Sleuths wanted for new Vancouver Cold Case Website.

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Interesting approach. Curious to see if it gets results. Also, tagging for websleuth links to see what we dig up.
 
harperluu said:
Interesting approach. Curious to see if it gets results. Also, tagging for websleuth links to see what we dig up.
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Thanks! very interested to see how this works out, it is not often LE come straight out and say they want sleuths to look over details in these cases!
Love innovative approaches to problems! moo.
 
I'm wondering if anyone at WS has reached out to the VPD and invited them to participate in the discussions here? As they may be able to answer some of our questions and whatnot. I've seen other professionals/ex-professionals posting in other threads and it's always so tremendously helpful.
 
Lengthy, detailed article about many other cold cases in Vancouver.



"Part 1: The worst crime - 290 unsolved Lower Mainland murders in the past 12 years (with video)

In a five-day series, reporters Kim Bolan and Mike Hager look at the victims of these murders, why their cases remain officially open and how family members must cope with lack of closure

By Kim Bolan and Mike Hager, Vancouver Sun May 10, 2014 8:52 AM"

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Pa...s+with+video/9821136/story.html#ixzz31LAPX1J1



"If murder is the worst crime, then solving cases where someone’s life has ended violently and prematurely should be a top priority for law enforcement agencies in Metro Vancouver.

But a Vancouver Sun investigation has found that over a 12-year period, 290 murders remain unsolved across the Lower Mainland.

The Sun compiled information for a comprehensive database from 2002 to the end of 2013 from police releases, news archives and court files.

Canada’s largest murder squad — the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team — worked with The Sun to verify the 178 murders on our list for which IHIT has sole responsibility.

The Vancouver Police Department has conduct of another 90 unsolved homicide cases in the same time period, including files from West Vancouver and Port Moody that the VPD was contracted to investigate.

Not surprisingly, most of the unsolved murders took place in Vancouver or Surrey — the two largest cities in the region. Vancouver had 86 cases over the 12-year period, while Surrey had 76.

But smaller cities in the region also have many unsolved murders. Burnaby has 22. Abbotsford — twice declared the murder capital of Canada at the height of the gang war — has 24.

The victims in a startling 86 per cent of the unsolved cases were men".
 
DayLea said:
I'm wondering if anyone at WS has reached out to the VPD and invited them to participate in the discussions here? As they may be able to answer some of our questions and whatnot. I've seen other professionals/ex-professionals posting in other threads and it's always so tremendously helpful.
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There is an email contact on the cold case page, perhaps dotr would like to send them a link to the forum??
 
http://www.vpdcoldcases.ca/ New adds, threads forthcoming.

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Van...ng+people+cold+case+files/10664667/story.html

"Three files have been added to the Vancouver Police Department’s cold case website.

The site, launched in April, has received 92,000 visitors and generated 36 tips.

While the number of tips may not seem like a lot, police say one tip could be all it takes to lead to an arrest.

Among the victims added to the website are Karen-Lee Taylor, Craig Abrahams, and Melanie Thomson."
 
Good article about cold cases, unidentified persons ect. includes some handy Vancouver links.

http://www.theprovince.com/news/tea...+back+unidentified+bodies/10759564/story.html


"'That’s not just a bone, it’s a person, we don’t lose track of that': B.C. team excels at giving names back to unidentified bodies


By Dan Fumano, The Province January 26, 2015 "

"In recent years, B.C.’s Identification and Disaster Response Unit (IDRU) has attracted attention from agencies outside the province looking to emulate its recent success with missing persons cases and unidentified bodies.

Cases like Howe’s inspire the IDRU to toil away in the lab and in the field, working to close those files, both old and new.

The unit’s manager, Bill Inkster, leads a team of investigators who examine and catalogue unidentified human remains in B.C., often matching them up with missing person files, such as Howe’s.

When a coroner is crouched in the woods brushing dirt off a human femur, Inkster says: “That’s not just a bone, it’s a person, we don’t lose track of that".
 
Hi Dotr, good this thread exist. Is there anything to know about results? It's 2018 now....
 
Bit of hope said:
Hi Dotr, good this thread exist. Is there anything to know about results? It's 2018 now....
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Hi! Thanks for bumping thread, cannot find too many updates for the cold cases, but if there has been anything new, posted on the individual threads.
Just came across this book published in 2015..
https://www.amazon.ca/Cold-Case-Vancouver-Baffling-Unsolved/dp/1551526298
"The untold story behind some of Vancouver's notorious unsolved murder cases.

Finalist, Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award (BC Book Prizes)

While Vancouver is much loved by tourists and locals alike for its spectacular natural scenery and diverse culture, behind that facade lurks a violent past. Cold Case Vancouver takes a look at the city's disreputable side by revisiting some of its infamous cold murder cases from 1944 to 1996.

There are literally hundreds of murders that remain unsolved in Vancouver, some dating back decades; their victims are now essentially invisible, forgotten by everyone except family and friends. Sometimes their cases are looked at again with a fresh set of eyes and the benefit of new technologies; sometimes they are even solved. Most often, however, the crimes remain a mystery, consigned to the city's dark history.

Part history book, part crime story, Cold Case Vancouver delves into 50 years of some of Vancouver's most baffling unsolved murders. In 1953, in what became known as the "Babes in the Woods" story, two little boys were found murdered in Stanley Park and remain unidentified to this day. In 1975, a 22-year-old country singer just back from Nashville was murdered, just as she was on the verge of an amazing career. Ten years later, Jimmy and Lily Ming were kidnapped from their Strathcona home and found murdered six weeks later. And there's the 1994 disappearance of Nick Masee, a retired banker with connections to the renegade Vancouver Stock Exchange who, along with his wife Lisa, were taken from their home, their bodies never found.

Meticulously researched, giving insight into police procedures and forensics, and including new interviews with those connected to the original cases, Cold Case Vancouver is a fascinating look at Vancouver's criminal past.

Includes numerous B&W images."
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I highly recommend reading any of Eve Lazarus' books. Especially if you're a Vancouver local - Eve provides a really interesting background on the city. I follow her blog, as well as she runs a Cold Case Canada Facebook group. She's also a good person to contact regarding any cold cases as she has a vast amount of knowledge and generally keeps as up to date as possible with developments.
 
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