Missing person: Lisa Marie Young
File # 2002-22236
2011-02-24 11:41 PST
Nanaimo RCMP are asking the public for their continued assistance in solving the disappearance of Lisa Marie Young.
For the past 9 years Nanaimo RCMP have continued to revisit this file in the hope that one day her disappearance will be solved. A Crime Stoppers re-enactment of her last know movements was produced by Shaw TV in 2008. Officers assigned to the case have maintained contact with her family annually and just last year a walking vigil attended by many was held in downtown Nanaimo marking her disappearance.
Lisa Marie Young was last seen at approximately 3 AM on the evening of June 30th 2002 leaving a house party in the Cathers Lake area of Nanaimo. She left the party in the company of a male who was driving an older model red Jaguar. At 4:30 AM she phoned one of her friends .That was the last known contact anyone has had with her.
The vehicle and the male who she left the party with have been identified by police. The driver, like many others involved in this file, is simply a person of interest. ”Through the years we have received hundreds of tips on the car, on the male driver and her whereabouts on the evening of June 30th. Many of those tips were helpful in our investigation. Now we want to hear from those persons who, for whatever reason, have not contacted us. Someone knows what happened to her and the time to call is now ,” said Constable Gary O’Brien, media spokesperson for the Nanaimo RCMP .
If you have any information on what happened to Lisa Marie Young, please contact the Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS). You can also go online at
www.nanaimocrimestoppers.com and submit your tip and watch the Crime Stoppers re-enactment of her disappearance.
Police continue working 2002 Lisa Marie Young case
February 24, 2011 3:08 PM
Nanaimo RCMP are again asking the public for help to solve the disappearance of Lisa Marie Young.
Lisa Marie Young was last seen at about 3 a.m. on June 30, 2002, leaving a house party in Nanaimo's Cathers Lake area with a man who drove an older model red Jaguar.
The last known contact anyone had with her was when she phoned one of her friends at 4:30 a.m.
Mountieshave identified the car and the man Young left the party with although the driver, like many others involved in this file, is simply a person of interest, police say.
A Crime Stoppers re-enactment of Young's last known movements was produced by Shaw TV in 2008, while a walking vigil, which drew a large attendance, was held in downtown Nanaimo in 2010 to commemorate her disappearance.
Nanaimo RCMP have worked the case since 2002, hoping to one day solve her disappearance and officers assigned to the case maintain contact with Young's family.
"Through the years we have received hundreds of tips on the car, on the male driver and her whereabouts on the evening of June 30th. Many of those tips were helpful in our investigation. Now we want to hear from those persons who, for whatever reason, have not contacted us," said Const. Gary O'Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman. "Someone knows what happened to her and the time to call is now."
Anyone with information about what happened to Young, is asked to contact Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.nanaimocrimestoppers.com and submit tips and watch the Crime Stoppers re-enactment of her disappearance.http://www.iammissing.ca/Missing%20Index.html