WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:03.839 Hello friends, Steve Stockton here with you. Welcome to our 2 00:00:03.879 --> 00:00:08.320 latest video. In this episode, we bring you the tragic 3 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:12.960 tale of the Highway of Tears. Join me, let's take 4 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:16.800 a walk and see. Project e Pana is a Royal 5 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:21.079 Canadian Mounted Police or the RCMP Task Force, greeted in 6 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:23.800 two thousand and five with the purpose of solving cases 7 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:26.839 of missing and murdered Indigenous persons along a section of 8 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:31.480 Highway sixteen. All the victims were female. Between Prince Rupert 9 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:36.159 British Columbia and Prince George, British Columbia, this road came 10 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:38.960 to be known as the Highway of Tears. The name 11 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:41.840 of the Project e Pana was chosen from a combination 12 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.399 of E from E Division, which is the RCMP division 13 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:49.320 that has jurisdiction over British Columbia, and Pana, which is 14 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:51.920 the name of an Intuit goddess who cares for souls 15 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:55.920 before heaven or reincarnation. Though it started with the scope 16 00:00:55.960 --> 00:00:58.920 of investigating victims of Highway sixteen, within a year of 17 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:02.359 its formation, more to include victims along the Highways five, 18 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:07.200 twenty four and ninety seven. First up, we have Gloria 19 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:11.439 Lavina Moody. Her case is considered unsolved and she's still missing. 20 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:14.680 This was the first ephan a case from the Highway 21 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:17.640 of Tears reported to have happened on October twenty fifth, 22 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:20.680 nineteen sixty nine, for twenty six year old mother of 23 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:23.879 two Gloria Lavina Moody was last seen by friends and 24 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:27.239 family leaving a bar in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada. 25 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:30.799 She'd visited several bars that night with her brother, which 26 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:34.359 included the Ranch Hotel, the Maple Leaf and the Lake View. 27 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:36.760 Family had been on a road trip at the time 28 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:40.560 of her disappearance. Moody's brother stated that Gloria was right 29 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.599 behind him when they left the Ranch Hotel together, but 30 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:47.599 couldn't recall events after that. Later the next day, October 31 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:51.239 twenty sixth, Gloria Lavina Moody's body was found about six 32 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:54.280 miles from Williams Lake on a livestock trail by hunters 33 00:01:54.319 --> 00:01:58.079 that were in the area. Moody was found naked, beaten, 34 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:01.280 and assaulted. She died from blood loss due to injuries 35 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:04.760 sustained during the assault. The RCMP took a statement from 36 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:07.359 the family as well as the two hunters that found Moody. 37 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:12.280 During the investigation, three suspects were questioned, and, although never arrested, 38 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:15.360 the RCMP stated they were sure the unnamed suspects were 39 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:19.280 responsible for the assault and subsequent death. All three suspects 40 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:23.840 are now deceased and the case remains officially unsolved. Vanessa Hollins, 41 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:27.280 Gloria Moody's daughter, stated much of the family and community 42 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:29.759 still suffered the trauma of what happened to our mother. 43 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.840 Lauria Lavina Moody's body was found off of Highway ninety seven. 44 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:38.840 She was a First Nations member and the RCMP's first 45 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:42.919 official E panic case. She was She was a First 46 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:48.039 Nations member and the RCMP's first E panic case. Officially, 47 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:52.000 Gloria Lavina Moody's case is still unsolved. Anyone that may 48 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.439 have a potential leader tip is encouraged call two five 49 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:59.360 zero three ninety two six two one one. Lauria Leavina 50 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:02.319 Moody is from the Bella Coola Indian Reserve of the 51 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:05.879 New Hawk Nation in British Columbia. The New Hawk Nation 52 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:12.560 is part of the Coastal Salash people. Next, we have CAYLEB. McKay. 53 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:16.560 On April thirteenth, two thousand and four, thirteen year old 54 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:18.919 Kayla McKay went missing from the Prince Rupert area of 55 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:24.800 British Columbia under mysterious and baffling circumstances. McKay's death was 56 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:28.680 neither ruled by taking your own life nor homicide. Her 57 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:31.400 body was found two days later by the railroad tracks 58 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:35.240 by waterfront area and Prince Rupert's George Hill's Way. Her 59 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:38.039 death was found to be from acute alcohol poisoning and 60 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:43.120 stated in her autopsy report. Technically, McKay's case does meet 61 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:46.800 the criteria for the Epanic cases, but was curiously not added. 62 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:50.680 Macay's parents continue to inquire about her actual cause of death. 63 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:53.759 Do you have any information about the death of Kayla 64 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:58.439 McKay encouraged to call the RCMP Prince Rupert Detachment the 65 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:04.879 two five zero six two four two one three six Next. 66 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:10.400 Lana Derek. On October seventh, nineteen ninety five, nineteen year 67 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:14.360 old Northwest Community College forestry student Lana Derek went missing 68 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:17.040 from a gas station on Highway sixteen while on her 69 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:19.000 way to visit her sister, in the company of two 70 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:22.680 unidentified men. Derek had gone to school and stopped by 71 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:24.680 her parents' house earlier in the day to drop off 72 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:27.920 her backpack and other school supplies. She met up with 73 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:29.920 a friend for a night out in the town and 74 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.000 also spoke with her sister. The two made plans to 75 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:36.160 meet later that night after Derek's sister finished her workshift 76 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:38.680 so that Lana could pick up money her sister owed 77 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:42.199 to her. At around three point thirty that morning, Lana 78 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:45.319 arrived at her sister's house and collected the money. This 79 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:49.040 was the last known sighting of Lana Derek. She wasn't 80 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:52.759 immediately reported missing, as family believed she was out with friends. 81 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:56.959 On October eleventh, nineteen ninety five, friends and family realized 82 00:04:56.959 --> 00:04:59.600 that Lana was missing, and a small search party was 83 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:02.399 organized eyes to search for the student along the Highway 84 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:06.399 of Tears. The family notified police at the disappearance, but 85 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:09.199 was brushed off as the police didn't take her case seriously. 86 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:12.839 A family member stated that the police assumed Lanta was 87 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:16.879 with a boyfriend or out partying with friends. Lanta Derek's 88 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:20.040 family made missing persons posters to place in businesses along 89 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:23.759 Highway sixteen. This is where the next sighting was reported. 90 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:27.560 A gas station attendant stated that they observed Lanta Derek 91 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:29.639 early on the morning of the seventh, in a beat 92 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:33.360 up car in the company of two rough looking men. However, 93 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:36.439 this tip couldn't be confirmed as the surveillance tapes had 94 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:39.879 already been taped over from that time period. It was 95 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:43.120 also said that the police were skeptical of the attendants statement. 96 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:47.120 The police asked for the public assistance via media, and 97 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:49.519 a sketch artist was brought in to compose drawings of 98 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.360 the men from that night. The sketches were released to 99 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:55.560 the public on one of Atlanta Derek's missing person's posters. 100 00:05:56.759 --> 00:05:58.920 By the end of October, the search for Atlanta was 101 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:04.079 called off. In nineteen ninety seven, Lanta Derek's aunt, Sally Gibson, 102 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:08.120 offered a ten thousand dollars reward for her niece's known whereabouts. 103 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:12.519 In two thousand and seven, Liz Douglas, the investigator handling 104 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:15.920 the Derek case, stated there were still several open leads 105 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:19.000 that were being pursued. One lead was that Atlanta had 106 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:21.959 been threatened by an next boyfriend in the past. It 107 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:24.639 was reported that the ex boyfriend took his own life 108 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:28.040 the night Lana went missing. There was also a dispute 109 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:31.759 with the neighbor of which Lanta was involved in Landa 110 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:34.360 Derek's case is one of the official eighteen cases from 111 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:38.240 the EPANA report. She's part of the gitt Now First 112 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:42.040 Nation and the gitts San people from Terrace, British Columbia. 113 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:46.040 Landa Derek's case remains unsolved and she hasn't been seen 114 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:50.040 or heard from since October seventh, nineteen seventy five. If 115 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:52.519 you have any information on the disappearance of Lanta Derek, 116 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:56.600 you're encouraged to call Valley Pacific Investigations at eighte six 117 00:06:56.720 --> 00:07:01.439 six ninety six, two five five eight five. Landa Derek 118 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:03.920 was described as the First Nation's female with brown hair 119 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:07.160 and brown eyes. Her aunt said she believes someone would 120 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:10.000 have a tough time just taking Lanna because she was tough. 121 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:14.199 The disappearance of Lanna caused a strain on her family members. 122 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:18.160 When asked how the police had Landa Derek's case, her aunt, 123 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:22.079 Sally Gibson, had this to say, quote the police helped 124 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:25.319 us the first seventy two hours. After that, they told 125 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:27.639 us to return home and wait. If any new leads 126 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:31.839 came up, they would call us end quote. After seven years, 127 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:34.360 the Derek family was encouraged to have a memorial for 128 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.680 but to do so would mean accepting she is gone, 129 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:40.199 and they don't think she is and remain hopeful to 130 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:44.160 this day that she will return. Lanta Derek was reported 131 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:46.680 to be wearing a green cotton sweater, blue jeans, and 132 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:49.839 white tennis shoes when she was last seen. Family and 133 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:53.040 friends described her as shy, goofy, and eager to learn. 134 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:56.480 There was a vigil hell for Lanta Derek where her 135 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:00.360 stepfather spoke and had this to say. Quote, we need 136 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:03.079 to give our young people something to grasp onto so 137 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.920 they don't go astray. It's better if we can stop 138 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:08.480 these things from happening. Young women need to be aware 139 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:11.040 of their surroundings and don't play with fire when it 140 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:15.040 comes to relationships. The Northwest is a very big country. 141 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:19.000 We get the weirdest people do here, so we have 142 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:23.279 to be watchful and pulled together. End quote. This statement 143 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:26.079 was said to be in reference to Atlanta's possible involvement 144 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:29.000 in abuse of relationship. One of our other aunts at 145 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:32.039 the vigil described her niece as loving to work outside 146 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:35.159 lobbying and all things that went with it. She was 147 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.799 really good in her classes, she was really gung hole 148 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:40.440 about going to college, and she was doing really well. 149 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:44.559 She was happy. Indeed, Lane appeared to have her whole 150 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:46.840 life ahead of her. But now our family has been 151 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:49.720 left in the limbo of not knowing that many of 152 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:52.879 us could not fathom. We can only hope that someday, 153 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:57.360 some conclusion, some solace, some justice comes to Lanta and 154 00:08:57.399 --> 00:09:02.000 her family. And this person is just one of many. 155 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:04.440 But tears have been shed for another life along this 156 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:08.399 tragic highway of tears. LANDA Derek is still missing to 157 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:15.559 this day. Next up, we have Cecilia Nichol. On October first, 158 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:19.799 nineteen eighty nine, eighteen year old Cecilia Nichol went missing 159 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:23.440 from Vancouver, British Columbia, after having just moved there August 160 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:26.279 of the same year. Nichol had moved to the area 161 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:28.600 to reside with her mother, but left shortly after to 162 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:32.200 reside on the streets. Cecilia was reportedly last seen at 163 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:36.000 Smithers in British Columbia. There was a non official report 164 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:38.720 that Nichol had moved to Vancouver Island, but this is 165 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:42.000 thought to be untrue. Nichol is one of the eighteen 166 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:45.120 official missing persons on the EPANA report, as is her 167 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:48.519 cousin Delphine Nicchol that is also missing from the Highway 168 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:51.639 of Tears. Do you have any information on the disappearance 169 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:54.279 of Cecilia Nickel or any tips on her whereabouts to 170 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:57.600 encourage to police, contact the Vancouver Police Department at six 171 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:02.279 zero four seven one seven to five three zero. Cecilia 172 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:04.919 Nichol has described as five foot four inches tall, one 173 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:07.879 hundred and twenty eight pounds, black, aaron brown eyes and 174 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:11.080 as a First Nation's member, She's known to alternate this 175 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:12.759 speeling of her first name and it could either be 176 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:22.039 Cicilia or Cecilia. Next up, we have Cecilia's cousin, Delphine Nickel, 177 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:25.759 that I just mentioned. On June thirteenth, nineteen ninety, fifteen 178 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:29.080 year old Delphine Nickel went missing from Smithers, British Columbia, 179 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:31.679 a small town of just over five thousand on the 180 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:35.360 Highway of Tiers. Nicol was last seen hitchhiking on Highway 181 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:38.120 sixteen and King Street. She was trying to get home 182 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:41.559 to tel Qua, British Columbia. Just a year prior to 183 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:45.679 Delphine nichols disappearance, her cousin, whom we mentioned previously, Cecilia Nickel, 184 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:49.799 went missing from the same area. Smithers, BC is one 185 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:51.799 of the many small towns on the Highway of Tiers 186 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:55.200 that suffers from poverty and lack of resources for its residents. 187 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:57.919 Many people are forced to hitchhike to get from one 188 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:01.279 place to another, making abductions from the area all too common. 189 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:05.440 Delphine Nicol is also of the original eighteen e Panna 190 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:09.840 missing Indigenous. Delphine Nicol has never been found and no 191 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:12.159 one has ever been arrested in connection with their disappearance. 192 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:15.440 If you, or anyone you know has any information on 193 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:18.679 the disappearance of Delphine Nickel or any of the circumstances 194 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:21.720 surrounding her case, you're encouraged to please contact the RCMP 195 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:26.399 at two five zero eight four seven three two three three. 196 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:29.080 Delphine Nichol is described as being five foot three inches 197 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:31.919 tall and weighing one hundred and thirty four pounds. Like 198 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:37.039 brown hair and hazelias identifying marx Ars follows a right 199 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:40.399 temporal scar, a purple birthmark on her back, and a 200 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:47.320 broken right index finger. Delphine is a First Nations member. Next, 201 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:51.919 we have Alberta Gail Williams. On August twenty fifth, nineteen 202 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:55.240 eighty nine, twenty six year old Alberta Gail Williams disappeared 203 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:58.120 from a pub in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, while out 204 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:01.200 with her sister. The two left work at a seasonal 205 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:04.080 cannery earlier that day and we're making plans to go 206 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:06.960 to a house party later that night when she went missing. 207 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:11.159 On September twenty fifth, nineteen eighty nine, Williams's body was 208 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:13.679 discovered about twenty three miles from Prince Rupert on the 209 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:17.679 Highway of Tears. Alberta Gail Williams had been assaulted and 210 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:22.320 strangled Claudia Williams, Alberta's sister, stated she is under the 211 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:25.399 assumption that a man killed her sister. An unnamed man 212 00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:27.720 that worked at the same cannery facility as Williams and 213 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:31.039 her sister was romantically pursuing Alberta in the weeks before 214 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:34.080 she went missing. Alberta Williams I told the man that 215 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:38.159 she had a boyfriend and wasn't interested in his advances. Now, 216 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:41.159 this verson's non official suspect and has never been questioned 217 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:44.639 by the police. It's unknown how this coworker reacted to 218 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:49.159 Williams's non interest in the man's advances. Alberta Gail Williams 219 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:51.879 is one of the eighteen original Epanic cases and there 220 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:55.039 are no new leads in her death. If you, were 221 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:57.720 anyone you know has any information on the disappearance or 222 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:00.559 death of Alberta gil Williams, or any of the soircumstances 223 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:03.399 surrounding her case, you're encouraged to call the Vancouver Police 224 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:07.480 Department at six zero four seven one seven three three 225 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:15.120 two one Next up. Helena Edna Tomat. In nineteen eighty nine, 226 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:18.360 seventeen year old Helena Edna Tomat went missing near Westbrook, 227 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:22.240 British Columbia, after she was last seen hitchhiking on Highway sixteen, 228 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:26.240 the Highway of Tears. In nineteen ninety one, her skeletonized 229 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:29.279 remains were found and had to be identified through dental records. 230 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:32.320 Along with her remains were the remains of another woman, 231 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:36.039 thirty four year old Elise Freezing, was also found in 232 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:39.399 the same area. Both cases remain cold and have no 233 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:42.360 new leads. If you, or anyone you know has any 234 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:45.159 information on the disappearance of Alberta Gail Williams or any 235 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:48.320 of the circumstances surrounding her case, please contact the Kelowna 236 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:51.679 Police Department at two five to zero seven sixty two 237 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:56.000 three three zero zero. Helena Edna Toomat is described as 238 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.080 having brown hair and brown eyes and was the First 239 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:04.200 Nation's member next Tanya Lisk. On July eighteen, two thousand 240 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:07.559 and four, sixteen year old Tonya Lisk went missing from Vernon, 241 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:11.320 British Columbia, well on her way to Calgary. Earlier that day, 242 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:13.440 Lisz contacted a friend to let her know what the 243 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:16.279 plans were for that day. That was the last known 244 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:20.320 communication anyone had with her. Through interviews with the friend 245 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:23.000 and family, it's believed that Lisk was hitchhiking on Highway 246 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:26.960 sixteen when she went missing. Very little information is available 247 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:29.960 in the Tonia Lisk case. The criteria set by the 248 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:32.559 RCMP didn't meet their requirements to add list to the 249 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:35.759 original eighteen cases for the e Pana project, even though 250 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:39.039 she was female, a First Nations member and hitchhiking when 251 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:42.679 last seen. You or anyone you know, has any information, 252 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:45.879 no matter how small or insignificant it may seem, regarding 253 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:48.480 the disappearance of Tania Lisk or any of the circumstances 254 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:51.399 surrounding her case. Again, you're encouraged to call them Mount 255 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:55.720 Vernon RCMP at two five zero five four five seven 256 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:59.360 one seven one. Donia Lisk is described as a First 257 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:02.559 Nation's member, five foot seven inches tall with brown hair 258 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:08.039 and brown eyes. Next up Tamara Chipman. On September twenty 259 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:10.720 one of two thousand and five, this twenty two year 260 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:12.919 old mother of a two year old son went missing 261 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:16.279 from Prince Ruver, British Columbia, while hitchhiking around the area 262 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:19.720 of Industrial Park. It is unknown if authorities ever searched 263 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:23.399 for Chipman, but her First Nation status led to Morristown 264 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:26.679 Reserve organizing a search. Tamara Chipman is one of the 265 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:30.399 eighteen Epanic cases, but little information is available in her case. 266 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:33.720 Because of her background as a sex worker and having 267 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:36.080 a couple of warrants. It's rumored that the police didn't 268 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:39.320 investigate the case as well as they could have. Having 269 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:41.600 warrants would leave the average person believed that the police 270 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:44.080 would want to find shipment, if for nothing else, to 271 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:47.759 make sure she's still alive. In interviews given by friends 272 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:50.679 and family, they believe Tamara Chipman is deceased and was 273 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:54.480 dumped around the area of Tweedled. The tweedledum Lakes. Other 274 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:56.919 witnesses have declined to come forward or comment on the 275 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:59.840 case in fear of quote the same thing happening to 276 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:04.559 them unquote. In an exclusive interview by a family member 277 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:07.759 of Chipments that wish to remain anonymous, Tamara Chipman was 278 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:09.600 trying to get her life on track for her young 279 00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:12.080 son and was giving up her current job as a 280 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:14.879 sex worker to do something better with her life for 281 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:18.120 her and for her son. Chipman as described as a 282 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:20.759 daddy's girl. From the day she was born, she had 283 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:23.679 her daddy wrapped around her finger. Tamora's mother said in 284 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.919 an interview her friends and family love her very much 285 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:29.960 and just want to bring her home. Either way, they 286 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:33.679 just want closure, and more so for her son. Unfortunately, 287 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:36.320 Tamara Chipman's case is all too familiar for high risk 288 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:38.200 behaviors are thought to be a part of their life. 289 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.559 Their disappearances have sometimes dismissed because of sex work, or 290 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:45.720 drugs and alcohol, or a combination thereof. These factors tend 291 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:48.159 to dehumanize the individual, and instead of looking past a 292 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:52.120 person's shortcomings, they are defined by them. This is what 293 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:55.639 makes these cases so heartbreaking. With a poverty rate as 294 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:59.600 high as twenty nine percent. These circumstances unfortunately force at 295 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:02.720 risk women and girls to make choices they wouldn't otherwise 296 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:07.960 necessarily make given better opportunities. Tamara Chipman's parents, John and 297 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:11.319 Corey Chipman, have been searching for since her disappearance. They 298 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:14.640 posted flyers at bus stations, truck stops, convenience stores, and 299 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:17.519 other high traffic areas. The flyer shows a photo of 300 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:20.960 Chipman and has her description. When asked about driving the 301 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:24.279 same highway that their daughter went missing on, Chipman's father said, 302 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:27.759 my mind is always wondering what possibilities could have happened. 303 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:30.839 It's about a ninety mile stretch and there's really no 304 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:35.519 communities in between. Recalling the last conversation he had with 305 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:38.640 his daughter, John Chipman went on to say, we were 306 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:40.759 in the truck on our way home, and one of 307 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:42.759 the things I remember was her coming over the back 308 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.039 seat and grabbing me around the shoulders and telling me 309 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:48.319 that she loved me. A tearful interview given by Tamara 310 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:51.720 Chipman's parents on the documentary Highway of Tears is a 311 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:54.799 stark reminder of a life cut tragically short and a 312 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:57.640 family left to wonder what happened and just where is 313 00:17:57.640 --> 00:18:01.519 their daughter sitting around the kitchen table with family. Tamra's 314 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:04.160 parents would go through pictures of her younger life. One 315 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:06.440 such picture shows her taking her first steps as a 316 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:10.200 baby in Oscar the Grouch Sandals, while another shows her 317 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:13.559 as a vibrant thirteen year old. The documentary was the 318 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:16.400 first time Chipman's mother had spoken about her daughter's disappearance, 319 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:19.400 having also lost her mother around the same time her 320 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:22.759 daughter went missing. Corey Chipman had this to say when 321 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:26.400 ask about searching for her missing daughter. It is too hard. 322 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:29.000 I just couldn't bring myself to go walking along the road, 323 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:32.119 looking in ditches and in creaks and ponds looking for 324 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:34.359 my child. I just couldn't believe that I should have 325 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:37.200 to do so. Not wanting to get their daughter in 326 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:40.839 any more trouble, Tamra Chipman's parents didn't initially report her 327 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:44.359 missing and search for her on their own. Tamara Chipman 328 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:47.559 is described as the first Nation's female, standing five foot 329 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:50.000 ten inches tall, one hundred and thirty pounds, with brown 330 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:53.160 hair and brown eyes, identifying marks or a small freckle 331 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:55.319 beneath her eye, and her hair was cut very short 332 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:58.039 at the time she went missing. She was also known 333 00:18:58.079 --> 00:19:01.559 to wear wigs of different colors. Tammer belongs to the 334 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:06.400 First Nation's tribe Morristown Band of Sweatin, and this reservation 335 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:11.720 is right off Highway sixteen. Next the case of Jean 336 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:17.039 Virginia Sampara. On October fourteenth, nineteen seventy one, eighteen year 337 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:20.319 old Jean Virginia Sampar was reported missing after having spent 338 00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:23.000 the evening with her cousin Alvin. The pair were making 339 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:25.359 their way home when Alvin left Jean on a bridge 340 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:28.480 overlooking the Gainstugukla River to get a jacket to the 341 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:31.920 temperatures that night. As he returned near the area where 342 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:34.680 they had parted ways, he heard a car door slam. 343 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:37.920 When he reached the location, Jean was nowhere to be seen. 344 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:41.960 Jean was born into the Gitsen First Nations family and 345 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:45.359 was the second youngest of six children. She attended high 346 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.319 school in Hazelton, British Columbia, where she also worked at 347 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:52.039 a local cannery during fishing season. Growing up, Jeane was 348 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:54.480 described as shy and quiet, but loved to play nurse 349 00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:58.440 with her siblings. Jean Virginia Sampar was reported missing by 350 00:19:58.440 --> 00:20:00.480 her mother when she didn't return home from the walk 351 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.079 she had taken with her cousin the village in which 352 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:06.359 the family reside helped the family initiate the search for Gene, 353 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:08.920 and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police joined a few days later, 354 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:12.279 bringing a search dog with them, and early snow hampered 355 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:15.319 search efforts, but appearance were soon back to searching along 356 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:18.599 with police. The official search lasted for eight days and 357 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:21.440 was called off after the river and surrounding areas were searched. 358 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:23.920 In Vain, it was reported that the police tried to 359 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:26.200 declare her as deceased and close the case in nineteen 360 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:29.440 eighty five, but after the family pushed back, her status 361 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:33.400 was changed to missing. Oddly enough, after Jeane went missing, 362 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:35.839 her boyfriend was found drowned in the same area of 363 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:39.119 the river where she went missing. Several theories have been 364 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:43.559 researched into the disappearance of Gene. Those included abduction, taking 365 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:48.279 her own life, animal attack, runaway, foul play, a serial killer, 366 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:52.359 or perhaps even friends or family, and all these theories 367 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:55.119 none make any sense except for a possible abduction by 368 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:58.880 either someone she knew or stranger. Jene is described as 369 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:01.359 the First Nation's female with brown hair and brown eyes. 370 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:04.680 If you or someone you know has any information regarding 371 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:08.599 her disappearance, Please contact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police New 372 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:12.920 Hazelton Detachment that two five zero eight four to two 373 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:17.839 five two four four. And now we'd like to present 374 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:22.279 a few soft cases from the Highway of Tears. First up, 375 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:27.039 we have Cynthia mos. On September tenth, twenty ten, thirty 376 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:31.079 five year old Cynthia Moss disappeared from Prince George, British Columbia. 377 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:34.240 Her body was found on October eighth, twenty ten, in 378 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:38.000 Elsie Gun Park near the Highway of Tears. Moz was 379 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:40.359 reported missing by family members when they hadn't heard from 380 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:43.720 her in a few days. Her body was discovered by 381 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:48.680 RCMP Corporal Kent McNeil. Her mains showed defensive wounds, her 382 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:51.599 pants were rolled to her ankles, and she had been decapitated. 383 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:56.960 On November twenty seventh, twenty ten, Cody Allen Legebokoff was 384 00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:59.880 arrested in connection to the murder of Cynthia Moss, as 385 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:04.960 well as Lauren Don Leslie, Jill Stacy Snatchenko, and Natasha 386 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:09.680 Lynn Montgomery. Legabukhoff is one of many zero killers confirmed 387 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:11.680 to have used the Highway of tears as a hunting 388 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:16.119 ground for vulnerable women. He's also considered one of Canada's 389 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:19.200 youngest serial killers, being just nineteen years old when he 390 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:24.920 killed his first victim. Next, we have Kareeen Thomas. On 391 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:28.160 July third, nineteen seventy six, twenty one year old Kareen 392 00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:31.079 Thomas was hitchhiking home on Highway sixteen when she was 393 00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:34.200 struck and killed by a truck being driven by Richard Medikoff. 394 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:37.200 What was first thought to be an accident was later 395 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:41.319 revealed to be a homicide. Richard Riddeucopp saw Thomas on 396 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:43.960 the side of the road and swerved to intentionally hit her. 397 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:48.960 Thomas was pregnant and just days away from giving birth. Sadly, 398 00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:52.519 both the mother and child died at the scene. During 399 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:56.240 court proceedings in Dakoff's trial, the coroner gave testimony that 400 00:22:56.279 --> 00:23:00.200 the fatal motor vehicle accident was just that an accident. However, 401 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:03.880