Yes, he was cleared

Police say Lisa Gavin, 21, Glenna Sowan and Tracey Chartrand, both 25, worked in Mount Pleasant before their murders in 1988.

RCMP plan to check DNA evidence retrieved from the victims’ bodies against a sample from suspect Francis Carl Roy, 38, who moved to Vancouver in July 1988 and stayed until May 1991.

https://walnet.org/csis/news/vancouver_96/province-960802.html

I wonder if this serial killer drove a older two door car. Like a chavel? Or monte carlo style car? If he was in his late 30’s to 40’s? Quite burley. With face hair.

Ruth Gavin and her heroin date back to the late 1940’s. I’ve done a fair bit of research on the woman and many of her heroin “associates” (one of whom is my maternal grandfather). Thankfully Lisa had a loving foster family pre-teens. The police should release the name of Lisa’s killer so the family has closure – murderers should not be protected with privacy laws/concerns.

I also went to school with Anita Threlall for many years in North Vancouver. Her family lived just up the street from us. I was shocked and saddened to hear that she had been murdered and why. I thought of her while listening to your podcast and wondered if there might be a connection or if they had caught her killer.

You should ask yourself who the master is that’s ordering word changes and getting such ubiquitous compliance among the social science faculty and the media. There is a source.

Do you still have the poem? I would love to hear it. Rose was my auntie .

hello my name is Dan Foster and was wondering if you would like to share your poem (if not I totally understand) . Rose Peters was my aunt but I was very young when I saw her. I only recently heard about this case from another cousin who has been checking in on it.

My father went to school with Ruth and John Gavin he was a taxi driver. Jerry was my Dad’s bud back during the Palmer Day’s, as he grewup with them and worked as a Trucker at their company Charger Transport. Ruth,and Jerry were hopeless but it’s so sad Lisa Marie didn’t escape this. John came over the night my son was born and asked my husband to give him a rude DT after 12 am,I went to bed,he called from jail 1st time ever at 33 at 6am to ok him up from jail,I didn’t. He and John went to Modern Medals next door to the American Hotel,filled it,got caught on Main & Hastings,his Ford car was sparking fire. This was Sept 21/81,crazy nut he ended up DTES,from a wealthy Vancouver Family.

Like Ball, I do find it strange that Lisa’s case was spotlighted as such if the VPD do believe they know who the killer was, and what further would be gleaned. Did “Dan” confess the crimes to anyone else who would have been aware to tell that story today? Is there some doubt in Dan being the suspect that the case makes it all the more worthy to spotlight this way?

I would agree with Ball it’s time for the VPD to open the details and make some more public pronouncement, but I don’t think we’ll see that happen. Privacy guidelines can be frustratingly strict whether the case happened yesterday or 30 or 40+ years ago–and I think we would do well to have a public review of such things after a period, that the wider facts and details can be revealed to the public.