CANADA Canada - Cortney Lake, 24, Mount Pearl, NL, 7 June 2017

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'We will not rest': One year after Cortney Lake's disappearance, the search goes on | CBC News

Exactly one year ago, Cortney Lake went missing.

She was last seen on the evening of June 7, 2017 getting into a truck her ex-boyfriend, 25-year-old Philip Steven Smith, admitted he was driving – just hours after he was released from jail with the condition he stay away from Lake.

VOCM - A Year-Long Search: Cortney Lake Vanishes a Year Ago Today

It’s a case that continues to occupy the thoughts of many in the province. Today marks a grim anniversary for the family and friends of a young woman who was murdered after disappearing without a trace one year ago.

Cortney Lake’s mother Lisa Lake and aunt Donna Walsh spoke with Paddy Daly on the VOCM Morning Show this morning. Listen here:

 

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Search for Cortney Lake resumes after 6 months | CBC News

On Saturday, the first search for Lake since December got underway, with friends and family mobilizing in the Placentia Junction Road area.

 

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Christmas for Cortney Lake: Family holds tree lighting for lost loved one | CBC News

Christmas is hard for the family of Cortney Lake, but they smiled through sadness and sang carols to celebrate the season on Monday night.

The loved ones of the woman believed to have been murdered pulled together support from friends and strangers during a tree-lighting in her honour.

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The biggest wish is for her body to be found, so she can be brought home for a proper burial. Lake said she's never given up hope and the searches continue.

"I don't say if I find her, I say when I find her ... our searching is far from over."

With the holiday season bringing memories of their loved one, it can be especially difficult — but family members say they've found a positive in the happy faces of the carolers who come to the tree lighting.

Donna Walsh lost her niece, Cortney Lake, to a suspected homicide on June 7, 2017. Her remains have never been found. (CBC)

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Family of Cortney Lake applauds electronic monitoring program
Beth Penney
March 15, 2019
'The provincial government is reintroducing electronic monitoring, which will see ankle bracelets used to enhance supervision of offenders.

The family of Cortney Lake is applauding the decision, and have spoken publicly on the need for such monitoring.

“It is our family’s belief that had the man who murdered her been ordered to wear an electronic bracelet, Cortney would still be with us.'

 

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Still missing, now over three years...

Missing Persons - Royal Newfoundland Constabulary

 

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It was a tragedy that gripped the province and still haunts her loved ones; the disappearance and murder of Cortney Lake. Her story has now been told as part of the Paramount-Plus docu-series, Never Seen Again, which aired in the United States earlier this week. NTV’s David Salter has this report. Video:

Local missing woman, Cortney Lake’s story to be featured on docu-series

NTV News

ntv.ca

 

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Father of missing Cortney Lake's child believes he's being targetted by arsonist | SaltWire

RCMP opens investigation after two vehicles and a motorcycle owned by Jason Pike were torched

www.saltwire.com

 

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Missing Persons - Royal Newfoundland Constabulary

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary are asking that anyone with any information regarding the disappearance of either of these individuals to contact the R.N.C. Major Crime Unit at 709-729-8000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). You can now provide information anonymously on the NL...

www.rnc.gov.nl.ca

Cortney Lake​

Date reported missing: June 7, 2017
Missing from: Mt. Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador
Age at the time of Disappearance: 24 years

Circumstances:
Cortney Lake was last seen in St. John’s on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. She is described as being 5’8” and 110-120lbs with light brown hair. Courtney Lake was last seen wearing a grey hooded parka with a pink hoody and pink and white plaid shirt and black pants and glasses. Video stills obtained from Esso on Elizabeth Ave in St. John’s show Cortney Lake hours before she went missing. This is one of the last known visuals police have of her.''