The Unsolved Murder of Jason MacCullough (1999) - Dartmouth, NS (Interview with Vanessa Clark)
On Saturday, August 28, 1999, 19-year-old Jason MacCullough was shot in the back of the head while walking home in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. His murder is considered to be a completely random act of violence.
UNSOLVED: The Murder of Barbara Elaine Chapman (1984) - Frankford, ON
Barbara Chapman lived with her two children in a home north of the village of Frankford. On the morning of January 23, 1984, while she prepared breakfast for her two children, someone was waiting.
MISSING: Dean Curtis Mortensen (1992) - Edmonton, AB
Dean Mortensen was a student at the University of Alberta when he vanished after a night out in January of 1992. Aside from his hat—discovered weeks later—no trace of Dean has ever been found.
MISSING: Clayton Mark Bussiere (1982) - Mission, B.C.
On October 17, 1982, Clayton played a few hands of poker with friends after finishing his shift at Abbotsford Taxi Ltd. When it ended, he left to drive home. Hours later, someone saw a passenger in his vehicle.
Part 3: The Calgary Serial Killer
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.
Part 2: The Calgary Serial Killer - The Unsolved Murder of Rebecca Boutilier
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.
Part I: The Calgary Serial Killer - The Unsolved Murder of Jennifer Janz
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.
MISSING: The Jack Family - 08/02/1989 - Prince George, B.C.
The offer was too good to be true.
On Tuesday, August 1, 1989, Ronnie Jack left the First Litre Pub in Prince George, British Columbia, feeling hopeful. Someone at the bar that night had offered to help.
The disappearance of the Jack family is the first and only of its kind in Canadian history.
* 2022 UPDATE * MISSING: Jeffrey Dupres - 04/24/80 - Slave Lake, Alberta
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.
UNSOLVED: The Murder of Melissa Ivy Chaboyer - 2005 - Thompson, MB
It was a Friday night on November 25, 2005. Melissa had just finished visiting her mother when she started the graveyard shift in the most violent city in Canada.
UNIDENTIFIED: Hamilton John Doe - Found 04/09/07 - Hamilton, ON
On the evening of Saturday, April 7, 2007, a 32-year-old figure skating coach looked outside of her home in Mount Hope, in Hamilton, Ontario, and noticed an odd object “sitting perfectly” at the end of her driveway.
MISSING: Yves Jodouin - 07/02/84 - Ottawa, ON
Yves Jodouin was the third of four children. At 16 years old, he was a budding artist and comic book collector, described by those who knew him as polite and well-liked. At only 4’9”, his already small stature was compounded by his struggles with Anorexia Nervosa.
The Boy Who Disappeared on the Bulkley: Brent Forsyth (1974) - Hazelton, BC
In 1974, Brent Cameron Forsyth was 11 years old when he vanished from the shore of the Bulkley River in Hazelton, British Columbia. In 2016, new information added fuel the 46-year-old-question: where is Brent Forsyth?
UNIDENTIFIED: Carbon Jane Doe - Found in 1995 - Alberta
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.
UNSOLVED: Jillian Fuller - 03/04/93 - Vancouver, BC
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.
UNIDENTIFIED: Bowmanville Clarington Jane Doe - 2006 - Bowmanville, ON
On October 26, 2006, a man harvesting dogwood plants in a marsh in Bowmanville, ON, discovered the skeletal remains of a woman with no hair and no clothes. The boggy field was the closest stop off the eastbound exit of Hwy. 401.
UNSOLVED: Delia Adriano - 09/26/1982 - Oakville, ON
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.
MISSING: Jan Stonehouse & Darlene Tucker - 1983 - Oakville, ON
In 1983, two teenage girls disappeared from Oakville, Ontario. Despite many tips over the years - and a promising sighting in 1987 - investigators have never been able to locate Jan Stonehouse and Darlene Tucker.
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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.