A page that lists and honours the missing people of Prince George, BC and for all those who were murdered and have not received justice
The List:
I wrote a lot about Prince George in my book Cold Case BC: The Stories Behind the Province’s Most Intriguing Murder and Missing Person Cases. When I looked at where my audience comes from on my FB page of the same name, I was surprised to see that the largest number of followers comes from Prince George at 17%, ahead of Vancouver, Kamloops, Surrey, Victoria and Edmonton.
So, when a reader wrote to me this week with a post about a missing woman from the area and said: “I beg you to produce a full list because I believe there is a huge problem in that area. Please help draw attention to the problem,” I thought that it was a good idea.
If you know of someone who went missing from Prince George before 2023 or is a victim of an unsolved murder that happened before 2023 and who is not on this list, please send me an email at eve@evelazarus.com
Missing from Prince George:
- Billi-Jo Mindell, 36
- Donald Malbeuf, 77
- Stephen Brett Dobson, 53
- Edward Kenneth Grant, 59
- David Charles Bernard Cox, 40
- Colten Fleury, 16
- Robert Michel Poulin, 54
- Roberta (Robin) Marie Sims, 54
- Jerry Keith Kreitz, 42
- Leigh Burrows, 65
- Anita Florence Thorne, 49
- Steve William Knapton, 46
- Garry Allan Wains, 61
- Barry Blain Seymour, 32
- Dietmar Josef Faeth, 73
- Vernon Martin, 55
- Lucas James Degerness, 14
- Bonnie Marie Joseph, 32
- Nicole Hoar, 25
- Joseph Andrews, 10
- Dwayne Allen Rideout, 23
- Wendy Ann Ratte, 44
- Jack Family Ronnie, Doreen, Russell, 9 and Ryan 4
- Tom Marsden, 17
- Helen Claire Frost, 17
- Cindy Lou McLane, 2
- Tyler Fetterly, 26
- January 2, 2024
- August 20, 2021
- April 6, 2020
- September 22, 2019
- December 20, 2019
- May 4, 2018
- December 28, 2018
- May 14, 2017
- July 8, 2017
- April 30, 2016
- November 19, 2014
- October 12, 2013
- January 2013
- May 23, 2012
- October 15, 2010
- December 19, 2009
- June 7, 2007
- September 8, 2007
- June 21, 2003
- August 4, 2002
- September 24, 1999
- August 1997
- August 2, 1989
- July 7, 1984
- October 13, 1970
- September 9, 1958
- October 2011
Unsolved Murders from Prince George
- Lloyd Douglas Sword, 46
- Vernon Baker, 44
- Shawn Halikowski, 44
- Aielah Saric-Auger, 14
- Amanda Jean Simpson, 4
- Roxanne Thiara, 15
- Alishia (Leah) Germaine, 15
- July 2017
- April 11, 2009
- March 26, 2007
- February 2, 2006
- November 2, 1999
- June 1994
- December 9, 1994
This is an excerpt from my book Cold Case BC. It’s from Chapter 10: The Jack Family: Missing from Prince George.
While the population of Prince George is less than 100,000, it is by far the biggest city in Northern BC and attracts people looking for work, studying at the University of Northern BC, and trying to step out of poverty to seek the type of medical, educational, or financial services not available in smaller communities. It is also the meeting place for two notorious highways: the 724-kilometre stretch of Highway 16 that cuts through resource towns and wilderness between Prince Rupert and Prince George and is known around the world as the Highway of Tears, and Highway 97, which runs north from the Yukon to Dawson Creek, then southwest through the Okanagan to the US border. The two highways bisect the province and meet at Prince George, which is located on the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation.
In 2012, for the third year in a row, Prince George claimed the number one spot on Maclean’s magazine’s list of the most dangerous cities in Canada. Prince George topped the list due to its gang wars, drug abuse, murder rate (the highest per capita in Canada), and being home to the country’s youngest convicted serial killer-a good-looking, athletic, and popular young man who murdered three women and a 15-year-old girl.
That a killer preyed on vulnerable Indigenous women in Prince George is unfortunately no surprise; that he was caught and convicted was. In the years since, Prince George has dropped in the Maclean’s rankings, though it still places among the top 20 most violent cities in the country.
“Prince George is a small community and look at all the shit that is happening here,” says Ceoral Andrist, former PG social worker. “Isn’t that the bigger story? What the hell is going on here?”
Profiles:
Edward Kenneth Grant, 59
Last seen around 11:30 am on September 22, 2019 at Exploration Place in Prince George. Madison Morey says Grant was her elementary school teacher. “He was very loved, a gentle soul and deserves to be brought home,” she says. Grant was last seen wearing jeans, a light sweater, blue ball cap and white runners. His blue Honda Civic was left at the park.
Colten Fleury, 16
Last seen in Prince George on May 4, 2018 wearing a red hoodie and jeans.
Roberta (Robin) Marie Sims, 54
Reported missing on May 14, 2017. Her car, a dark red 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer and her small dog were later found. Her disappearance was out of character and it’s believed that she was murdered.
Barry Blain Seymour, 32
Last seen May 23, 2012, and reported missing three days later. A resident of Fort Ware, BC, Barry had traveled to Prince George, BC for his son’s 9th birthday party. He opted to stay in the city for a few more days. He was staying at a local motel and was last seen near the Sunrise Trailer Park on Lansdowne Road. File # 2012-13939
Lucas James Degerness, 14
last seen on June 7, 2007. The previous day he met with his Mum and his school vice-principal and never returned to class. Lucas spent the night with a friend, left the next morning and vanished.
Bonnie Marie Joseph, 32
The mother of five was last seen on September 8, 2007 in Vanderhoof. RCMP say she was known to hitchhike between Fort St. James, Vanderhoof and Prince George.
Nicole Hoar, 25
Last seen hitchhiking from a Prince George gas station on June 21, 2002, along Hwy 16. An art student from Red Deer, Alberta, she was tree planting for the summer and planned to meet her sister in Smithers for a music festival.
Jack Family, Ronnie, Doreen 26, Russell, 9; Ryan 4
The Jack family of four were last seen in Prince George on August 2, 1989. Before they left, Ronnie told his mother that they had jobs at a logging camp and would be gone for about 10 days. He ended the conversation by saying “If I don’t come back, come and look for me.” It is Canada’s only case of an entire family that has disappeared.
Helen Claire Frost, 17
was last seen on the night of October 13, 1970, when she left her apartment in Prince George, BC and told her sister she was going for a walk.
Aielah Saric-Auger, 14
Last seen on February 2, 2006 in Prince George. Her remains were found two weeks later off Highway 16. She had been out with friends and apparently was walking home, when she disappeared.
Roxanne Thiara, 15
Last seen hitchhiking from Quesnel to Prince George in June 1994. Her body was found two months later off Highway 16 near Burns Lake.
Alishia (Leah) Germaine, 15
Last seen at a Christmas party at the Native Friendship Centre on December 9, 1994. Her body was found at the Haldi Elementary School three hours later.
Joseph Andrews, 10
Joseph Andrews was camping with his foster parents near the Salmon River, about 25 km north of Prince George, when he disappeared. The family lived in Dawson Creek.
Anita Florence Thorne, 49
Last seen in November 2014. Her car and some personal effects, including purse were located at the Willow River rest stop on Highway 16, about 30 km east of her hometown, Prince George.
Tom Marsden, 17
Last seen July 7, 1984, in Summit Lake. According to his friends and younger brother, he left the party to hitchhike home.
Shawn Halikowski, 44
Shawn’s body was found on March 26, 2007 near Hofferkamp Road, Prince George in a sandy clearing. He had been missing for about two weeks.
Steve William Knapton, 46. The father of four was last heard from on October 12, 2013, when he called his oldest son to plan a meeting the next day. He didn’t show up here or for his work at a local mill. Says his cousin Karalyn: “He just disappeared. He went for a walk and didn’t come back.”
Amanda Jean Simpson, 4 died on November 2, 1999 after sustaining massive head and abdominal injuries
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There was also 2 people who went missing that arent on the list. One was a fellow named Tom Marsden who went missing north of PG after a party.
The second was a child, a boy named Joseph Andrews who went missing from Salmon Valley, again north of PG
Thanks so much Lanny, I’ve added both to the list
My brother was murdered. Still unsolved. Shawn David Halikowski
Sorry to hear that. I’ve put Shawn up on the page
Thank you so much for including my brother
https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/search-on-for-missing-dad-3698676
Steve William Knapton, 46, was last heard from on Oct. 12, 2013
Thanks, I have added him
murder of Carolyn Mary Elizabeth Ceh
All I can find is a short notice in the classified ads about her death in June 1982 in Fort St. John. I can’t find anything about a suspicious death
Immaculate Basil from Tache BC. Tache is 250km north of PG
I put up a post about Mackie every June 14 – I wish her case would be solved! For now though, we’re just concentrating on the immediate Prince George area, but that may expand in the future
My teacher was Edward grant he was the best and I still miss him he was my teacher when the year before he when missing then the year he went missing to I wish it was solved he was so kind and had the biggest heart ❤️ I use too say after school to help him clean and he would help me with some of my work one on one because that’s what I needed. He was thought of everything. Hope it gets solved one day so everyone of his students knew what happened.
I hope you get some answers!
I wonder if he was a victim of the Fraser River.
Matthew paquette was murdered on dec 14 2018 he was shot outside a home on Johnson Street nobody has been charged
I’m not seeing any information about this online. If you can send me a newspaper clipping and photo I will add Matthew to the list.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rcmp-investigating-after-man-shot-dead-in-prince-george-1.4948037
Just doesn’t say his name, but that is matt
Danielle Rediron: mother of six. She went missing February 2018 from the Prince George area
She was found a few weeks later.
Please include James (Jamie) Gregory Lee from
Grande Prairie AB. He disappeared from Smoky Flats in September 2011
I’ve made a note to put up a post about Jamie on September 4 – the day he was last seen.
Keith Kelke was located alive I believe in the Fraser Lake area
Thanks Grant, I’ll take him down
What about Freddy Kula, he went missing December, 2004.
If you send me some information and a photo I will add him to the post
I believe Maxwell Mayling went missing from prince in October of 2016
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Have you ever posted about Madison Scott/Justice for Maddy/Vanderhoof bc?
Yes, every year on May 28
My husband’s uncle, Vernon Baker, was murdered in Prince George in 2009. To date, no charges have been laid. Rumours circulate, but the family still has no closure. https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/prince-george-rcmp-investigating-cold-case-8189014
Sorry to hear about Vernon. If you can send me information about his murder and a photo, I will add him to the post. Please send to eve@evelazarus.com