Kathy Michaels - Nov 8, 2024 lengthy article.
Darren Feist, a former Kelowna RCMP Staff Sgt, has come out of a one-month retirement to re-examine longstanding unsolved cases, and Parr’s is one of four files he’s hoping to close.
www.castanet.net
''On Sept. 26, 1994 a hiker was walking near a grassy field on Knox Mountain, when they came upon the body of a young woman.
Police later learned it was the remains of Tina Parr, a 25-year-old sex trade worker who was last seen just a day earlier going to the area with a friend.
An extensive investigation followed, according to Crime Stoppers, and police interviewed hundreds of people.
"During the interviews, police believed that several people may have had further information to disclose regarding her whereabouts and activities leading up to her death but were not comfortable revealing details at that time,” the tip collecting organization said in a press release years ago.
Decades have passed and the case has grown colder, though there’s renewed hope that will change.
Darren Feist, a former Kelowna RCMP staff sergeant, has come out of a one-month retirement to re-examine longstanding unsolved cases, and Parr’s is one of four files he’s hoping to close.
Fresh eyes, new techniques and the luxury of more time may just be what’s needed, he said. Particularly in Parr's case.''
Nov 8 2024
Reservist Darren Feist takes on the cases of Sally Winter, Charles Horvath-Allan, Tina Parr, and Ashleigh Pettman
www.kelownacapnews.com
''Darren Feist has stepped out of his short-lived retirement to work as a reservist with the RCMP in Kelowna and has taken on the files of four cold cases within the city.
It was just one month into his retirement when Feist jumped back into work and took over the files of missing persons Charles Horvath-Allan and Ashleigh Pettman and the unsolved murders of Sally Winter and Tina Parr.
Feist is looking at these cases with fresh eyes, having only joined the Kelowna detachment in 2017. He explained why he came back to work.''
