Nanaimo Daily News - Sep 18, 2002

Nanaimo Daily News: Wed Sep 18, 2002 (Paul Walton) Grim Task: Police comb woods for Lisa Young

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Grim Task: Police comb woods for Lisa Young

Officially Lisa Young is listed as missing, but Tuesday police were obviously looking for a body as they searched a wooded area south of Nanaimo.

Prior to commencing the search, lead investigator Cpl. Doug Hogg told two-dozen officers joining the search how a body may be obscured by brush after lying in the woods for several months. They were also told that previous cursory searches with police dogs had come across bones found to belong to deer.

The officers, two with search dogs, split into groups to begin their grim task at Doumont and Biggs Roads. The search began around 9 a.m. and ended shortly before noon. Police found "nothing significant to the investigation," said Nanaimo RCMP spokesman Const. Jack Eubank. He would say only that information they received last month led to the search.

Young's mother, Joanne Young, said she is resigned to the fact that her daughter will never come home again. She said she and her husband, Don Young, have "pretty well" given up hope.

"From the first day we knew it in our hearts," she said. "The hardest part is she's not here." On Sunday night a candlelight vigil was held for Lisa in Nanaimo.

"I'm totally in awe of the support we had Sunday," she said.

Joanne Young said not knowing what has happened to Lisa is the worst part. "We need to get some answers very quickly," she said.

"We miss her a lot."

On June 30 Lisa was supposed to move with the help of her father, but never showed up. In addition to the fact that she always called when away for any length of time, Lisa was also supposed to start a new job that week.

Neither Lisa's new roommate nor her new employer heard from her. Within a week of the first story about Lisa's disappearance running in the Daily News, police said they suspected foul play.

She was last seen at about 2 a.m. on June 30* outside The Jungle Cabaret on Skinner Street in, downtown Nanaimo. Police quickly focused on a maroon Jaguar, after a tip she was last seen outside club in the vehicle. The driver has been located and interviewed by police.

Eubank said further searches in different areas may be carried out in the near future.

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File:Ndn20020918a.png		The driver has been located and questioned by police
File:Ndn20020918b.png		The search began around 9am and ended before noon.
File:Ndn20020918c.png		[police searched] Doumont & Biggs Roads
File:Ndn20020918d.png		Cpl. Hogg told 2-dozen officers…how a body may be obscured by brush after lying in the woods for several months.
File:Ndn20020918e.png		Lisa's listed as missing but Tuesday police … looking for a body … search a wooded area south of Nanaimo
File:Ndn20020918f.png		[first RCMP search was based on] information they received last month