Highway of Tears article w/crimemap

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Kinda OT, but I remember hitch hiking across Canada five or six years ago when I was 16. I am lucky to be alive as once I stood on a dark highway all alone outside of Ontario near the mountains and hitch hiked to BC with a friend younger than myself. I remember being dropped off all by myself in downtown Montreal with no money in my pockets. I never had any problems, I always thought I had good radar but looking back, I realize it was merely luck. You can never really tell when a person is going to go off the edge.
 
Here is a case involving a former long-haul trucker:

http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/11/05/11652416.html
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=1c1e6c1a-92d3-4e91-883e-f220237da11f

This individual hunted for a victim for two weeks until he found a girl at a gas station. He followed her home, where he kidnapped and cut her (leaving a permanent scar on her face), then took her to his trailer, where he sexually assaulted her for two days. His MO was imitating a police officer. I would be shocked if this was a first offence.

He pleaded guilty, and will be sentenced in December. The Crown wants life.

Given what we know from the FBI, wouldn't it make sense for the police to check the log books of long-haul truckers who plead/are found guilty of sexual assault/kidnapping? The log book could provide important clues, if any of the dates and locations match up to unsolved kidnapping/sexual assault/murders/missing persons cases along the route.

This individual is from Red Deer, Nicole Hoar's hometown.
 
Danaya said:
I don't think so, she wasn't hitch hiking was she? Wasn't she in the area for over a week?
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If you look at the updated list of victims, not all were hitch hiking. Some disappeared while working as prostitutes, and one was found in a gravel pit near Terrace. An isolated gravel pit seems a likely place for a customer to take a prostitute. Whatever the "commonalities" are, only the police know.

http://www.primetimecrime.com/Recent/Murder/Highway of tears.htm
 
Many things about these cases have bothered me over the years. I have been wondering about different ways of looking at the cases of the missing women in northern/central B.C. One is certainly to look purely at geography, and those missing in Prince George and along the Highway of Tears.

Another is to look at missing native women.

Another is to look at transportation corridors, and the way people move between communities. This could explain why the net has been cast further. If you live in the communities in the area, you know certain things. Like the fact that people from Fort St. John often travel to Dawson Creek for shopping and appointments. That oilfield workers often travel between Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Grande Prairie, Alberta and Edmonton. That people travelling from points in Alberta to Prince George often take the route that passes through Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Dawson Creek and PG. That hospital care for many northern B.C. residents is found in Grande Prairie, Alberta. You'll know, too, that Highway 16 out of Edmonton, through Hinton and Jasper, is a route to Prince George, but not a good one in the winter.

Certainly, there is a very strong need for geographic profiling in the Highway of Tears. Remember Kim Rossmo, who called for this in the DTES missing women's cases?
 
With Prince Rupert as a gateway to Asia for imported goods, what else is it a gateway for? Illegal drugs? If so, Asian gangs and motorcycle gangs running that industry would need to travel up and down the Highway of Tears to Prince George. These same people run prostitution rings.

As far as legitimate imports, truckers use the corridor. The car ferry also lands there. So, isolated as it may appear on a map, the highway sees travellers from near and far.

Thinking of the highway out of Dawson Creek, this is Mile Zero of the Alaska Highway. Again, isolated as it appears, this route serves as a transport corridor for goods and people bound for Alaska. During the summer months, this road sees travellers including tourists, Alaska residents and personnel and equipment bound for the military bases. Some take the QEII north through Edmonton, then head west through Grande Prairie, Dawson Creek and north through Fort St. John. Others travel by car ferry, landing in Prince Rupert, going through Prince George, then north through Dawson Creek and Fort St. John.

Tourists are summer travellers for the most part in the north. The regular traffic, people who are familiar with the area and communities along the way, is year-round.
 
Patience said:
Yes, Highway of Tears inquiry possible. Possible??? I say it is an emergency.

http://www.globaltvbc.com/world/Highway+Tears+inquiry+possible+attorney+general/2220244/story.html
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It sounds like it'll take more convincing for that to happen. Meanwhile, it also sounds like RM's investigation is moving along.

I would not be surprised at all if JS was added to the list. I have to wonder about who runs the prostitution/drug rings, and if they live near the highway.
 
I wonder if this guy has been checked out for any links to the Highway of Tears. His daughter was on Oprah today, with Dr. Phil. Here we go, another trucker:

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Hunter_Jesperson[/ame]

The Green River killer, the Happy Face killer (from Chilliwack), the Pig Farmer, all so close.
 
Two current articles, both containing numerous links to other related stories:

"Hunt to determine if serial killer is preying on females along B.C. highways"

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/vanished/index1.html

Picture gallery "Faces of those who have vanished along B.C. and Alberta highways"

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/va...ses+missing+murdered+women/2331572/story.html

I know we have a few Canadian posters here, but with 4+ million population in BC, and 33+ million Canadians nationwide, where are all the other peeps who should be giving a sweet dam# about these cases?
 
sillybilly said:
Two current articles, both containing numerous links to other related stories:

"Hunt to determine if serial killer is preying on females along B.C. highways"

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/vanished/index1.html

Picture gallery "Faces of those who have vanished along B.C. and Alberta highways"

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/va...ses+missing+murdered+women/2331572/story.html

I know we have a few Canadian posters here, but with 4+ million population in BC, and 33+ million Canadians nationwide, where are all the other peeps who should be giving a sweet dam# about these cases?
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Good question. I think back to the missing women cases in the Lower Mainland. It's good to see that the RCMP have been looking at the HOT cases in a new light. Did that happen as a result of Nicole Hoar's disappearance? She didn't fit the profile of having a "high-risk" lifestyle.
 
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