According to police reports, two women in a car had dropped Micheline Pare off at the gates of Tompkins Ranch on Highway 20, between Fort St. John and Hudson's Hope.
She had been hitchhiking, a common method of travelling around for young, free-spirited girls in those days.
On Aug. 8, Pare's body was found 21 km away by a group of people picking Saskatoon berries beside the highway.
The teen, who came from Quebec, had been beaten with a blunt weapon. Officers believed she had been sexually attacked, although decomposition made it difficult to be certain.
Police trying to generate tips circulated a photo of Pare throughout B.C., along with this description: she was five-foot-four with brown hair and a dimple in her chin, and was wearing blue flare cords.
News about Pare's case soon fell silent, as it did for so many of these victims. Her name was added to the Highway of Tears list in 2007.
