I have followed this case since the beginning and I have never had any reason to believe anyone in the Zailo was involved. There may be some subtle misogyny at work: some people just don’t like successful women and are quick to believe such women are capable of all sorts of evil.
The drug connection is far more likely. BC has a lower murder rate than most US states but those that do occur can often be described as “ drug related”. Most of those follow the pattern of garden variety “ criminal on criminal” murders. I am not aware of any other murders in BC in the last 15 years that appear to sophisticated “hits”. Perhaps some BC residents are more familiar with the situation there.
It is true however that Lindsay had connections to serious cocaine trafficking. There is no evidence that she was involved; directly or indirectly, but there were people within her social circle, both in Victoria and back in Calgary, who were. Law Enforcement has vehemently denied that she was involved in any way and that she was not an informant. Of course, we know how forthcoming LE is about who their drug informants are.
There is that possibility that Lindsay was killed because it was believed, incorrectly, that she was an informant. Her getting together with her “ old friend” in Calgary around Christmas, who just happened to be the brother, and business associates of Eric Delacazar raises all kind of suspicions. The Delacazar family lost millions worth of product in a raid that occurred soon after. (did he tell her something he shouldn’t have and she is suspected of ratting the family out?). It is worth noting that the “burner phone” used in the murder, was purchased in November, before Lindsay’s meetup in Calgary. Whoever provided the information that resulted in the Big Cocaine Bust had very specific information about where and where a large amount of product could be found. A casual social contact would be unlikely to have such information unless the traffickers were very indiscreet. For whatever it is worth, Lindsay and her boyfriend Jason appear to have been hard working Real Estate professionals who did not have any “ unexplained” source of income. Additionally, no other murders have been attributed to this network in BC. None of this proves anything but it raised the distinct possibility that Lindsay’s murder was not “ drug related”.
I have speculated that it could have been a sex related murder arranged to fulfill a fantasy of stabbing to death a young, attractive woman. An encounter between a real estate agent and a prospective customer, in a vacant house, provides an ideal scene to commit a murder as long as the customer’s real identity can be concealed. The autopsy has not been made public but apparently the cause of death was multiple stable wounds to the chest and breast area. There are rumors that the number of stab wounds was excessive; over forty. Others, who claim direct information, claim it was closer to 15. Either way it seems unnecessarily messy if it was simply to be sure to she was dead. I think the number, location and pattern of the stab wounds would be critical evidence of the motive for this murder.
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