In Calgary, the rumours of a serial killer began with the 1991 murder of 16-year-old Jennifer Janz – but hers was not the first.

In December of 1991, Rebecca Boutilier became a mother. On February 12, 1993 – when Rebecca was 20 and her son was 15 months old – she disappeared. Her body was found one month later, next to a busy road in Calgary.

Like so many other young women in the Calgary area, Jennifer Janz never had the chance to come home. Her murder was only the start.

In late spring of 1980, Slave Lake was burning.

In one day, the wildfires just outside the small town in Alberta would take the life of a water bomber pilot, the efforts of over 125 RCMP officers, and destroy the innocence of a boy, his family and an entire community.

Toronto Police are appealing for information about the historic disappearance of 15-year-old Nancy Liou, last seen in 1999, along with that of Richard David Marlow (age 9, 1944), Helga Kaserer (age 13, 1960) and Amber Carrie Potts Jaffary (age 16, 1988).

On August 13, 1967, 14-year-old Sylvia Linda Klayh was at her family’s cabin in Brereton Lake, Manitoba, with her father and two siblings. Sylvia had spent the morning arguing with her father…

More than 52 years after she disappeared, investigators are treating Sylvia’s case as a homicide.

4,024 km. If you believe the story, that’s how far 19-year-old Mary Frances Gregory was from her home in Parry Sound, Ontario, when she disappeared. ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣

She was likely last seen alive between 1980 and 1985. She was between 5’0” to 5’4” tall, had multiple dental fillings, and may have had children. She would have suffered from repetitive fevers due to brucellosis, a disease not commonly found in Canada. ⁣

Lucas Shortreed never saw it coming. The car that struck the 18-year-old from behind on a dark country road - as he walked home to Fergus, from a party in Alma - left his lifeless body on the gravel, surrounded by shards of glass and vehicle debris.

Early in the morning on March 4, 1993, a man delivering newspapers called 911 to report an apartment fire in the 8700 block of Granville Street in Vancouver, BC. When firefighters arrived, they discovered 28-year-old Jillian Fuller’s body inside her burned-out apartment.

Christine Ziomkiewicz had an ordinary Friday evening on June 23, 1978. The 27-year-old lab technician at Queen’s University went shopping, spoke to a neighbour, and went inside her apartment with groceries. By morning, she was gone without a trace.

Leah Sousa was barely 13 years old when she fell asleep on the couch at her family’s home in Cumberland Beach, Ontario. It was Labour Day weekend in 1990. Sometime after midnight, someone broke in while her family slept.

Delia Adriano was last seen alive when her fiancé dropped her off at her home in Oakville on Sept. 26, 1982. Six weeks later, her body was discovered near Milton, ON.