RCMP Sergeant Lierre Lemaitre updates media on highway of tears investigation

RCMP Sergeant Lierre Lemaitre updates media on Highway of Tears investigation
Prince George, B.C. - RCMP have added nine more names to the file of murdered or missing women along B.C.’s highways.
Initially, the investigation focused on Highway 16, but some of the cases added are communities along Highway 97.
Sergeant Pierre Lemaitre of the RCMP says the investigation has expanded to include cases as far south as Kamloops and Merritt, and as far east as Hinton Alberta.
Over the past year, the review of the cases used geographic and criminal profiling as well as the Violent Criminal Link Analysis System to check for anything that would be common to all the cases. After reviewing 200 cases, the investigation is now focusing on 18 cases.
When asked if police believe if the murders and disappearances are the result of a serial killer, Lemaitre would only say, “I would hope not”
Some of the cases that have been added to the list date back as far as 38 years.
Lemaitre says they haven’t made any arrests, and won’t say if they have any suspects, but they are asking the public to come forward with any information that might assist in this investigation. “We know there are people out there who know something, it may be a waitress who overheard a conversation, or maybe you heard something at a drinking establishment, it may seem like nothing to you, but those little tips, little bits of information are invaluable to us.”
Lemaitre says investigators met with family members of the murdered and missing yesterday and coverage of the update on this case did spark “dozens of tips”.
He says despite what some may think, the RCMP has enough resources and sufficient funding for this case “We are working towards ensuring who ever is responsible for this, is brought to justice.”
Anyone with information can contact their nearest RCMP detachment or contact CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS
The cases being investigated as part of this special probe are as follows:
1. Gloria MOODY - Homicide Williams Lake - 1969
2. Micheline PARE - Homicide Hudson Hope - 1970
3. Gale WEYS - Homicide Clearwater - 1973
4. Pamela DARLINGTON - Homicide Kamloops - 1973
5. Monica IGNAS - Homicide Terrace - 1974
6. Colleen MacMILLEN - Homicide One Hundred Mile House - 1974
7. Monica JACK - Homicide Merritt - 1978
8. Maureen MOSIE - Homicide Kamloops - 1981
9. Shelly-ann BASCU - Missing Hinton Alberta - 1983
10. Alberta WILLIAMS - Homicide Prince Rupert - 1989
11. Delphine NIKAL - Missing Smithers - 1990
12. Ramona WILSON - Homicide Smithers - 1994
13. Roxanne THIARA - Homicide Burns Lake - 1994
14. Alishia GERMAINE - Homicide Prince George - 1994
15. Lana DERRICK - Missing Terrace - 1995
16. Nicole HOAR - Missing Prince George - 2002
The investigation into the disappearance of Tamara Chipman and the homicide investigation of Aielah SARIC AUGER are being conducted by the local agencies. Reviewers have been and continue to be in contact with investigators from the CHIPMAN and SARIC AUGER investigations.
17. Tamara CHIPMAN - Missing Prince Rupert - 2005
18. Aielah SARIC AUGER - Homicide Prince George - Feb 2006
Posted on Friday, October 12, 2007 12:59 PM in News by 250 News

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