in Saskatchewan awaiting trial on a charge of assaulting a police officer.
Her maternal grandfather Moses Martin is tribal chief of the 800-member Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation.
![Centis arrested at home 2 blocks from the police station, 2 days after [shooting his wife], as his daughter watched.](/w/File:Vs20020904a.png)
Centis arrested at home 2 blocks from the police station, 2 days after [shooting his wife], as his daughter watched.
Eubank did not say where they would be searching for clues to Young's disappearance.
Police will search for Lisa in 'the days ahead' … was delayed after Sept 1 shooting … investigators pulled off Lisa's case … arrested Sept 3
was delayed after Sept 1 shooting … investigators pulled off Lisa's case
The driver has been located and questioned by police
The search began around 9am and ended before noon.
![[police searched] Doumont & Biggs Roads](/w/File:Ndn20020918c.png)
[police searched] Doumont & Biggs Roads
Cpl. Hogg told 2-dozen officers…how a body may be obscured by brush after lying in the woods for several months.
Lisa's listed as missing but Tuesday police … looking for a body … search a wooded area south of Nanaimo
![[first RCMP search was based on] information they received last month](/w/File:Ndn20020918f.png)
[first RCMP search was based on] information they received last month
Hogg said they want to search another area north of the city, but have not been able to arrange the required number of officers
![[Lisa's family] will return to [search the area police searched several months ago.](/w/File:Ndn20021129a.png)
[Lisa's family] will return to [search the area police searched several months ago.
[Lisa's dad believes went to a party on Nanaimo Lakes Road. 'We hear she went to that party; they (the police) say she wasn't there.'
haven't heard from police in 3 months; they have no interest in his suggestion 'How could a Crime Stoppers spot hurt?' Eubanks said that Crime Stoppers no longer does re-enactments of crimes.
haven't heard from police in 3 months; they have no interest in his suggestion 'How could a Crime Stoppers spot hurt?' Eubanks said that Crime Stoppers no longer does re-enactments of crimes.
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… Eubank also said that Crime Stoppers no longer does re-enactments of crimes.
![[Lisa's family has put up] posters all over the Island and billboards in Nanaimo](/w/File:Ndn20030725a.png)
[Lisa's family has put up] posters all over the Island and billboards in Nanaimo
![[Lisa's parents are] disappointed by the lack of progress by police](/w/File:Ndn20030725b.png)
[Lisa's parents are] disappointed by the lack of progress by police
Two Tla-o-qui-aht divers searched upper Colliery Dam based on information from Chemainus psychic Christine Brant
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Based on information from Chemainus psychic Christine Brant
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an area with 3 connected bodies of water, a flat-roofed building and grown in paths … Colliery Dam
Joanne was warned… on RCMP letterhead for telling one Nanaimo paper about the man who was taken into custody then released.
…spokesman for Nanaimo RCMP made a media statement saying Crime Stoppers no longer does re-enactments of crimes. According to Cst. Smith, Crime Stoppers still makes re-enactment videos.
Two officers from the Nanaimo detachment showed up at their house, warning Don they would charge him with obstruction of justice if pursued media coverage.
![[investigator told Lisa's mom] he didn't feel [a Crime Stoppers video] would be helpful at this time.](/w/File:Hss20030814e.png)
[investigator told Lisa's mom] he didn't feel [a Crime Stoppers video] would be helpful at this time.
Crime Stoppers still makes re-enactment videos. It's always up to the investigator to request via fax or phone
Jossee Smith: Crime Stoppers never stopped making videos. Just (always) need information from the investigator.
He was released shortly after, though the RCMP told the Youngs they were sure he was withholding information critical to the case.
![[Lisa] said she was having a bath and then going out.](/w/File:Tc20040404a.png)
[Lisa] said she was having a bath and then going out.
![[Lisa's mom] asked the driver to tell her where her daughter was… [he said] I can't, before pausing and then trailing off with I'm sorry, I don't mean to disrespect your family.](/w/File:Tc20040404b.png)
[Lisa's mom] asked the driver to tell her where her daughter was… [he said] 'I can't,' before pausing and then trailing off with 'I'm sorry, I don't mean to disrespect your family.'
The new [posters] would name the driver. RCMP ahead the Youngs not to do this. Last January the Youngs went ahead anyway.
![[Lisa's mom] in July 2002 was taken to the RCMP to confront the Jaguar driver… I can't, I'm sorry I don't mean to disrespect your family.](/w/File:Tc20040404d.png)
[Lisa's mom] in July 2002 was taken to the RCMP to confront the Jaguar driver… 'I can't, I'm sorry I don't mean to disrespect your family.'
![The Youngs last saw [Lisa] about 11pm … she was having a bath and then going out.](/w/File:Tc20040404e.png)
The Youngs last saw [Lisa] about 11pm … she was having a bath and then going out.
![[pieced together the evening based on] what Lisa's friends told them and what they learned 2nd-hand from tapping into a network of cabbies and couriers.](/w/File:Tc20040404f.png)
[pieced together the evening based on] what Lisa's friends told them and what they learned 2nd-hand from tapping into a network of cabbies and couriers.
a white board on which the troubling words, 'Rape,' 'murder' and 'accident' were written.
a party in the Nanaimo Lakes Road neighbourhood.
...her father was to help her move into a new apartment the day she went missing
At one time her husband began e-mailing the grandparent, until he was warned off by the RCMP.
she was poised to start a new job at a call centre
she was poised to start a new job at a call centre
They were basically cut off from receiving further details from the RCMP.
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the investigation is not active but will never close … officially she is missing, but police she met with foul play.
![[RCMP made Lisa's mom] 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.](/w/File:Tc20070505a.png)
[RCMP made Lisa's mom] 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.'
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'We never close a murder file'
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More than 100 suspicious… missing persons cases remains open and unsolved on Vancouver Island … RCMP refused to identify the cases.
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.
Nanaimo RCMP hope reviving such unsolved cases can help jog a person's memory and generate fresh leads. Wearne is one of several actors who volunteered her time late last week to help with the project... Police hope the exposure will prompt someone to step forward. 'We're hoping somebody may remember something,' ... 'We're hoping it generates discussion.'
![Lisa was out celebrating a friends' birthday.Nanaimo Daily News, June 26, 2009 [26]](/w/File:Ndn20090626a.png)
Lisa was out celebrating a friend's birthday
![…last seen at about 3am [wrong date] leaving a house party in the Cathers Lakes area of Nanaimo](/w/File:Vs20110226a.png)
…last seen at about 3am [wrong date] leaving a house party in the Cathers Lakes area of Nanaimo
![A Crime Stoppers re-enactment of Lisa's last known activities was aired [wrong date]](/w/File:Hss20120515a.png)
A Crime Stoppers re-enactment of Lisa's last known activities was aired [wrong date]
wearing a black skirt, black top , black high boots and a silver hoop necklace
![[RCMP have received] hundreds of tips](/w/File:Nnb20120621a.png)
[RCMP have received] hundreds of tips
The last signals from Lisa's cell phone were traced to the Departure Bay area of Nanaimo
![He asked some questions and took a photograph of Lisa. Then he told them he was off for the next four days and to call him on Friday. [Lisa's parents] were incredulous. This was on a Sunday. [When they contacted the media] a reporter came over right away.]](/w/File:Nw20150501a.png)
He asked some questions and took a photograph of Lisa. Then he told them he was off for the next four days and to call him on Friday. [Lisa's parents] were incredulous. 'This was on a Sunday.' [When they contacted the media] a reporter came over right away.]
![She called every number in [Lisa's phone book]](/w/File:Nw20150501b.png)
She called every number in [Lisa's phone book]
Frantic, Don and Joanne decided to call the police
chilling last text message 'Come get me, they won't let me leave.'
Makayla Chang's body located at Colliery Dam Park
a house party in the Cathers Lake area of Nanaimo.
Around 3am, Lisa was hungry and the driver offered to take her to get pizza while others stayed behind
the first 72 hours in a missing persons investigation are the most critical, according to criminology experts
![[RCMP] said they needed her to be gone 48 hours [before a report could be filed]](/w/File:Hss20190624b.png)
[RCMP] said they needed her to be gone 48 hours [before a report could be filed]
![[RCMP have received] more than 800 tips](/w/File:Hss20190624c.png)
[RCMP have received] more than 800 tips
'There was no record of a taxi.'
RCMP investigators had a question for Makayla Chang's mother regarding the investigation into Lisa's disappearance.
Muntener: 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.'
Nanaimo RCMP use new information and technology in case of missing woman Lisa Marie Young
file had become enormous, including 15,000 documents and hundreds of witnesses
...met with lead investigator and discussed conditions on the $50k reward... Muntener has been lead since 2018.
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 won't look into it.'
'We hear she went to that party; They (the police) say she wasn't there,' said Young. In addition to being convinced of the Nanaimo Lakes Road party…
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 4, 2002),
Parents fear daughter the victim of foul play
(src) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 5, 2002),
City woman's whereabouts still unknown
(source) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 6, 2002),
Bar staff worried about woman
(source) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 9, 2002),
RCMP keep searching for woman
(source) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 10, 2002),
Police fear local met with foul play
ndn20020710 - ↑ Times Colonist (July 10, 2002),
Foul play feared in disappearance
(source) - ↑ Fort McMurray Today (July 10, 2002),
Foul play suspected in missing B.C. woman
(source) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 12, 2002),
Woman's disappearance leaves friends perplexed ...rumours unfounded
(source) - ↑ Nanaimo Daily News (July 17, 2002),
Rumours serve no purpose
(source) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Nelson Bennett, Nanaimo Daily News (July 25, 2002),
Lisa's kin follow psychic tip
ndn20020725 - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Jason Proctor, Vancouver Province (Sep 2, 2002),
Where is Lisa-Marie?
p20020902 - ↑ Jim Beatty, Vancouver Sun (Sep 4, 2002),
Husband charged in Nanaimo shooting
(source) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Sep 10, 2002),
Tips spark new search for woman
(source) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Sep 18, 2002),
Grim Task: Police comb woods for Lisa Young
(source) - ↑ Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Nov 4, 2002),
City police continue search for Lisa Young
(source) - ↑ Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Nov 29, 2002),
Police wait for break in city murder cases ...Young family to search for Lisa
(source) - ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (May 29, 2003),
When sadness turns to anger
ndn20030529 - ↑ 18.0 18.1 Nanaimo Daily News (July 25, 2003),
Divers to search for Young
(source) - ↑ Robert Barron, Nanaimo Daily News (July 26, 2003),
Divers comb Colliery Dam for Lisa Young
ndn20030726 - ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 Ruth Olgilvie, Ha-Shilth-Sa (Aug 14, 2003),
Investigation for missing woman frustrates family
(source) - ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7 21.8 21.9 Jim Gibson, Times Colonist (Apr 4, 2004),
The case Nanaimo can't forget
(source) - ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Jim Gibson, Calgary Herald (Apr 18, 2004),
Lisa Marie Young: Vanished
ch20040418 - ↑ Times Colonist (May 5, 2007),
Distraught mom hopes missing daughter alive
tc20070505 - ↑ Nanaimo Daily News (May 6, 2009),
Still unsolved
ndn20090506 - ↑ Danielle Bell, Nanaimo Daily News (May 19, 2009),
Police hope TV spot sheds light on cold case
(source) - ↑ Nanaimo Daily News (June 26, 2009),
Family will hold vigil for missing Nanaimo woman
(source) - ↑ Vancouver Sun (Feb 26, 2011),
Nanaimo RCMP appeal for help
(source) - ↑ 28.0 28.1 Denise Titian, Ha-Shilth-Sa (May 15, 2012),
Family seeks closure 10 years after daughter's disappearance
(source) - ↑ Chris Bush, Nanaimo News Bulletin (June 21, 2012),
Candlelight vigil held for Lisa Marie, Mounties still investigate case
(source) - ↑ Ha-Shilth-Sa (June 13, 2013),
Walk to remember Lisa Marie Young
(source) - ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Allison Crowe, NWAC (May 1, 2015),
Story Telling - Lisa Marie Young (PDF)
(source) - ↑ Verity Stevenson, Toronto Star (Aug 6, 2016),
Inquiry brings back memories of Nanaimo woman missing since 2002
ts20160806 - ↑ Yuliya Talmazan, Global News (May 18, 2017),
RCMP say that a body believed to be that of missing Nanaimo teen Makayla Chang has been located
(source) - ↑ NanaimoNewsNow (July 1, 2017),
15 years later: Nanaimo's Lisa Marie Young still missing
(source) - ↑ Glenna Burns, Kawartha Promoter (July 12, 2018),
On a healing journey
(source) - ↑ Julia Jacobo, ABC News (Oct 8, 2018),
Why the first 72 hours in a missing persons investigation are the most critical
(source) - ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 Eric Plummer, Ha-Shilth-Sa (June 24, 2019),
Legacy of Lisa Marie Young to hang in Tofino
(source) - ↑ Chris Bush, Nanaimo News Bulletin (Jan 3, 2020),
Person of interest in Makayla Chang murder case arrested on unrelated charge
(source) - ↑ Nicholas Pescod, CHEK News (June 26, 2021),
Nanaimo RCMP plead for more information regarding disappearance of Lisa Marie Young
(source) - ↑ Karl Yu, Nanaimo News Bulletin (June 26, 2021),
Nanaimo RCMP use new information & technology in case of missing woman Lisa Marie Young
nnb20210626 - ↑ Eric Plummer, Ha-Shilth-Sa (July 2, 2021),
"Bring peace to Lisa": Investigators seek missing link
(source) - ↑ Chris Bush, Alberni Valley Times (Feb 2, 2022),
$50,000 reward offered for location of missing Vancouver Island woman's remains
(source) - ↑ Cyndy Hall, Facebook (Feb 3, 2021),
Lisa Marie Young - Cyndy Hall photos
(source) - ↑ Alberni Valley Times (June 3, 2003),
Disappearance still a mystery
(source)
