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Title:
Cold case BC : the stories behind the province's most sensational murder and missing person cases
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
Vancouver, BC : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2022]
Physical Description:
310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781551529073
Abstract:
Eve Lazarus used investigative skills to shine a light on the city's most baffling unsolved murders. She casts her gaze more widely on long forgotten and unsolved murder cases throughout British Columbia. These include teenager Molly Justice, who was murdered on the outskirts of Victoria after taking the bus home from work, and a follow-up to the tragic 1948 Babes in the Woods story of two children found murdered in Stanley Park, whose names were finally revealed this year in a story broken by Lazarus herself. There's also the tale of four police officers in the 1960s who committed a string of robberies that culminated in the biggest heist in Vancouver's history. Their reign of terror ended with one of the officers murdering his family before killing himself. Or were they all killed by someone else? Lazarus also looks at some of the province's most intriguing missing persons cases, such as three-year-old Casey Bohun, who vanished from her bed in the middle of the night, and the Jack family of four, who left Prince George to work in a logging camp along the infamous Highway of Tears but were never seen again. Interviews with law enforcement, forensic experts, and family and friends of the victims add new life to these historical cases, some of which date back to World War II. The book also includes some cases that have been solved, revealing the painstaking investigative work and new forensic technology that ultimately brought about closure for victims' families.
Contents:
The babes in the woods get their names back -- A town divided: The search for Brenda Byman -- When cops were robbers: Part one -- When cops were murderers: Part two -- No justice for Molly Justice -- Girl in the field: Myfanwy Sanders -- Kidnapped: the Philip Porter story -- The box-cutter murder: Gladys Wakabayashi -- The highway of tear's first official victim: Gloria Moody -- The Jack Family: Missing from Prince George -- Abducted: Monica Jack -- The nightclub murders -- Vanished: Lindsey Nicholls -- A trip across the border: Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook -- Hiding in plain sight: Lucy Ann Johnson -- Taken: Casey Rose Bohun.
Language:
English
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