Reasons to suspect foul play

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Lisa had not been seen or heard from since about 4am on Canada Day, July 1, 2002.

Repeated contact with the RCMP over the next three days failed to garner a response or any action.[1][2]

Nothing's come up that would suggest foul play, we just don't know where she is. Const. Murray Conway [anim gif]
Nanaimo Daily News, July 4, 2002 (Paul Walton)[1]

On July 4th, 2002 the Nanaimo Daily News published a statement from Nanaimo RCMP (Cst. Murray Conway): “Nothing's come up that would suggest foul play, we just don't know where she is.”[1]

Reasons to suspect foul play

  • Calls to Lisa's cellphone were going straight to voicemail. Lisa had never before shut off her cellphone and always kept it charged.[1] Lisa had purchased the phone specifically so her parents could always reach her.[3]
  • None of Lisa's many friends knew her current whereabouts but several reported seeing her leave with an unknown man driving an expensive car.[4]
  • The last to hear from Lisa was her friend Dallas when she called him around 3:30am, upset because "He won't bring me back."[5]
  • Lisa's final communication was a text message, "They won't let me leave."[6]
  • Lisa missed plans she'd made with her dad[1] and some of her friends,[7] who were going to help her move into her new apartment.[8]
  • The next day, Lisa missed her first day of training[9][10] for a job she'd been eager to start[11].
  • All of this was entirely unlike Lisa.[1][12] She'd always been very responsible and punctual.[13]
  • Lisa's bank account had money in it, which was untouched since her "disappearance".[14]
  • Lisa's cellphone was shut off or stopped functioning, soon after her final ominous text message.[15]
  • a neighbor of the Nanaimo Lakes Road houseparty contacted RCMP to report seeing "What looked like a body in a hammock" and soon after, "Equipment moving a lot of soil around" in the backyard.[16]
  • within a week of Lisa's father's coworkers distributing "missing" posters across the island,[17] over 100 tips were called in.[13]

It was not reported until July 10th that police finally stated that they "suspect foul play".[1][18][19] (Once they did, the story immediately spread to news agencies across the province.)[18][19]

Around July 20th, police located Chris Adair — the man Lisa with whom Lisa was last seen. Around the 22nd he was questioned about Lisa's disappearance.[20][21]

Several days later the Jaguar was seized for forensic inspection. It was discovered the the car had already been thoroughly steam-cleaned.[22][23]

Sometime in August, investigators received a tip which they determined warranted a search[8] of an outdoor area (near the prison where Chris Adair was being held on unrelated charges).[21][20] Police intended to begin the search at the start of September.[8]

The search was delayed until September 17 — eighty days after Lisa's disappearance.[21] Eighteen days of the delay was due to investigators being pulled off of Lisa's case to work on an "open and shut" daytime shooting[8] which was solved within 48 hours.[24]

The next known activity by RCMP in relation to Lisa's case was 18 years later, when the RCMP performed a search of the property where the first houseparty was located.[16] Police returned to the location at least two more times yet have failed to located Lisa's remains (which are located on the property at precisely 49.14502, -123.97504.


Sources

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ Eric Plummer, Ha-Shilth-Sa (June 24, 2019), Legacy of Lisa Marie Young to hang in Tofino (source)
  3. ↑ Jim Gibson, Times Colonist (Apr 4, 2004), The case Nanaimo can't forget (source)
  4. ↑ Jason Proctor, Vancouver Province (Sep 15, 2002), RCMP continue to search for missing Nanaimo woman (source)
  5. ↑ Skye Ryan, CHEK News (May 5, 2021), 'Today's a very hard day': Family of missing woman Lisa Marie Young marks her 40th birthday (source)
  6. ↑ Alexandra Mehl, CTV News (June 27, 2023), We all just want answers': It's been 21 years since Lisa Marie Young disappeared from Nanaimo (source)
  7. ↑ Jason Proctor, Vancouver Province (Sep 2, 2002), Where is Lisa-Marie? (source)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Sep 10, 2002), Tips spark new search for woman (source)
  9. ↑ Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 6, 2002), Bar staff worried about woman (source)
  10. ↑ Jim Gibson, Star Phoenix (May 15, 2004), Vanished (source)
  11. ↑ This information was obtained first-hand by the author. ✎ Sworn declaration can be provided as needed.
  12. ↑ Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 9, 2002), RCMP keep searching for woman (source)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 12, 2002), Woman's disappearance leaves friends perplexed ...rumours unfounded (source)
  14. ↑ Nelson Bennett, Nanaimo Daily News (July 25, 2002), Lisa's kin follow psychic tip (source)
  15. ↑ Ha-Shilth-Sa (June 13, 2013), Walk to remember Lisa Marie Young (source)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Kendall Hanson, CHEK News (Dec 17, 2020), Nanaimo RCMP conduct new searches in nearly two-decade-old case (source)
  17. ↑ Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 5, 2002), City woman's whereabouts still unknown (source)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Alberni Valley Times (June 3, 2003), Disappearance still a mystery (source)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (July 10, 2002), Police fear local met with foul play (source)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 BC Provincial Court Services Online, Government of BC, Search Traffic/Criminal
      → Enter Last Name: (Adair), First: (Christopher), Enter Image Text, change no other fields, click Search
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News (Sep 18, 2002), Grim Task: Police comb woods for Lisa Young (source)
  22. ↑ Paul Manly, House of Commons (Oct 8, 2020), Debates (Hansard) No. 12 (43-2) at 1525 (source)
  23. ↑ Malcolm McColl, McColl Magazine (Feb 26, 2011), Lisa Marie Young Disappeared, One of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Not Forgotten (source)
  24. ↑ CBC News (Sep 3, 2002), Police arrest husband in Nanaimo shooting (source)
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