Possible Suspects on the Highway of Tears

[chemcopout]

lonnie landrud claims to have witnessed a rcmp who murdered a young girl and thinks he is responsible for 8 other murders.
he has supposedly got a hit on him by the rcmp and has been interviewed by an indie film producer.
he is mentioned about 3/4ths down the page in this forum regarding the missing girls:

http://www.unsolvedcanada.ca/index.php?topic=154.0

his associate rob mentions that the only thing protecting lonnie is the media knowledge of him.

here is his youtube video part 1:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26CrTLEVNvQ[/ame]

part 2 (he mentions seeing the girl being murdered)
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEgRMNYCXdo&feature=related[/ame]

part 3 lonnie talks about being threatened by an intruder
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhuvmkpX3AI&feature=related[/ame]

part 4
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPibcWizxD8&feature=related[/ame]

part 5
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6_CJ2XXS_Q&feature=related[/ame]

part 6
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsfW_Jy5sSg&feature=related[/ame]

part 7 lonnie mentions seeing the rcmp officer with bleach bottles
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bm5PPDQkrY&feature=related[/ame]

 

[scandi]

Here's that link:

Quesnel RCMP officer Accused of multiple murders
http://highwayoftears.blogspot.com/2008/12/quesnel-rcmp-officer-accused-of.html

 

[scandi]

Hi Chemcopout, This is one brave man to speak out about wht he saw, eh? I wish there were more witnesses like him. Ya Ya

I couldn't find any current info on these cases since 2008. Are there 16 murders? I also read they believe men were murdered too but are not mentioned in the media.

Bless the COLD CASE Mountie still working on the Hwy killings. I gather he is still on it. xox

 

[WhyaDuck?]

I'm not comfortable with people suggesting the entire RCMP are in on this plot to protect mountie murderers. If we continue in this vein, I'd like to see some MSM or other more sources than blogs and forums before we start slinging mud at the RCMP.

Just be careful here, okay?

(Also, I am moving this to the discussion on possible suspects, as it is getting a bit OT in a thread about a PI.)

 

[WhyaDuck?]

Hi Chemcopout, This is one brave man to speak out about wht he saw, eh? I wish there were more witnesses like him. Ya Ya

I couldn't find any current info on these cases since 2008. Are there 16 murders? I also read they believe men were murdered too but are not mentioned in the media.

Bless the COLD CASE Mountie still working on the Hwy killings. I gather he is still on it. xox

There are 18 murders on the E-Pana investigation list, and something like 31 in this area. There are hundreds if you take the whole of Highway 16 from Prince Rupert to Winnipeg. I have started threads on all the "official" victims, and a thread collecting links to discussions about several others in the top of the forum.

There are men and boys missing/dead, but the investigation cases were collected according to the victims' characteristics (including being female), so no male victims are included in the official case list. I started a thread, as well, listing links to discussions of possible male victims.

 

[Patience]

Here's that link:

Quesnel RCMP officer Accused of multiple murders
http://highwayoftears.blogspot.com/2008/12/quesnel-rcmp-officer-accused-of.html

I just don't believe any of that. Whose blog is this? Hearsay, same with the youtube guy, some indie-film guy? Who? I wonder if these posts should be in a rumour thread downstairs?

 

[chemcopout]

I just don't believe any of that. Whose blog is this? Hearsay, same with the youtube guy, some indie-film guy? Who? I wonder if these posts should be in a rumour thread downstairs?

i don't want to be taken out of context. the lonard man really may have seen one (one single rcmp) involved in a murder(s) of a young girl. this does not in anyway implicate all of the rcmp.

the theory would support the lack of interest by the rcmp, as could racism. they just don't care as the victims are first nation.

the only one made big media news was the white woman, nicole hoar.

i didn't mean to stir the pot by posting those youtube links i was trying to help.

if we really want these cases solved, not even a member of the rcmp should be ruled out. we'd have to think outside of boxes. the rcmp can't solve these murders. they also show no intentions of doing so.

it could easily be any regular citizen as it could be a bad rcmp. there is good and bad apples to every bunch.

while i won't let it bias my judgements, i won't rule it out either.

 

[dotr]

Not to forget, it would not be the first time someone has impersonated LE...

 

[Patience]

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scandi, i think what you suggest could be a huge issue in the lack of interest by the rcmp.
they could be "protecting" one of their own, or even someone with a high profile political background and money (or relative)

This is interesting because I recall lots of talk about a politician being brought up on the old Project Kare board.

As for a rcmp being a poi, I suppose it cannot be ruled out. I don't recall ever seeing any evidence of a cop being responsible any more than a politician, a reporter or even say a photographer or an indie film maker. Could be anyone of these professions or maybe none at all.

 

[Patience]

Here is a link to the archives of the Project Kare board that talks about poi's in the highway of tears cases. Hope it is ok to post here.

http://projectkarearchives.blogspot.com/2006/10/hw-of-tears-suspect.html

 

[Patience]

Hi Chemcopout, This is one brave man to speak out about wht he saw, eh? I wish there were more witnesses like him. Ya Ya

I couldn't find any current info on these cases since 2008. Are there 16 murders? I also read they believe men were murdered too but are not mentioned in the media.

Bless the COLD CASE Mountie still working on the Hwy killings. I gather he is still on it. xox

Scandi, tks for the post. Have not seen anyone post "ya ya" since Goldenboi used it on the another site. Sure brings back old memories.

I am sure it is not you, just a coincedence, I guess. 88888888.

Anyway, off to listen to some punk rock.

 

[Allusonz]

Cody Alan Legebokoff, 21, is now accused of being British Columbia's latest serial killer. He's charged with murdering four women in a case that unravelled with a huge helping of chance.

Insp. Brendan Fitzpatrick said in an interview Monday he didn't want to reveal too many details about the case.

But he agreed the chance meeting last year of a man in an erratically driven truck near the notorious Highway of Tears and an officer on his way to meet with a colleague led to a major investigation

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/police-charge-suspected-serial-killer-prince-george-b-202102619.html

 

[canadiantake]

I too think that racism is an issue among all police forces in Canada. To begin with, the country is founded on colonialism, which is, in itself, violent and degrading to indigenous peoples, and especially to Indigenous females. In pre-contact times, women in Indigenous societies were often in positions of power and had to be devalued in order for Europeans to successfully force their patriarchal system onto these societies and ultimately gain control.

Okay, end of my Native Studies rant.

Check out the documentary "Finding Dawn," (You can watch it here: http://www.nfb.ca/film/finding_dawn) for more info as well as the ReDress Project, a very emotional art installation in memory of the missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.

Link here: http://www.heu.org/sites/default/files/uploads/REDress Project.pdf

(I know this does not necessarily point towards a suspect, but it does recognize the social climate of systemic racism which allows these crimes to occur in the first place)

 

[otto]

Suspect arrested in the Highway of Tears:

U.S. convicted killer Bobby Jack Fowler is responsible for the murder of a teenaged girl, who went missing and was found dead in 1974.

...

Fowler was in jail from 1995 to 2006 serving a murder sentence and died of lung cancer while in prison in Lincoln County, Oregon.

Fowler did not have a criminal record in Canada.However, police said Tuesday he is still a suspect in other murders that are part of their investigation.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/0...nked-to-several-b-c-highway-of-tears-murders/

Not all of the 18 murdered women can be connected to Fowler.

 

[SurfieTX]

In January of 1995, Jennifer Esson and Kara Leas, both teenagers, vanished on a Newport road. Loggers found their bodies several weeks later. The cold case was reopened in 2009 and DNA tests linked Fowler to the murders.

He’s also been named as a person of interest in the 1992 murders of Melissa Sanders, 17, and Sheila Swanson, 19. They disappeared during a camping trip near Newport. Their bodies were found months later, but the case was never solved.

Authorities in British Columbia confirmed Tuesday that Fowler’s DNA has now been linked to at least one of the infamous "Highway of Tears" murders that have haunted the Vancouver area for years.

The remains of 18 young women were found along three Vancouver-area highways between 1969 and 2006.

One of the victims, 16-year-old Colleen MacMillen, was killed in 1974. She disappeared while hitchhiking to a friend’s house. At the time, Fowler was working as a roofer in the area.

"We are simply stunned and very grateful for their hard work," Shawn MacMillen, the victim’s brother, said at Tuesday’s news conference.

Other evidence has connected Fowler to two more unsolved cases from 1973.

http://www.khou.com/news/Galveston-...-unsolved-murders-in-northwest-171205901.html

 

[otto]

It's interesting that after so many years there is finally a break in the case. I think that many assumed for a long time that it was a Canadian that was living in the area and murdering hitch hikers. I was quite surprised to learn that a roofer from the States was responsible for at least some of the murders. There must be another person involved in other murders, as not all can be attributed to Fowler.

 

[otto]

Why does the tag at the top say "why have hundreds of women disappeared or died on the Highway of Tears"? Officially, there are 18 women spanning 5 decades.

 

[celtgirl68]

It looks like they think he's connected to at least two of the other cases as well. It would be great if they could clear a few of the cases through solving the case of Colleen McMillen.

 

[Kimster]

Why does the tag at the top say "why have hundreds of women disappeared or died on the Highway of Tears"? Officially, there are 18 women spanning 5 decades.

I haven't got a clue so I went in and changed it.

 

[otto]

This is a huge break in this case, one that could perhaps result in solving up to 11 hitch-hiking murders associated with the Highway of Tears. It could also mean that other cases are a result of other scenarios ... homicide disguised to appear as part of the Highway of Tears murders.

"Police say Fowler has been ruled out as a suspect in eight of the 18 known cases of women who vanished from B.C. highways 16, 97 and 5 from 1969 to 2006.

However, he remains a person of interest in the remaining cases, and is particularly linked to two other cases. He is suspected in the murders of Gale Weys and Pamela Darlington, both killed in 1973, although there is no DNA link, police said."

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/0...nked-to-several-b-c-highway-of-tears-murders/