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From the start, Nanaimo RCMP openly admitted that they weren't very concerned about Lisa's disappearance.
Monday morning, Lisa had missed her planned move-in to a new apartment she'd rented, and the next day, she also missed her first day at a new job.
Lisa's father was to help her move into a new apartment the day she went missing...
...and she was poised to start a new job at a call centre.
Lisa shared a beer with her dad on the night she vanished.
![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.
She dressed in a black skirt, black top, black thigh-high boots, and a silver hoop necklace.
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.
Lisa's parents were very close with their daughter, and it was unlike her to not be in touch.
![She called every number in [Lisa's phone book]](/w/File:Nw20150501b.png)
She called every number in Lisa's phone number book
Lisa's chilling final text message, "Come get me, they won't let me leave."
![[Lisa's parents] called police at 11:30am on July 1.](/w/File:Ndn20020710a.png)
Frantic, Don and Joanne decided to call the police at 11:30am on July 1st.
Nanaimo RCMP initially refused to accept Lisa's mother's report of her daughter's disappearance. She was told to call back in 2 days.
![[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.
The first 72 hours in a missing persons investigation are the most critical, according to criminology experts
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.
![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.
By this point, RCMP's efforts were limited to putting Lisa "on the police computer"
Lisa's family began their own search efforts.
![[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.
Police said they have "a number of tips that they want to follow-up on."
Lisa worked for Paul Manhas at 3 of his establishments: The Old Flag Inn and the Palace Hotel, before moving up to work at the busy Jungle Cabaret.
![[RCMP have received] two dozen tips](/w/File:Ndn20020709a.png)
Within days of Lisa's disappearance, RCMP received two dozen tips.
Lisa had been missing 10 days before Nanaimo RCMP became concerned about Lisa's disappearance.
![[RCMP have received] 40 tips](/w/File:Ndn20020710c.png)
By day 10, RCMP had received 40 tips from the public.
By day 11, more than 100 tips had been received.
Police spoke with Gerry Adair of Qualicum Beach, the owner of the maroon Jaguar in which Lisa was last seen. Gerry's grandson Chris had borrowed the car on the night of Lisa's disappearance.
The car was a mint-condition maroon late-80's Jaguar XJ-40.
The driver has been located and questioned by police
![[Adair is] being held in Saskatchewan awaiting trial on a charge of assaulting a police officer.](/w/File:P20020902e.png)
Chris Adair is being held in Saskatchewan awaiting trial on a charge of assaulting a police officer.
Rumours circulated that Lisa's body had been located out of town.
The rumours only made it harder on Lisa's parents.
Lisa's parents contacted her bank and cell provider.
Lisa had money in her bank account which hadn't been touched, and she hadn't used her cellphone.
The last signals from Lisa's cell phone were traced to the Departure Bay area of Nanaimo
3½ weeks after Lisa's disappearance, "the police appeared no closer" to solving the case, despite numerous tips.
"We've received well over 100 to 150 tips on the case."
Lisa's maternal grandfather Moses is tribal chief of the 800-member Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation.
Chief Martin organized search parties across Vancouver Island, following leads garnered from "tips, hunches and psychics."
![[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)
Lisa's family pieced together Lisa's evening based on they'd heard from Lisa's friends, and what they learned 2nd-hand from tapping into a network of cabbies and couriers.
Police will search for Lisa in 'the days ahead' … was delayed after Sept 1 shooting … investigators pulled off Lisa's case … arrested Sept 3
The first search for Lisa was delayed after the September 1st shooting of Rosella Centis. Investigators were pulled off Lisa's case.
![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 searched] Doumont & Biggs Roads](/w/File:Ndn20020918c.png)
Police searched the area of Doumont & Biggs Roads.
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)
The first RCMP search was based on information they received in August.
The search began around 9am and ended before noon.
Cpl. Hogg told 2-dozen officers…how a body may be obscured by brush after lying in the woods for several months.
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 she went to a party on Nanaimo Lakes Road. "We hear she went to that party ... the police say she wasn't there."
'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…
a party in the Nanaimo Lakes Road neighbourhood.
...then to a 2nd house party in the Cathers Lake area of Nanaimo.
![…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
Around 3am, Lisa was hungry and the driver offered to take her to get pizza while others stayed behind.
![[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.
![[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
Two Tla-o-qui-aht divers searched upper Colliery Dam based on information from Chemainus psychic Christine Brant.
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The dive was based on information from Chemainus psychic Christine Brant.
Template:NDN20030726 psychic2.png Christine Brant directed Lisa's fmaily to "an area with 3 connected bodies of water, a flat-roofed building and grown in paths" … which perfectly describes Colliery Dam Park
(right across the street from the location of the first houseparty)
The new posters would name the driver. RCMP ahead the Youngs not to do this. Last January, the Youngs went ahead anyway.
Lisa's parents was visited by two Nanaimo RCMP officers, warning that they would be charged with Obstruction of Justice if they pursued media coverage.
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.
This was a blatant lie.)<br style='clear:both'
![[investigator told Lisa's mom] he didn't feel [a Crime Stoppers video] would be helpful at this time.](/w/File:Hss20030814e.png)
An investigator told Lisa's mother that he didn't feel a Crime Stoppers re-enactment video would be helpful.
The Nanaimo RCMP's official spokesman told the media Crime Stoppers no longer does re-enactments of crimes, yet Crime Stoppers say they're never stopped.
Crime Stoppers still makes re-enactment videos. It's always up to the investigator to send a fax or make a phone call.
Jossee Smith of Crime Stoppers said they never stopped making videos. They just need some basic information from the investigator.
![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]
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.'
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."
![[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 was taken to the Parksville RCMP detachment to confront the Jaguar driver… 'I can't, I'm sorry I don't mean to disrespect your family.'
In the room was a white board on which the troubling words, 'rape,' 'murder' and 'accident' were written.
![[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 mother 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."
He was released shortly after, though the RCMP told the Youngs they were sure he was withholding information critical to the case.
Joanne was warned… on RCMP letterhead for telling one Nanaimo paper about the man who was taken into custody then released.
Lisa's father began e-mailing Chris's grandmother, until he was warned off by the RCMP.
They were basically cut off from receiving further details from the RCMP.
![[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 mother 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."
![[RCMP have received] hundreds of tips](/w/File:Nnb20120621a.png)
By 2012, RCMP had received hundreds of tips related to Lisa's case.
![[RCMP have received] more than 800 tips](/w/File:Hss20190624c.png)
By 2019, RCMP had received over 800 tips related to Lisa's case.
Lisa's family pieced together Lisa's evening based on they'd heard from Lisa's friends, and what they learned 2nd-hand from tapping into a network of cabbies and couriers.
A 2021 (?) update to the RCMP's official dossier added a claim that Lisa had taken a taxi... but Lisa's parents had already checked with the taxi companies back in 2002. "There was no record of a taxi."
There was seemingly a connection between Lisa's case and that of Makayla Chang, a 16-year-old who was murdered in 2016 (?)
Makayla Chang's body was located at Colliery Dam Park.
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
Lisa's file had become enormous, including 15,000 documents and hundreds of witnesses.
A US$50,000 reward was put up by an anonymous American. The next day the lead investigator (since 2018) met with the appointed trustee to discussed conditions on the reward.
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More than 100 suspicious… missing persons cases remains open and unsolved on Vancouver Island … RCMP refused to identify the cases.
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the investigation is not active but will never close … officially she is missing, but police she met with foul play.
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'We never close a murder file'
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 4, 2002),
Parents fear daughter the victim of foul play
(src) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nelson Bennett, Nanaimo Daily News (July 25, 2002),
Lisa's kin follow psychic tip
ndn20020725 - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Jason Proctor, Vancouver Province (Sep 2, 2002),
Where is Lisa-Marie?
p20020902 - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Jim Gibson, Times Colonist (Apr 4, 2004),
The case Nanaimo can't forget
(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 - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jim Gibson, Calgary Herald (Apr 18, 2004),
Lisa Marie Young: Vanished
ch20040418 - ↑ 7.0 7.1 Denise Titian, Ha-Shilth-Sa (May 15, 2012),
Family seeks closure 10 years after daughter's disappearance
hss20120515 - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 9, 2002),
RCMP keep searching for woman
ndn20020709 - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 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 - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Eric Plummer, Ha-Shilth-Sa (June 24, 2019),
Legacy of Lisa Marie Young to hang in Tofino
hss20190624 - ↑ Julia Jacobo, ABC News (Oct 8, 2018),
Why the first 72 hours in a missing persons investigation are the most critical
(source) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 5, 2002),
City woman's whereabouts still unknown
ndn20020705 - ↑ 14.0 14.1 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 6, 2002),
Bar staff worried about woman
ndn20020706 - ↑ Times Colonist (July 10, 2002),
Foul play feared in disappearance
tc20020710 - ↑ Fort McMurray Today (July 10, 2002),
Foul play suspected in missing B.C. woman
(source) - ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 12, 2002),
Woman's disappearance leaves friends perplexed ...rumours unfounded
(source) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Sep 18, 2002),
Grim Task: Police comb woods for Lisa Young
ndn20020918 - ↑ Nanaimo Daily News (July 17, 2002),
Rumours serve no purpose
(source) - ↑ Ha-Shilth-Sa (June 13, 2013),
Walk to remember Lisa Marie Young
(source) - ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Sep 10, 2002),
Tips spark new search for woman
(source) - ↑ Jim Beatty, Vancouver Sun (Sep 4, 2002),
Husband charged in Nanaimo shooting
vs20020904 - ↑ 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
ndn20021129 - ↑ 25.0 25.1 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (May 29, 2003),
When sadness turns to anger
ndn20030529 - ↑ Alberni Valley Times (June 3, 2003),
Disappearance still a mystery
(source) - ↑ NanaimoNewsNow (July 1, 2017),
15 years later: Nanaimo's Lisa Marie Young still missing
nnn20170701 - ↑ Vancouver Sun (Feb 26, 2011),
Nanaimo RCMP appeal for help
(source) - ↑ Glenna Burns, Kawartha Promoter (July 12, 2018),
On a healing journey
(source) - ↑ 30.0 30.1 Nanaimo Daily News (July 25, 2003),
Divers to search for Young
ndn20030725 - ↑ Robert Barron, Nanaimo Daily News (July 26, 2003),
Divers comb Colliery Dam for Lisa Young
ndn20030726 - ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 32.6 Ruth Olgilvie, Ha-Shilth-Sa (Aug 14, 2003),
Investigation for missing woman frustrates family
hss20030814 - ↑ 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) - ↑ Cyndy Hall, Facebook (Feb 3, 2022),
Lisa Marie Young
(public group) - photos (archive) fb20220203 - ↑ Times Colonist (May 5, 2007),
Distraught mom hopes missing daughter alive
tc20070505 - ↑ Chris Bush, Nanaimo News Bulletin (June 21, 2012),
Candlelight vigil held for Lisa Marie, Mounties still investigate case
nnb20120621 - ↑ Chris Bush, Nanaimo News Bulletin (Jan 3, 2020),
Person of interest in Makayla Chang murder case arrested on unrelated charge
(source) - ↑ 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) - ↑ 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
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