Highway of Tears article w/crimemap

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Greetings all, I have finished writing the "Highway of Tears" article which also includes a crimemap.

If you have feedback, comments, suggestions, (especially) corrections and/or additional information please do not hesitate to respond to the comments section of the article (or here).

NB: article comments are moderated, but only to prevent spam bots. All/any feedback is welcomed.
 
WOW... I am really impressed. You put a lot of work into this, especially the crimemap. I also think a serial killer is loose in northern British Columbia and probably was acquainted with some of the victims. It's entirely plausible that he started killing in his teens back in the 1970's and is still out there killing people. The crimemap puts things in a better perspective. Thanks for all your hard work!
 
You are very talented. Your use of the technology is inspiring in addition to the written content. I actually went to your site earlier today but there were no additional articles beyond "No answers here" & I was disappointed but now I see that you indeed have continued writing & I just didn't know how to access your more recent writings. Thank you for providing the link, now I have added to my favorites & can read. You are both thought provoking & informative, what a jewel.
 
Thanks.
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I have always loved to write, am a bit of a geek, and have been interested in criminal psychology for...well...ages. I'm also a huge fan of deductive profiling and patterns, which is where crimemaps can come in handy. That is, in the context of serial crimes.
 
shadowraiths said:
If you have feedback, comments, suggestions, (especially) corrections and/or additional information please do not hesitate to respond to the comments section of the article (or here).
Here are some other missing/murdered people along Highway 16 I have noticed in various articles:



The entire Jack family, missing since 8/2/89 from the Bednesti Lake and Cluculz Lake area south of Highway 16. The only case of a family disappearance in Canada.









  • Deena Braem (and here), 16, missing 9/25/99. Her body was found murdered on 12/10/99.


  • Amanda Gore (and here), 20, her body was found unconscious in Quesnal on 4/19/05. She died later in the hospital. An autopsy revealed she died from alcohol poisoning and exposure but her death remains suspicious.


 
Shadowraiths I had a problem at your site. For some reason the background obscured the article - I couldn't read the type. What I ended up doing was copying it and pasting it in wordpad to read.

Although my computer sometimes has issues with things such as video, I've never had this problem before... thought you would want to know.

Good article though
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Rle7 said:
Here are some other missing/murdered people along Highway 16 I have noticed in various articles:



The entire Jack family, missing since 8/2/89 from the Bednesti Lake and Cluculz Lake area south of Highway 16. The only case of a family disappearance in Canada.






  • Deena Braem (and here), 16, missing 9/25/99. Her body was found murdered on 12/10/99.

  • Amanda Gore (and here), 20, her body was found unconscious in Quesnal on 4/19/05. She died later in the hospital. An autopsy revealed she died from alcohol poisoning and exposure but her death remains suspicious.


Thanks! I did find Cecilia Anne Nikal later and added her to both the article and the crime map. Will add the others as soon as I have some free time.
 
PonderingThings said:
Shadowraiths I had a problem at your site. For some reason the background obscured the article - I couldn't read the type. What I ended up doing was copying it and pasting it in wordpad to read.

Although my computer sometimes has issues with things such as video, I've never had this problem before... thought you would want to know.

Good article though
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It may be a javascript problem (I use quite a bit of that). Might also be a browser problem. If it's the latter, I only support IE6 & Firefox, since ensuring all of my personal sites are xbrowser compatible would be far too time consuming.

One thing you could do is to consider using a feed reader. Don't know what OS you have, but if you have MS Windows, check out SharpReader.

There are also some web-based readers (links for subscribing to those are on left hand side of my site near the bottom). So, say you have a yahoo or gmail account, you can add the rss feed by clicking on the applicable link and then read posts (without all of the graphics, etc) via those.

Hope this helps!
 
THE JOURNEY to raise awareness about the missing and murdered women along Hwy16 continues to move eastward today with several women due in Smithers from Moricetown.

The quest continues tomorrow when Matilda Wilson, mother of the late Ramona Wilson, 16, whose remains were found near the Smithers airport in April 1995, 10 months after she went missing while hitchhiking to a friend's home in Smithers, will join the Gitxsan Spirit walkers to continue to Prince George.

The walk to honour the Hwy16 families and victims began when Florence Naziel of Moricetown left Prince Rupert March 11 with several people, including Tom and Christine Chipman, the father and stepmother of missing Terrace woman Tamara Chipman.

Naziel and the group arrived at the Kermode Friendship Society here March 17.

"The walk went well," said Naziel. "We ran into wind and we ran into snow but nobody wanted to give up. It was very emotional at times."

There were tears in Naziels's eyes as she described walking past the spot where Alberta Williams' body was found Sept. 25, 1989, about 37 km east of Prince Rupert near the Tyee Overpass.

http://www.terracestandard.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=33&cat=23&id=611819&more=
 
Girl missing in Prince George
http://snipurl.com/nysm
Mar 17 2006

Frederick is the second 14-year-old aboriginal girl to go missing in Prince George this year.

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Saric-Auger's body was found near the Tabor Mountain turnoff on Highway 16 East near Prince George, Feb. 10.

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Anyone who has seen Frederick, or knows of her whereabouts, is asked to contact Prince George RCMP at 250-561-3300.
 
NEWSPAPER ADS asking for information about the missing women along Hwy16 have turned up tips for a private investigator who's on the case.

"I've had quite a number of tips and several leads I'm following up on," says Ray Michalko, a private investigator from Surrey, who placed an ad recently in The Terrace Standard.

Michalko wasn't sure how many tips he'd received and said he wants to follow up on the leads to see if they're valid before contacting the authorities.
He hopes the information he's received will yield something useful to the authorities and the missing women's families.

"I'm convinced someone knows something," says Michalko. Police have already devoted years and considerable resources in working on the cases.

http://www.terracestandard.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=33&cat=23&id=611823&more=

I hope a break in these cases develops.
 
Prince George RCMP are looking for a woman who may have information on the murder of Aielah-Saric -Auger.

Aielah's body was found off Highway 16 east near Tabor February 10th. She had been last seen alive around 10p.m.February 2 in the area of the First Litre Pub.

The woman police would like to talk to is described as being Caucasian, 30 years old, 5'5" medium build and has shoulder length straight blonde hair.

http://www.opinion250.com/blogs/news/archive/2006/03/27/8263.aspx
 
Thanks for all of the updates, Rle7! I've added your links, and am glad to hear Brianna Frederick was found and okay. I did add one other link, though it did not result in a missing person. However, it was an attempted abduction of a 14 year old female by a 50 year old male. (click here)
 
Conference to examine Highway of Tears

"Officially, nine have gone missing or been killed on Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Prince George since 1990.

But two other women also disappeared from the highway _ in 1974 and 1989, said RCMP Sgt. John Ward, who remained tight-lipped about any details of the ongoing investigations.

Aboriginal groups say the number is actually over 30.

Ward wouldn't discuss whether a serial killer may be at work in any of the cases, saying police do not believe the cases are linked.

The latest victim was 14-year-old Aielah Saric-Auger, whose lifeless body was found last month by a passing motorist, although police say her death may not be connected to the highway cases.

Among the missing or dead along the highway since 1990 are Saric-Auger, 14, Tamara Chipman, 22, Lana Derrick, 19, Ramona Wilson, 15, Delphine Nikal, 15, Roxanna Thiara, 15, Aleisha Germaine, 15, Nicole Hoar, 25. Only Hoar, who has been missing for four years, is non-native.

Monica Ignas was 15 when she disappeared from the highway in December 1974 and 27-year-old Alberta Williams vanished on Aug. 27, 1989."
 
Solve the mystery of the highway of tears

"We're going to get a look at some of what's in those files at a symposium the end of March in Prince George. It's being organized by the Lheidli T'enneh Nation in response to the death of 14-year-old Aielah Saric-Auger whose body was found east of Prince George in February. She's the latest in a string of disappearances, murders and deaths involving young woman dating back decades along Hwy16."
 
This almost sounds less like a single killer and more like culture of thought that its ok to treat certain people as throw aways to be used and thrown away and that a certain area along a certan road is the traditional and acceptable dumping ground, sort of like out in some rural areas that people come to know is where you go to dump trash that you don't want anymore.
 
The RCMP is launching a special investigation into the women missing and murdered along Highway 16.

RCMP Superintendent Leon Van De Walle announced the investigation at the Highway of Tears Symposium at CN Centre, March 30-31. Van De Walle is a veteran investigator and heads up ‘E’ Division major crimes unit.
“We have eight skilled investigators and this will be their only focus, their only job,” Van De Walle said. “In different phases we’ll bring in specialists in different areas.”

The review will be based in Vancouver, although officers will continue to investigate along the Highway 16 corridor, Van De Walle said.
All the information gathered on the cases will be compiled into a database, allowing officers to compare cases easily. Modern forensic science will be applied to the older cases in hopes of finding new leads.
“Science has come a very long way in crime investigation,” Van De Walle said. “But it’s still half science, half art form.”

The “art form” side of investigations still relies heavily on the investigators’ skill and intuition, he explained.

‘E’ Division’s unsolved homicide unit, the first in Canada, is a leader in solving “cold cases,” Van De Walle said.

“I’ve worked with Scotland Yard, I’ve worked with the FBI and I’ve worked with the New York State Police and the RCMP are as good as any of them – better in some ways,” Van De Walle said. “We are some of the best at cold case investigations.”

RCMP investigators will be putting on four lectures for the FBI on their cold case techniques, he added.

“These crimes are never closed. A new team of investigators may look into it with new eyes,” Van De Walle said. “I can tell you that any of the RCMP in this room take this very seriously. I’ve investigated many, many homicides. I can’t remember all the ones I’ve solved, but the ones you can’t solve stick with you.”

http://www.pgfreepress.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=26&cat=23&id=621929&more=
 
The RCMP is ramping up its investigation partly as a result of pressure from aboriginal women in British Columbia.

The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs sponsored the two-day Highway of Tears Symposium in Prince George this week to raise awareness of the problems along the highway. The attendees included senior RCMP officers, the province's solicitor general, social workers, First Nations leaders and the families of missing women.

The Highway of Tears is an 800-kilometre stretch of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert. Nine young women, including eight aboriginal females aged 14 to 22, have gone missing on the highway since 1990.

Aboriginal leaders said up to 50 aboriginals have disappeared on the highway in recent decades.

Some of the missing have been found dead by the side of the highway. Others are still missing.

Full article: http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/04/01/tears-060401.html
 
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