Jodi Henrickson~17~missing~Bowen Island/Squamish~June 20,2009

[victorian]

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Girl+missing+days+Bowen+Island/1742016/story.html

Girl missing 10 days on Bowen Island
 
 
By Staff Reporter, The ProvinceJune 28, 2009 6:37 PM
 
 
Jodi Hendrickson, 17, is missing on Bowen Island
 
Jodi Hendrickson, 17, is missing on Bowen Island
Photograph by: Handout , Facebook

Police are asking residents of Bowen Island to check their rural properties and outbuildings for anything suspicious after the disappearance of a Squamish girl who attended a house party on the island overnight on June 19.

Jodi Hendrickson, 17, was last seen at the party between 4 and 6 a.m. on Saturday, June 20. She had told her parents she was going camping for the weekend and would be back Monday or Tuesday. They reported her missing on Wednesday.

RCMP and North Shore Search and Rescue have been searching the island since then.

Jodi hasn't had any contact with friends or family, which they say is out of character for her. She is described as a Caucasian female with long dark brown hair, a small build, approximately 5-foot-3. She was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, black long sleeve shirt and blue jeans, as in the accompanying photo.

Anyone who was at that party who has not been in contact with police should contact them at 604-787-1851. A tip line is available by calling 1-604-947-0516, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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[victorian]

Find Jodi Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=95190201036&ref=ts

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http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090628/BC_jodi_hendrickson_090628/20090628/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome.

Police scouring Bowen Island for missing teen

Updated: Sun Jun. 28 2009 19:43:56

ctvbc.ca

The search for a Squamish, B.C. woman, who has was last seen at a house party on June 20th, has turned to Bowen Island, where residents are being asked to check their rural properties and out buildings for anything suspicious.

Sea to Sky Regional Police Services said the search for 17-year-old Jody Henrickson has commenced on Bowen Island, utilizing RCMP air and marine services.

Bowen Island is a 20-minute ferry ride from the Vancouver suburb of Horseshoe Bay.

Police dogs along with North Shore Search and Rescue members have also joined the hunt for the missing teen.

The search is concentrating on Bowen Island as investigators have determined that Henrickson was last seen there on June 20th between 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. after she attended a house party with friends and acquaintances.

Police are asking residents of Bowen Island to be vigilant. They are also telling anyone who was at the house party on the evening of June 19th through to the morning of June 20th to contact police at 604-947-0516.

Meanwhile, her cousin, Crystal, called CTV on Sunday to say that she is the spokesperson for the family and it looks to them like Jody has run away, even though it would be very uncharacteristic of her to do so.

They're asking that in case Jody's watching, news organizations get the message out that the family isn't made and her and that she should call home as soon as possible.

Police said a TIP line is available by calling 1-604-947-0516

Anyone with information who wishes to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at 1- 800 - 222 - TIPS (8477).

With a report by CTV British Columbia's Rob McKee

[Edsonmom]

No progress reported in search for teen
 
Nine police officers along with search and rescue members looking for Jodi Henrickson
 
By David Karp, Vancouver SunJuly 2, 2009 1:10 AM
 
Police said they made no progress Wednesday in their search for 17-year-old Jodi Henrickson, who was last seen after a Bowen Island house party in the early hours of June 20.

Nine officers were searching for the Squamish resident, along with members of North Shore Search and Rescue and several police dogs, said RCMP Cpl. Dave Ritchie.

"We've had good cooperation from citizens. They are all concerned and caring about it," said RCMP Cpl. Dave Ritchie.

Ritchie said police were focused on locating Henrickson, and "have not taken any position" as to whether foul play could be involved in her disappearance.

"We don't have any persons of interest. We're still dealing with a missing persons case," Ritchie said.

He confirmed, however, that Henrickson made a complaint of assault against an ex-boyfriend on April 8, and that the ex-boyfriend pleaded guilty to the charge on June 5.

"He was given a conditional sentence, which included 18 months probation, which has a no-contact clause for Jodi," Ritchie said. He would not provide the man's name.

The ex-boyfriend made contact with Henrickson at the house party June 20, he said.

"The breach of probation will be explored at some point during the investigation, but it's not foremost on our investigation right now," said Ritchie. "It's foremost that we find Jodi."

Although Henrickson has been missing for 12 days, the police remained hopeful that she will be found.

"We are still plugging away, and hopefully we come to a good end on it, as opposed to a bad end," Ritchie said. "I don't think there is any typical time frame on this. We go until we exhaust everything."

dkarp@vancouversun.com

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http://www.vancouversun.com/news/progress+reported+search+teen/1751442/story.html

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http://www.timescolonist.com/boyfriend+denies+role+Squamish+teen+disappearance/1750917/story.html

Ex-boyfriend denies role in Squamish teen's disappearance
 
'She's a really smart girl and I just hope she's found': Young man on probation tells of Bowen Island party, encounter
 
By Laura Stone, The Province

July 2, 2009 8:34 AM
 
 
The young man who believes he was the last to see Jodi Henrickson before she disappeared admits he'd been ordered not to go near her.

That's the story being told by her ex-boyfriend, Gavin Arnott, as the search for the 17-year-old Squamish girl moves into its second week.

"According to the police, I was the last person to see her, which puts me in a really bad spot, 'cause it makes me look like I did something," Arnott, 20, told The Province yesterday.

Arnott said he had passed out at a house party on Bowen Island and was awakened by Jodi, who was also at the party.

At around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, they walked along Miller Road toward Arnott's father's house. He said he and Jodi talked tensely for a few minutes, and he left without looking back.

She hasn't been seen since.

Arnott said it was the second time Jodi had contacted him since he was given a conditional discharge June 5 for assaulting her April 8. He said the fight in April started when she threw a motorcycle helmet and a computer monitor at him.

"At that point I jumped on her, and grabbed her and dragged her out to my front door."

A court sentenced Arnott to 18 months' probation. He was ordered to have no contact with his ex-girlfriend, whom he'd dated for a year and three months.

Arnott said that the first time they saw each other after he was sentenced they met at a Brackendale park near Squamish. He said Jodi tricked him into meeting her.

"She yelled to me, 'If you don't talk to me, I'm going to tell the police you did talk to me,' " he said. "She kind of blackmailed me into it, but I didn't have a problem with it, either. I really missed her a lot."

After their encounter on Bowen, Arnott said, "I didn't see if she walked off, or what happened.

"She'd been talking earlier that night about, like, me taking my dad's truck and running away with her, but she was drunk, right, and I don't know if she would have actually carried that out or not."

Arnott said he was questioned for about eight hours that day by police, who brought him to tears when they accused him of hurting the girl he says he still loves.

Squamish RCMP Cpl. Dave Ritchie said yesterday that an ex-boyfriend of Jodi's attended the same party as she did on the night of June 19 and into the next morning. He did not name Arnott, or confirm that he was the last to see her on the island, although he said the girl was spotted sometime between 4 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. June 20.

Ritchie also said the ex-boyfriend had been interviewed by police. No charges have been laid.

As for the ex-boyfriend's apparent breach of probation for being in contact with Jodi, Ritchie said: "That'll be looked at during the investigation."

Yesterday, helicopter, dog and search-and-rescue crews continued to look for the teen. Ritchie said the investigation remains focused on the island, although they're "exploring the possibility" that she may have left. He added police have looked at video from the Bowen ferry terminal.

Tiffany Sweet, 17, who claims she is Jodi's best friend, said the teen told her she was going camping with friends but went to Bowen instead.

Sweet thinks her friend, a soon-to-be Grade 12 student from Howe Sound Secondary, may have tried to hitchhike to Horseshoe Bay.

"She likes to meet new people and she's not shy that way, and she could have met just the wrong person and thought they were friendly," she said. "She was really flirty."

Another friend, Chelsea Armstrong, added that Jodi also had friends in West Vancouver and Whistler.

Jodi's brother and her cousin, Crystal Henrickson, said it was unusual for the teen to be out of touch, especially with her mother. She was also active on Facebook, and has not logged on since she vanished.

They also said their family did not approve of her relationship with Arnott. "He's supposed to be thrown in jail if he talks to Jodi," said Rob.

Arnott said his ex-girlfriend would sometimes fight with her family, and that she lived with him and his mother for a month or so, about half a year ago. As for the family's opinion of him, "I don't think they're very fond of me, because of what happened on April 8."

He added: "After the sentencing on June 5, I've learned a lot. I've always walked away from a fight."

Asked by The Province whether he had anything to do with Jodi's disappearance, he replied forcefully: "No, I didn't."

Arnott said he's been in touch with some of her friends in hopes of finding her. "I'm really worried about Jodi," he added. "I'm hoping she's safe and everything. She's a really smart girl and I know she's probably safe and I just hope she's found. I wouldn't do anything to hurt Jodi again."

E-mail: lstone@theprovince.com
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http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Teen+mistrust+hampers+search/1745636/story.html

Teen mistrust hampers search
 
Party-goers won't talk to police about missing girl
 
By Kimberly Shearon, The Province

June 30, 2009
 
 

Rocky relations between Bowen Island teenagers and local RCMP forces could derail the search for 17-year-old Jodi Henrickson of Squamish, who was reported missing by her parents June 24.

Jodi was last seen June 20 between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. after attending a house party on Bowen Island with friends.

Police and family believe Jodi is missing and that she did not run away. Friends say she recently broke up with her boyfriend.

Getting teenagers from the party to come forward could prove difficult, said local pub owner Scott Witty, explaining that another house party that was broken up by the RCMP three weeks ago led to some hard feelings.

"There's a lot of mistrust between the kids and the RCMP," he said.

However, Witty believes people on Bowen Island will look past those differences.

"I believe, in this case, people on this island would do everything they could to help find this girl." Meanwhile, police said residents are co-operating in the search. Trouble is, a lot of people are telling police information they heard from others, rather than what they know first-hand.

"We want individuals to express to us what they know," said Cpl. Dave Ritchie of the Squamish RCMP. Ritchie said it's critical that people with first-hand information come forward.

And Crystal Henrickson, Jodi's cousin, pleaded to those who might know Jodi's whereabouts.

"If you're just scared about coming forward, don't be," said Crystal.

"Any little piece of information -- even if you think it's insignificant -- could be really useful." Family members said Jodi has never gone this long without calling home.

"She's very tight with her mom," Crystal said. "She leaves notes all the time when she's going out. She tells her mom everything about all the parties she goes to -- what she was doing there, what her and her friends are up to." Jodi's brother, Rob Henrickson, also said it's out of character for his sister to be away without contacting family.

"People are freaking that she's missing because it's so out of character," said Rob, who last spoke to Jodi on June 19. She told him she was going to Bowen Island by herself to visit some friends.

"She has a bunch of friends over there. She goes there all the time," he said.

Jodi, who just finished Grade 11 at Howe Sound Secondary School, is a typical high-school girl, her brother said.

"She just likes being social and having fun with friends. She likes being around people and having fun." Jodi is part of a small, but close, family, Rob said.

"She's loved, a lot," he said, his voice thick with emotion.

A Facebook group, "Let's find Jodi Henrickson," already has more than 450 members.

Police have asked family and friends to refrain from descending on to the island en masse, so as not to interfere with the search effort.

They are also asking that residents of Bowen Island check their properties for anything suspicious.

"We've made a lot of progress, but we're nine days into a very serious situation," said Ritchie. "We need to find Jodi and get her home." Jodi is white with long, dark-brown hair. She has a small build and stands five feet, three inches tall. She was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, black long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans.

Anyone with information of Jodi's whereabouts is asked to contact 604-947-0516 or call CrimeStoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477. kshearon@theprovince.com
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[capeheart]

These teenagers that were at the party are certainly not helping things by keeping close mouthed about the party. If they saw anything that could help solve the disappearance of Jodi, it is really stupid of them not to come forward. The fact that she was in the company of someone that was supposed to stay away from her is very suspicious. If he is the last one to have seen her, he has to be a suspect in her disappearance. Maybe a reward would help bring foward more information. Hopefully they will find out what happened to Jodi. If she was drunk, as her ex boyfriend has said, anything could have happened to her. If she had a fight with her ex bf again, well that could have been violent. Also if she was that drunk she could have became disorientated and walked off a cliff or walked into a body of water, it has happened so many times with teens when they have consumed a lot of alcohol. I prayer for her mom and family that they find her and that she does come home safe.

[Edsonmom]

Father denies son involved in B.C. teen's disappearance
Friends say Gavin Arnott was drunk, out of control the night ex-girlfriend went missing
Last Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2009 | 9:13 PM PT Comments38Recommend26CBC News
Randy Arnott says his son, Gavin, had nothing to do with his ex-girlfriend's disappearance. (CBC)
The father of one of the last people to see a 17-year-old Squamish girl before she went missing on Bowen Island almost two weeks ago says his son had nothing to do with her disappearance.

Jodi Henrickson was last seen around dawn on June 20 on the island, where she had attended several house parties. She was reported missing four days later when she failed to come home to Squamish, approximately 60 km northeast of Bowen on the mainland.

One of the last people who might have seen Henrickson was her former boyfriend, Gavin Arnott.

According to court documents, Arnott, 20, was charged with assaulting Henrickson in April.

The Bowen Island resident entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to 18 months' probation, one of the conditions of which was that he have no contact with Henrickson.

He's not the bad guy, says father
Arnott's father, Randy, said the news has suspicion running rampant on the tiny island northwest of Vancouver.

The situation has gotten so bad, he said, that he and his family no longer feel welcome because of suspicious glares from other locals.

Jodi Henrickson was last seen at a house party on June 20 on Bowen Island. (Facebook)
"It feels that we're being looked at and accused, and we've almost been held up in our own house, like, not wanting to go out in the public [because] people are looking at you that your son's the bad guy, which I don't believe he is," he said.

Arnott said the assault is being blown out of proportion.

"Even the original charge was a misdemeanor as much as anything, and they had been getting along since then, so I don't think that the way it's been portrayed is relative to the way it looks."

With the suspicion surrounding the family, Arnott said his son has been staying off the island with a family friend.

"He just doesn't know, but he was the last that saw her, and he's very scared right now."

Arnott said his son admitted he and Henrickson got into a fight the night she disappeared, but the younger Arnott insisted he walked away – and that was the last time he saw her.

Arnott 'a little bit crazy,' says friend
However, friends say the young man was drunk and out of control the night Henrickson went missing.

Derek Sinke (left) and Khole Dallas say speculation is running wild on Bowen Island. (CBC)
"[Gavin] almost drove into the house… and we pulled him out of the car and duct taped him to a pole so he couldn't drive anymore," said friend Khole Dallas.

"I've known Gavin my whole life and I don't think he could ever do something like that, but at the same time he is a little bit crazy, I would say. I wouldn't say crazy, but he's different."

Derek Sinke, who attended the same party as Arnott, said the younger Arnott had always been odd.

"You never know what someone's capable of," Sinke said. "He's a little different to start out with, you know, so it kinda adds to speculation on the whole incident."

Sinke said Henrickson's disappearance has put the close-knit community on edge.

Meanwhile, the police search for Henrickson, which included helicopters and ground crews, was called off Thursday. Officials said it would only be resumed if new information came to light.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/07/02/bc-jodi-henrickson-.html

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DOCUMENT: Gavin Arnott's firearms prohibition affidavit
http://www.cbc.ca/bc/news/bc-090703-court-docs-arnott1.pdf

DOCUMENT: Charge Gavin Arnott assaulted Jodi Henrickson
http://www.cbc.ca/bc/news/bc-090703-court-docs-arnott2.pdf

Gavin Arnott's probation order
page 1
http://www.cbc.ca/bc/news/bc-090703-court-docs-arnott4.pdf
page 2
http://www.cbc.ca/bc/news/bc-090703-court-docs-arnott3.pdf

[capeheart]

Gavin Arnott is certainly in the headlights here. And if the teenagers at this party think they are being smart about this, they are not. If this man is innocent, they could clear this up. If this man is guilty, they could also clear it up. This sounds like a lot of people know what happened here. The fact that this young man was duct taped to a pole to keep him from being violent, well what does that tell you. Of course, everybody has to have their day in court. But, I do think a reward should be forthcoming for information and conviction. Sometimes that does help to solve a crime and sometimes not. I do hope they keep on this investigation, because it is new and not let it be a cold case. Hopefully they will get some new information soon.

[Edsonmom]

Missing Squamish teen likely ran away, says ex-boyfriend's mom
 
 
By Laura Stone, The ProvinceJuly 3, 2009Comments (69)
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  Crystal Henrickson, cousin of the missing girl Jodi Henrickson, puts up a poster on a store window on Bowen island, B.C., June 29, 2009.Photograph by: Sam Leung, The ProvinceWhile the ground search for missing Squamish teen Jodi Henrickson was scaled back Thursday, the mother of her ex-boyfriend thinks Jodi has simply run away.

“That’s something that she would have done, knowing her character,” said Lynne Fedorick, mother of Jodi’s ex-boyfriend, Gavin Arnott.

Arnott, 20, believes he was the last person to see 17-year-old Jodi before she vanished from Bowen Island on June 20.

He admits he was on probation for assaulting her and violated a court order forbidding him to see her. He denies any role in her disappearance.

“She did run away last winter when she stayed with me for three months,” Fedorick told The Province.

“She has been regularly staying out all night since she was 15 years old. She doesn’t come home on a regular basis. She fights with her parents, just like any other 15-year-old.

“I’m not saying that they’re bad parents. It’s just that’s the way teenage girls are.”

Fedorick said she eventually banned Jodi, whom she called a “scheming and manipulative” girl, from her home.

“I really tried to like her. I just found I couldn’t do that.”

Squamish RCMP Cpl. Dave Ritchie said Thursday that further ground searches have been suspended, but could resume at any time.

“Our search [Wednesday] has concluded and we didn’t get any stuff of interest out of it.

“We are actively investigating her disappearance and any tips we get on her,” he said.

“We’re looking at foul play, runaway, medical issues, accident, distress, anything. We’re looking at it all.”

He said investigators have searched off Bowen, but would not specify where.

On Tuesday, Jodi’s brother Rob told The Province: “She’s really close [with her family], which is what made it so weird that she hasn’t gotten in contact with anyone.”

Fedorick said Jodi was a bad influence on her son, an avid biker who won the Test of Metal cross-country mountain bike race four times before he met her.

“He stopped riding his bike and he started staying out at night and, for the first time ever, not calling me and telling me where he was,” she said. “This girl has been trouble with a capital T from the very beginning.”

She said Jodi could have met the wrong person after her son walked away from her during a discussion on Bowen’s Miller Road at around 5:30 a.m. the day she disappeared.

But more likely she took off, said Fedorick, possibly to Alberta.

In a written statement Thursday, Jodi’s family wrote: “We have chosen not to comment on questions that only fuel already tense relationships. Throwing blows at Jodi’s ex-boyfriend and his family isn’t going to bring Jodi home any faster: It just increases the already raw and heightened emotions that everyone that cares about Jodi are all feeling at this time.”

They did not address questions about her running away.

To mark the two weeks since she disappeared, her family is holding a rally Friday at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Fedorick said she hopes the girl will be found.

“She’s probably hiding out because she’s probably totally embarrassed by all the media attention,” she said.

E-mail: lstone@theprovince.com

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Bowen Island Undercurrent

Jodi Henrickson disappearance still treated as missing person case


 

Published: July 13, 2009 4:00 PM
Updated: July 13, 2009 4:10 PM

 On Monday afternoon, July 13, Cpl. Donald Southern of the Bowen Island detachment of the RCMP told the Undercurrent that there are no new leads with regard to the disappearance of 17-year-old Squamish resident Jodi Henrickson.

Henrickson was last seen between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. on June 20 in Bowen Island's Scarborough area. She was reported missing by her parents on June 24. Two major searches that have included North Shore Search and Rescue and police helicopters have been undertaken over the past three weeks.

Squamish and Bowen Island RCMP are still on the case, said Southern, but have not learned anything that has brought them closer to finding Henrickson."We are still treating this as a missing person case," he said.

Rumours that police divers were searching the Eagle Cliff area on Sunday are untrue, according to Southern.

Tips continue to come in, Southern said. Police ask that anyone with information relating to the case call 604-947-0516.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/50674617.html

[capeheart]

I still feel the boyfriend is the key person here. Of course his mother is going to say she ran away. But if she was that drunk that nite and he was also, how could she run anywhere. She would have been possibly too ill to even know what was happening. It sure sounds suspicious to me that he was the last one to have seen her. And he had an order to stay away from her, not good, not good at all. I say they will possibly find her somewhere on that island. I mean someone would have had contact with her since almost a month. It is now over three weeks since she has been gone. Sure hope there is a good ending to this, but the longer there is no word, it could go cold.

[Edsonmom]

Search for missing teen continues
Published: July 23, 2009 1:00 PM
Updated: July 23, 2009 2:17 PM

0 Comments By MARCUS HONDRO

It’s been more than a month since 17-year-old Squamish resident Jodi Henrickson went missing on Bowen Island, but police continue efforts to find her, says RCMP Cpl. Dave Ritchie.

Despite the time elapsed, Ritchie says he remains hopeful.

“We don’t get discouraged,” he told The Undercurrent on Tuesday. “We just keep on plugging away, plugging away until, hopefully, we find Jodi.”

Two weeks after Henrickson’s disappearance and searchers for Henrickson combed through Bowen backyards, Island rumours spread that Henrickson’s body was found in a boat.

Local RCMP Cpl. Don Southern issued denials on the rumours.

The rumours were “sourced” by investigators, Ritchie said adding they’re not helpful to the investigation.

Ritchie would not elaborate on where the rumours came from, nor on whether discovering the source contributed to the investigation.

When asked if the force was monitoring anyone connected to the parties Henrickson attended before the last reported sighting of her, Ritchie would only say police were still “...just naming Jodi in the file.”

There were other names in the file, but the case is still being treated as a missing persons file, he said, adding the primary focus continues to be on finding the missing teen.

Some of Henrickson’s family members, including brother Rob and cousin Crystal, were forced to disabling the comments section of a Facebook site dedicated to finding Jodi.

The site said that some rumours people posted were “very much in poor taste.”

The site also told visitors that the “...RCMP will contact immediate family about Jodi before anyone else, so if you don’t hear it from immediate family, it is false.”

The website marked the month anniversary of their loved one’s disappearance with a statement that the family “...remains hopeful that Jodi will be found: encouraging only positive thoughts.”

The site went on to thank people for their help and finished by saying they would “see this to a positive outcome.”
http://www.bclocalnews.com/greater_vancouver/bowenislandundercurrent/news/51513072.html

[capeheart]

Last evening I saw Garvin Arnott being interviewed on TV. He indicated to the reporter that he did have an argument with Jodi and that he indicated in his words, "we had an argument and she may have walked away". The thing that got me was the word that he used "may", which I thought was unusual. Then he said how concerned he was about her. Well, he was the last one to see her. And also the video was checked from the ferry for that day and she did not get on the ferry. It was also noted that if she was in a car, there was no way they could check that. The RCMP indicated on the news that they told her parents that it was not expected to be a good ending in the search for Jodi. My prayers go out to her mom and dad and I hope they do find her soon.