1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,520 Welcome to Vancouver, a Beautiful descent. 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,760 Your host Mark is a writer and investigative journalist who has 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:12,040 spent years researching the unsolved crimes, missing persons 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,920 and cold cases along the West Coast of Canada. 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,400 In this podcast, we'll be diving deep into one of Vancouver's 6 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:24,320 most vibrant years, 1995, a cultural peak where the city 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,920 pulsed with life, entertainment, and opportunity. 8 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,480 Beneath that beauty lay a much darker reality, one that too 9 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:38,520 many people were unaware of. Our story today starts with that 10 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:42,640 year of excitement and ends in the quiet, haunting mystery of 11 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:48,120 Mission Jane Doe, a woman whose remains were found in 1995 just 12 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:52,160 outside of Vancouver. Her skull, discovered in 13 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:56,600 Mission, BC, was later tied to the horrific crimes of one of 14 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,720 Canada's most notorious serial killers, Robert Picton. 15 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,960 Though her identity remains unknown to this day, her story 16 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:09,760 is a stark reminder of the unsolved disappearances that 17 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,120 plagued Vancouver in the late 90s. 18 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,120 This podcast is dedicated to telling these forgotten stories, 19 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,280 stories of the women whose lives were cut tragically short and 20 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,080 whose families may never have had a chance to say goodbye. 21 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,080 As we uncover the mystery of Mission Jane Doe, I hope to shed 22 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,360 light not only on the horrors of the past, but also to bring 23 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,680 empathy and understanding to the victims who were lost in 24 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,800 Vancouver's underbelly. 1995 was a year of vibrant energy in 25 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,480 Vancouver, a time when the city buzzed with entertainment, 26 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:48,000 sports and cultural movements that defied an era. 27 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,800 It was a time of pagers and arcades and the rise of grunge 28 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,040 music that echoed through the streets, bringing together a 29 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,400 community of dreamers and thrill seekers. 30 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:02,560 Downtown Vancouver nightlife was alive, from the flashing lights 31 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:08,039 of the Commodore Ballroom to the pack stands of BC Place, where 32 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:10,639 the city, sports and teams reigned supreme. 33 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,520 It was a city on a high, driven by Canuck fever. 34 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,960 As the team surged through the NHL, basketball and soccer made 35 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,520 their mark. Vancouver Writes came together 36 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:26,240 at Nat Bailey Stadium for baseball games, and the City 37 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,520 Music scene exploded with live performances that would be 38 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,040 remembered for years to come. Whatever it was, cheering at a 39 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:37,680 game or watching a local band or catching the latest movie, 1995 40 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,440 Vancouver was a year of unforgettable moments. 41 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:45,840 Let me take you back to a time when Vancouver had an entirely 42 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,080 different vibe. For me, this was Vancouver's 43 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,080 peak. It was a golden era. 44 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:56,360 And no, wasn't only wasn't Just because I was in my early 20s 45 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,920 growing up in the city. Born in the 70s at Grace 46 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:05,840 Hospital, I watched it morph from a quiet industrial town 47 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,840 into something larger. There was something electric 48 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,520 about the mid 90s, a special energy that filled the air. 49 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,280 I lived in a one bedroom apartment at the White Tower on 50 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,560 Granville and 12th. The rent a mere $600 a month, 51 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,920 completely different from today's prices. 52 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,240 Vancouver had this effortless mix of laid back West Coast 53 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,760 charm, a fresh unstoppable optimism. 54 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:33,040 It felt like anything was possible. 55 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,680 Summers were a dream. I loved rollerblading around the 56 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:42,880 sea wall, basking in the ocean breeze, or head into the UBC 57 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,920 Forest reserve for mountain biking. 58 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:50,840 Vancouver summers meant Sunset Kits Beach, Spanish Banks and 59 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,000 even Wreck Beach. The city was a perfect 60 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,040 playground, blending urban life with nature. 61 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,960 Even when the rain came, which often did, I found comfort in 62 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,120 the cozy, tucked away coffee shops. 63 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:08,320 I'd grab a large mug of coffee and a bagel, people watching as 64 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:13,280 a city rhythm pulsed around me. There was a tangible energy in 65 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,279 the air, a beat you could feel. The nightlife. 66 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,399 What about the nights? Unforgettable. 67 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,960 The nightlife scene in Vancouver in 1995 was legendary. 68 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:27,280 Kit's Pub and the Big Bamboo on Broadway were my regular spots. 69 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,640 We partied until 3:00 AM without a care in the world. 70 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,000 I didn't even think about something going wrong. 71 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:37,120 That just wasn't on my radar. But back then, Vancouver still 72 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,960 had an edge. The Granville St. strip clubs 73 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,720 added a certain grittiness to the city's soul. 74 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,080 In fact, in the early 90s, Vancouver had earned its 75 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,960 reputation as the stripper capital of the world. 76 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:54,000 But by the late 90s and early 2000, many had closed their 77 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,400 doors, forever altering the landscape. 78 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,400 Places like the Penthouse, one of Vancouver's most iconic strip 79 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,880 club, remained a fixture for decades. 80 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:07,640 Granville's Movie Land Arcade, known for its pinball machines 81 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,720 and adult entertainment, these crusty little booths in the 82 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:16,560 back, was a cultural dinosaur until its closure in 2021, a 83 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,640 casualty of the pandemic. These venues were more than just 84 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:25,000 businesses, they were part of the gritty, vibrant fabric of 85 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,560 the city. Hollywood North in 1995 was a 86 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,000 pivotal year for Vancouver's rise. 87 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:36,320 As Hollywood N the city became a hot bed for film production. 88 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,640 I was fortunate to be part of it. 89 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:42,400 I worked as an extra, studying, acting, even doing stunt work. 90 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,400 I was on the set for shows that would become cultural icons, The 91 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,640 X-Files, Stargates, The Outer Limit. 92 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,080 I was cast a lot as a uniform cop. 93 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:55,840 I worked on Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx was a massive hit 94 00:05:55,840 --> 00:05:58,920 in 1995. The film industry brought high 95 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,360 paying jobs and it was thrilling to see our city featured on the 96 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,000 big screen. The debut of the Vancouver 97 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,640 Grizzlies in 1995, their first game at General Motors Place, 98 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,920 was electric. It was thrilling to see Michael 99 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:16,280 Jordan coming to Vancouver to play the Grizzlies and it felt 100 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,640 it felt like the city truly arrived on the world stage. 101 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,960 For a brief moment, it felt like anything was possible. 102 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,400 But for all its beauty and excitement, 1995 had its 103 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,000 shadows. Vancouver had the highest crime 104 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,400 rate of any city in Canada that year. 105 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,280 The city felt like it was teetering on the edge. 106 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,360 The Downtown East Side was a rough place, plagued by 107 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,400 addiction, poverty and violence. But it was here, in the shadows 108 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,920 of Vancouver's underbelly, that women began to disappear. 109 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:54,320 Nearly 40 by the end of the decade, I vividly remember 0 110 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,800 media surrounding the discovery of three murdered women. 111 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:04,960 Tracea Loggity, Tammy Pipe Victoria Yonkers Found in the 112 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:09,200 Fraser Valley and abducted, taken from the Downtown East 113 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,400 Side The Downtown East Side women were going missing in 114 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,960 whispers of dangers echoed through the street. 115 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,000 In September of that year, a brutal murder of a 28 year old 116 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:24,040 of Chantelle Gelade, a transgender woman, sent shock 117 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,720 waves through the city. The violence was stark and raw, 118 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:32,400 and a sobering reminder of the dangers that lurked in the city 119 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,640 shadow. And then there was Terry Driver, 120 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:40,120 the Abbotsford killer who terrorized the city after the 121 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,760 murder of a 16 year old, Tanya Smith. 122 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,120 His haunting phone calls and letters to the police created a 123 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:52,880 collective fear his his capture brought some relief, but the 124 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:58,400 scars of that year lingered. Vancouver started to change. 125 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:04,440 The carefree, vibrant energy was still there, but it tinged with 126 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,120 something darker and more dangerous. 1995 was a turning 127 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,400 point for Vancouver, a year filled with beauty and 128 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:16,600 excitement and possibility, but also a time when the city's 129 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,560 edges began to fray. Looking back, Vancouver in the 130 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,160 mid 90s will always hold a special place in my heart. 131 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,560 It was an experience that shaped me, a time when the city was 132 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:32,640 alive with potential, but also a place where darkness and light 133 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:36,520 intertwined, leaving an indelible mark on everyone who 134 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,640 lived through it. This series will take a deep 135 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,960 dive into Vancouver's transformation from a vibrant, 136 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:49,640 opportunity filled West Coast city in the 1990s to its current 137 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:55,800 state, now facing a severe crisis of poverty, addiction and 138 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,760 social unrest coincided with the emergence of organized crime, 139 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:05,000 drug activity, and an underworld fueled by drugs and fast money. 140 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,960 This series will trace roots of these issues, showing how the 141 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,720 unchecked growth of crime in the 1990s laid a foundation for the 142 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:21,200 challenges the city faces today. We'll explore how Vancouver 143 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,400 became a haven for drug cartels, money laundering, and gang 144 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,560 violence, while outwardly presenting itself as a 145 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,920 prosperous and booming metropolis. 146 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:36,880 And of these two realities, Vancouver scenic beauty and 147 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,200 opportunity versus its dark underbelly of crime and 148 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,760 addiction will be a central theme. 149 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,880 This will include a close look of how the city's organized 150 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,680 crime syndicates grew and thrived in how authority 151 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:56,520 struggled to contain criminal networks that were deeply 152 00:09:56,560 --> 00:10:01,640 entrenched by the early 2000s. Through the series, we'll also 153 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:05,920 uncover the social and economic factors that driven Vancouver to 154 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:10,880 its current state, where it's now known as a fentanyl capital 155 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:15,160 of the world. We will investigate the rise of 156 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:19,360 the opiate crisis, homelessness and systemic poverty that has 157 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,120 made these two problems so difficult to solve. 158 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,200 The narrative will take listeners from the gritty 159 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:29,040 streets of the Downtown East Side in the 1990s, where the 160 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:33,440 seeds of these issues were sown, to present day Vancouver, where 161 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,080 the crisis has reached unprecedent levels. 162 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,760 Ultimately, this series will connect the dots between 163 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:44,280 Vancouver's glamorous rise. Ultimately, this series will 164 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:48,080 connect the dots between Vancouver's glamorous rise and 165 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,800 the social decay lurking beneath the surface. 166 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,280 We'll examine the circumstance of decisions that shaped the 167 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:59,320 city's destiny, offering a comprehensive look of how the 168 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,360 place known for its beauty and promise have come to face some 169 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,440 of the most pressing social challenges of our time. 170 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,720 Something darker already taken root, Something no one saw 171 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,280 coming that lost control. But where did it all begin? 172 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,440 We unravel a mystery that goes back decades. 173 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:23,720 So many things have changed since the opening of GM Place in 174 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,040 1995. When Vancouver was a city on the 175 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,720 rise, major changes were taking place that would shape its 176 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,320 future. One of the biggest milestones 177 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:40,240 was the opening of GM Place, now Rogers Arena. 160 million dollar 178 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:44,840 privately funded arena that became the new home for both the 179 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,640 Vancouver Canucks and the Vancouver Grizzlies. 180 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,760 The first event at GM Place was a sold out Bryant Adams concert 181 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:57,600 were 16,000 fans packed the arena to see the local star kick 182 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:02,840 off a new era for the city. The 1995 and 96 season was a 183 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:06,960 significant one of Vancouver sports where the Canucks were 184 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,920 joined by the newly established Vancouver Grizzly NBA team. 185 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:16,480 The Grizzlies lineup featured players like Greg Anthony, Big 186 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:22,480 Country, Reeves and Brian Scott. Tickets to a Grizzly game was 187 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:27,200 priced at $50.00 for the lower bowl, giving Vancouver fans our 188 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,600 first taste of NBA professional basketball. 189 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:35,560 But on the ice, the Vancouver Canucks were led by captain 190 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:38,400 Trevor Linden. With the roster included, stars 191 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:43,280 like Pavel Buray, Alexander Mcgillney and Canucks fans paid 192 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:48,040 $55 for upper bowl seats to watch their team compete. 193 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:53,280 The arena quickly became a hub for both hockey and basketball 194 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:57,480 excitement. Beyond the sports, 1995 was a 195 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,080 pivotal year for Vancouver culture and fashion. 196 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:07,280 Grunge was still dominating the music scenes, bands like Nirvana 197 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,840 influencing the city's youth fashion trends. 198 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,440 Ripped jeans, Plaid shirts, heavy Doc Martens were 199 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:16,920 everywhere and at the time, the film Clueless made a huge impact 200 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:22,360 on fashion, making popular Plaid skirts, crop tops and bold 201 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,600 colors for women. Politically, Vancouver was under 202 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,880 the leadership of Politically, Vancouver was under the 203 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:33,240 leadership of Mayor Philip Owen, who would eventually lead to the 204 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:39,080 opening of Insight, the first safe injection site in North 205 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,120 America. Mike Harcourt was the premier of 206 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:46,360 British Columbia, though his time in office would end in 207 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,360 scandals with Bingo Gate, a fundraiser controversy that 208 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,240 rocked the NDP. Meanwhile, the city public 209 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,640 transit was evolving, with the West Coast Express launching 210 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:03,160 that year to connect suburban areas like Coquitlam, Port Moody 211 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,360 and Mission to downtown Vancouver. 212 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,840 The Sky Train, already a familiar part of the city 213 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:14,360 landscape since Expo 86, continued to expand, providing 214 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,840 an ever growing a network for commuters. 215 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:22,480 Vancouver in 1995 was a city on the cusp of change, its 216 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,960 cultural, political, sporting landscape all undergoing 217 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:31,080 significant shifts, making it a very memorable year in the 218 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,360 city's history. The underbelly A rising 219 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,760 darkness? Well, Vancouver boomed 220 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,840 economically, thanks to the part of real estate investments. 221 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,880 In the flood of immigration, especially from Hong Kong, the 222 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,560 city was also facing an unprecedent surge in crime. 223 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,720 Drug addiction, gang violence, drive by shootings and nightclub 224 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,800 attacks painted a stark contrast to the city's glittering 225 00:14:55,800 --> 00:15:02,320 skyline. By 1995, Vancouver By 1995, 226 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:08,240 Vancouver had the most homicides in Canada, twice the number Of 227 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:13,040 Montreal and Toronto. The Bar Watch program, created 228 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,920 in December of 1995, was a direct response to the 229 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:21,800 escalating violence Vancouver drug crisis behind the scenes 230 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,000 and Vancouver's relationship with drugs was deepening. 231 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,360 The city was once known for its opium trade, has become 232 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:35,280 notorious for its rampant heroin and cocaine problems by 1995. 233 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,680 By 1995, Vancouver was being called the city with the biggest 234 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:41,520 drug addiction problem in Canada. 235 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:47,520 Experts like Doctor Thomas Cure pointed to Vancouver's potent 236 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:52,120 drug supply and its role as a port city for its staggering 237 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,680 addiction rates. The Downtown Eastside in 238 00:15:55,680 --> 00:16:00,080 particular was descending into chaos and as homelessness and 239 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:05,160 drug use exploded. A city of contrasts in 1995 240 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,400 marked the beginning of a tale of two Vancouver's one of 241 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:12,040 prosperity, one of international acclaim, the other of darkness 242 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,840 and desperation. As gang violence, drug addiction 243 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:18,680 and rising crime rates took root, Vancouver challenges 244 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:20,680 became more impossible to ignore. 245 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,280 Vancouver's turning point has come, and setting the stage for 246 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:28,680 years of social and economic battles that would defy that 247 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:34,080 will define the city's future. In this series, we will shed 248 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,520 light on the unsettling disappearances that plagued the 249 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:42,600 Downtown East Side. Despite being one of Vancouver's 250 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,880 most prosperous cities, Vancouver harbors a sinister 251 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,000 secret within its downtown district, where dozens of women 252 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,360 have gone missing, most of them involved in the sex trade. 253 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:57,840 The city pristine exterior surrounded by mountains and 254 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:02,680 Pacific Ocean, stands in stark contrast to the gritty reality 255 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,720 just east of the trendy gas town among Hastings St. 256 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:11,400 Here, the atmosphere is marked by human stained, misery soaked 257 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:16,640 doorways, individuals struggling with addiction. 258 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,359 The city's pristine exterior, surrounded by mountains and the 259 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:25,760 Pacific Ocean, stands in stark contrast to the gritty reality 260 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:30,000 just east of the trendy Gastown among Hastings St. 261 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,760 Here, the atmosphere is marked by human stain. 262 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,840 The atmosphere is marked by human stained, misery soaked 263 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:42,600 doorways, individuals struggling with addiction and a thriving 264 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,720 sex trade. Prevalence of sex workers has 265 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:50,560 become a haunting backdrop as women and girls as young as 14 266 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,400 solicit services for their drug fix. 267 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:58,440 Starting in 1978, women and girls, predominantly sex 268 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,320 workers, have disappeared from this area. 269 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,120 Despite efforts of law enforcement, there is a glaring 270 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:11,080 absence of forensic evidence, no body, no witnesses or reports of 271 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:14,080 abduction. The Amis atmosphere is 272 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,120 compounded by the global reputation as Vancouver has 273 00:18:17,120 --> 00:18:21,400 gained for a hotspot for sex criminals and pedophiles that 274 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,440 we'll be exposing in this series. 275 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:27,320 The potential for multiple serial killers operating 276 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:31,640 simultaneously is a grim possibility Of the peak of the 277 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,200 women going missing in the Downtown East Side. 278 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:41,400 Police considered there are more than 600 potential suspects and 279 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:48,400 100 of which are considered high priority. 1/4 of the Downtown 280 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:57,320 Eastside residents tested positive for HIV by 1997 as a 281 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,440 result of unsafe sex and shared needles. 282 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:08,320 In 1997, unsafe sex, shared needles have taken its toll. 1/4 283 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:13,000 of the neighborhood's residents tested positive for HIV. 284 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:20,400 The Downtown Eastside had sex workers as young as 11. 285 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:28,360 In 1995, a survey of Downtown Eastside working girls and women 286 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:34,320 revealed that 73% of them entered the sex trade as 287 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:41,040 children, and the same percent were unwed mothers, averaging 288 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:49,040 three children each of 90%. And of those and of those, 90% 289 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,960 had lost her children to their to the state. 290 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,640 Fewer than half knew where their children were. 291 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:05,080 Nearly 3/4 of the Downtown Eastside sex workers were 292 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:09,760 Indigenous. More than 80% were born and 293 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:18,240 raised outside of Vancouver in 1998, the average one death per 294 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:23,440 day from drug overdose, making it the highest rate in Canadian 295 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:28,920 history. Unraveling Vancouver's Downtown 296 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:38,520 Eastside A Crisis in the mid 90s In the mid 1990s, the Downtown 297 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:43,160 East side of Vancouver witnessed a transformation that would 298 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,640 deeply affect the neighborhood for decades to come. 299 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:52,000 The rapid influx of crack cocaine and China white heroin 300 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:58,000 reshaped the community into one marked by addiction, violence 301 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:02,800 and despair. By mid 1990s, highly potent 302 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:06,360 forms of crack cocaine and heroin flooded the streets of 303 00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:10,040 the Downtown Eastside. These drugs were stronger than 304 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:16,000 what was previously circulated, quick quickly quickly tightened 305 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:21,000 their grip on users. Drug use became more visible, 306 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,840 especially on welfare Wednesday when government checks were 307 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,960 issued. The public spaces were filled 308 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,640 with people opening using drugs in broad daylight, leading to a 309 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,760 chaotic and dangerous environment. 310 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,120 The strength of these drugs led to a rapid increase of addiction 311 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:42,080 and overdose death. For many, the pole of addiction 312 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:46,320 became inescapable, resulting in severe health consequences and 313 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:50,040 loss of life. Many sex workers who've been 314 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,520 displaced by jennification and other parts of Vancouver, such 315 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:57,680 as Davie St. found themselves in the Downtown East Side, where 316 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,560 drugs ruled the street, Crack and heroin were often traded as 317 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:05,720 currency, and sex workers were exploited for their addiction, 318 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:10,240 making their already dangerous profession more dangerous. 319 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,920 Many women, particularly Indigenous women, began to 320 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:18,040 disappear at alarming rates. These disappearances were often 321 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:23,600 ignored or dismissed, reflecting a systemic failure to protect 322 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,960 vulnerable individuals trapped in the cycles of poverty and 323 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:31,720 addiction and exploitation. The Downtown Eastside, once a 324 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,240 working class neighborhood with a vibrant community, has turned 325 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:38,360 into a survival zone. Crime and violence increase and 326 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:42,000 exploitation became rampant. Dealers and predators took 327 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,000 advantage of this. Dealers and predators took 328 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,800 advantage of the desperation of people living in this devastated 329 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,880 area. The tale of two Vancouvers. 330 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:58,400 By 1995, Vancouver has become a city divided. 331 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,800 Prosperous Vancouver and one part of the city. 332 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,360 Glamour well thrived. Upscale restaurants, boutique 333 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:09,520 Film Festival, music events defied a city of opportunity. 334 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:15,080 It was a time of prosperity and culture, predominance of 335 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:19,520 cultural prominence. The Downtown Eastside Just 336 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,120 blocks away, the Downtown Eastside became a stark 337 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:25,400 contrast. A city filled with addiction, 338 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,280 homelessness, exploitation. Crack cocaine was smoked openly, 339 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,600 heroin use was rampant. Vulnerable sex workers were 340 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,840 caught in the brutal cycle of drugs and violence to survival 341 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,360 sex, often exchanging their bodies for drugs in desperate 342 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:44,440 situations. The mid 1990s also saw a rise of 343 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:48,320 the HIV epidemic that ravaged the Downtown Eastside, 344 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,760 especially among people who injected drugs and sex workers. 345 00:23:52,680 --> 00:24:01,280 By 1997, up to 40% of Vancouver's estimated 15,000 346 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:06,560 drug users have become HIV positive, making Downtown 347 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,760 Eastside the epicenter of an epidemic in Canada. 348 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:15,280 Street based sex workers, many of them whom engage in survival 349 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:19,600 sex to funder addiction, were disproportionately affected by 350 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,520 the outbreak. Indigenous sex workers were over 351 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:27,840 representative in the effect of population highlighting systemic 352 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:31,800 issues of colonialism, intergenerational trauma that 353 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:36,560 made them more vulnerable, the West End expulsion and 354 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:43,080 consequences, heightened levels of violence, physical and sexual 355 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,680 abuse. Many were subjected to assault, 356 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:50,880 rape and other forms of violence, often without recourse 357 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,720 or protection from authorities. Fear of stigma, criminal 358 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,320 charges, or further abuse from law enforcement led to 359 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:02,400 widespread under reporting of violence incidents, allowing 360 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:07,400 predators to act with impunity. The unraveling of the Downtown 361 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:12,120 Eastside in the mid 1990s set off a chain reaction of social 362 00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:15,480 crisis that the city is still grappling with today. 363 00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:21,440 The overdose crisis that began in the 90s has worsened 364 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:25,160 overtime, and the issues such as homelessness, addiction, and 365 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,840 exploitation have become entrenched. 366 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,960 The failures to address the root causes of addiction, poverty, 367 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,640 and exploitation has left a lasting legacy of suffering in 368 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:40,120 the Downtown Eastside, turning it into a symbol of neglect and 369 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:44,120 systemic failure. As Vancouver continues to 370 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:48,400 prosper in certain areas, the Downtown Eastside remains a 371 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:53,680 haunting reminder of the city's dark underbelly, a place where 372 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,520 the vulnerable are left to fend for themselves, immense, a 373 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,960 perfect storm of drugs and violence and societal 374 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,760 indifference. The contrast between the two 375 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:10,360 Vancouvers, one of light and the other of darkness, remains 376 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:16,360 stark, raising the question, how long can a city thrive while 377 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:22,720 leaving so many behind? February 1995, When Jane Doe's 378 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,040 half skull was discovered in a quiet Creek outside of Mission, 379 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:31,920 BC, about an hour from Vancouver, it's almost felt like 380 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,080 supernatural forces were at work. 381 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:38,960 Her remains had been hidden away for so long, forgotten alongside 382 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,480 so many others. It was as if something beyond 383 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,240 her comprehension demanded she be discovered. 384 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:50,080 The way her skull was cut with a power tool with grotesque 385 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:54,800 precision was unsettling enough. But the timing of the discovery, 386 00:26:55,200 --> 00:27:01,040 right when the city was at its peak of distraction, caught up 387 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:07,120 in the glamour of its golden age, it felt like more than just 388 00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:11,120 a coincidence. The Santo Morte, the Holy Mother 389 00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:14,640 of the dead, appeared to hover in the background, advocating 390 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,960 for the lost and murdered whose voices had been silenced for 391 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:23,240 years. It's as if she willed this 392 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:27,480 discovery, forcing the world to confront the cries of the 393 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:31,240 missing women that had long gone ignored. 394 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:37,040 This wasn't just a random find, it was a signal of something far 395 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,080 more sinister waiting to breakthrough the beginning of a 396 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:45,120 much darker story that had been festering beneath the surface. 397 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:51,040 In the quiet town of Mission, BC in February 1995, a grim 398 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,280 discovery was made. A skull with a vertebrae still 399 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:59,040 attached was found, and though it carried no name, it became 400 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,600 forever linked to one of Canada's darkest chapters. 401 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:08,240 This was Mission Jane Doe, the only unidentified victim of the 402 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,560 notorious serial killer Robert Willie Picton. 403 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,120 Jane Doe was believed to be a white woman or indigenous, 404 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,720 somewhere between 18 and 40 years old. 405 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:28,080 She died sometime between 1985 and 1994, her life cut short, 406 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:34,360 her name lost to time. For nearly 30 years detective 407 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:38,040 have tried to solve the mystery of who she was. 408 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:44,600 Her DNA had been entered into numerous databases, but no match 409 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,640 has been found. Investigators believed her 410 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:54,720 family may not even know she is missing, or that they may have 411 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,480 mistakenly believed she had already been reported. 412 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:05,280 This case is deeply unsettling, not just because of the horrific 413 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:11,720 ordeal she must have endured, but because no one she loved has 414 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,800 come forward to claim her. A woman stripped of her 415 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:20,320 identity, forgotten by a world that should have known her 416 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,680 better. But she is not forgotten. 417 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,800 In this moment, we honor her, the woman whose name we may 418 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,800 never know, but whose life mattered. 419 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:37,360 We call her Mission Jane Doe, but we understand she had a real 420 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,800 name, once a real story, and real people who loved her. 421 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,440 She had dreams. She lived, and she deserved more 422 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:49,000 than the suffering she endured. This series is dedicated to her 423 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,560 memory and to all of the victims of this tragedy. 424 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,320 As we share these stories, we are not just seeking justice, 425 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:02,840 but we're offering remembrance. We want to make sure that 426 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,080 Mission Jane Doe and the countless others like her are 427 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,600 not just statistics. They are human beings with 428 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:14,640 stories worth telling, and to the family that may be 429 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:20,560 searching, and to those who carried the weight of the loss 430 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:25,040 from these horrific events, our hearts are with you. 431 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:31,240 Jane Doe's memory, though cloaked in mystery, stands as a 432 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,840 call to recognize that every life has value and every story 433 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:39,680 deserves to be told, even when the name is lost. 434 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:44,520 In August of 2002, Robert Picton's pig farm was searched. 435 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:50,200 Not only did searchers find more human skulls mutilated in the 436 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:54,200 same way as a victim, but they also discovered heel bones, 437 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:58,840 ankle bones and rib bones buried in a pit behind Picton's 438 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:05,560 slaughterhouse that matched Missions Jane Doe between 1983 439 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:11,000 and 2002. Willie Pickton may have been 440 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:16,200 responsible for the murders or disappearances up to 49 women, 441 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:21,000 many of whom lived on the Downtown East Side. 442 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:27,120 It was a cold February afternoon in 1995 when Bill Wilson made a 443 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,600 discovery that would haunt him for the rest of his life. 444 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,680 He was selling homemade whirlywigs and birdhouses on the 445 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,840 side of Hwy. 7 just outside of Mission. 446 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:42,080 He wandered into a nearby Creek to fill his water bottle. 447 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:47,120 As he leaned over a bank, something unusual caught his eye 448 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:52,280 from 40 feet away, what appeared to be an old weather bowl. 449 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,120 He nudged it with his bottle, flipping it over. 450 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,680 That's when he realized it wasn't a bowl at all. 451 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:03,720 Staring up from the mud was 1/2 of a human skull. 452 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,680 Skin, including the skin on her nose was still attached. 453 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:11,160 It was a sight of horror. The police collected the skull 454 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:16,440 and what followed would be a decade long mystery that still 455 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,240 echoes through the town of Mission. 456 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:23,920 The skull was placed in a box and was given the ID number 457 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:29,160 9524092. Days later the skull was picked 458 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:34,160 up by Corporal Tim Slay. He believed the skull was a 459 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:39,040 victim of foul play. The fact that the skull was cut 460 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,560 in half with an electric saw was highly unusual. 461 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:50,000 Doctor James Ferris, a forensic pathologist, believed Jane Doe 462 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:55,680 was a woman in her 20s. He believed she was murdered 12 463 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,320 to 24 months before this discovery. 464 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:03,560 But was only in the water for a couple of weeks. 465 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:07,920 That was because there was aperture on the skull. 466 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:12,800 A substance called grave wax or Mortuary wax. 467 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,880 It is formed when fat in the body breaks down and combines 468 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,560 with water to form a waxy substance. 469 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:24,240 It's more often found in cold or wet ground. 470 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:28,600 Eventually turns into a hard coating over the bones, almost 471 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:33,480 like tartar on teeth. The aperture on Janes Doe's 472 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:39,560 skull told Doctor Ferris the skull has been in the damp place 473 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:44,560 for at least a year or two. The fact that the skull was not 474 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:50,160 chewed by an animal also told him that it hadn't been in the 475 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,480 Creek for more than a couple of weeks. 476 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:58,440 The skull was part of a woman's head, but only the upper right 477 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:02,880 side was ever found. No body, no identity, just the 478 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:06,840 solitary remnants left to the elements. 479 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,920 The woman became known as Mission Jane Doe. 480 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:14,000 The investigators were left with more questions and answer. 481 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,360 Who was she? How did she die? 482 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:23,840 Why had her remains ended up in this quiet, swampy stretch of 483 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,320 land between the Fraser and Stave River? 484 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:32,840 Time passed, and Jane Doe's case grew colder by the year. 485 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:37,480 Leads went nowhere and DNA samples were sent to police labs 486 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:42,320 across Canada, even agencies in Washington state, but none 487 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:47,320 offered a match. The case seemed destined to fade 488 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:51,320 into oblivion until the gruesome discovery on Robert Picton's 489 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:56,520 farm in 2002. A rib bone and a heel was 490 00:34:56,679 --> 00:35:00,120 uncovered in a pit behind his slaughterhouse. 491 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,560 DNA testing revealed an undeniable connection. 492 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:08,040 The remains belong to the same woman whose skull has been found 493 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:13,120 in Mission 7 years earlier. Suddenly, the mystery of Mission 494 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,680 Jane Doe exploded back into the headlines. 495 00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:19,600 She was one of Picton's victims, one of the countless women lost 496 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,920 in the shadows of his crimes. The authorities had long 497 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:27,320 suspected a connection, but now they had evidence this would not 498 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,600 bring her the justice she deserved. 499 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:33,520 Picton was charged in her murder, but a tangled mess of 500 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:38,200 legal rulings, and the charge was eventually stayed due to an 501 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:42,800 administrative error. The judge ruled that the jury 502 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:48,280 couldn't hear her story, as if it was as though Mission Jane 503 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,840 Doe had been silenced all over again. 504 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:57,240 But Jane Doe wasn't forgotten. In 2006, in a final attempt to 505 00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:00,920 give her a name, the police sent her skull to the National 506 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,840 Research Council in Ottawa, where new scanning technology 507 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,600 was employed to create a 3D model of her head. 508 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:12,720 With this digital reconstruction, the FBI's top 509 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:16,480 forensic artist, Carl Adrian, painstakingly created a 510 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:21,360 composite sketch approximation of the woman's face based on the 511 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:25,000 skeletal remains. The left side of her skull has 512 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,880 been crudely cut with the reciprocating saw, so Adrian 513 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:32,840 mirrored the right side to complete the image, aware of the 514 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:36,200 imperfections. This method would inevitably 515 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:40,320 introduce. Her missing lower jaw, her 516 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,280 missing identity. Everything about Jane Doe was 517 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:47,080 fragmented. The sketch was shared with the 518 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:51,920 public and 2008, following Picton's convictions for six 519 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,560 other murders. The hope that someone, somewhere 520 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:59,760 might recognize her face, Maybe a strange family member, maybe a 521 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,680 friend who had long since given up hope of finding her. 522 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:08,200 Yet even this new development led to nothing. 523 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:14,080 No one came forward, and Jane Doe's life and her death remains 524 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:17,960 a mystery. It was the Crown's theory that 525 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:22,240 Picton regularly drove to Mission to get rid of body parts 526 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,960 that were too big to take to the Vancouver rendering plant, where 527 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:31,400 he disposed of pig innards. Janes O Skull was critical 528 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:35,480 evidence to support this theory, which also boosted by testimony 529 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:39,720 of a witness who said Picton dumped unspecified things on the 530 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:44,040 back roads near Mission. As Vancouver's skyline shimmered 531 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:47,800 in the summer of 1994, something far darker was unfolding beneath 532 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,840 the surface. In our next episode, Fast Money 533 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:54,240 in Vancouver, we dive into the mysterious disappearance of Nick 534 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:57,280 and Lisa Macy, a seemingly perfect couple swept up in the 535 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,560 shadows of organized crime, money laundering, and a booming 536 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,400 stock market that many called a penny stock casino. 537 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,400 But was there vanishing, a tragic accident, or something 538 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,840 much more sinister? Join us as we unravel the 539 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:12,560 intricate web of scams, gangs and greed that turned Vancouver 540 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:15,720 into a hotspot for fast money and deadly consequences. 541 00:38:15,840 --> 00:39:27,200 You won't want to miss it. The. 542 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,320 I mean, you are not called to tell you. 543 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:43,840 How would it be? I want to drive you through the 544 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:54,840 night down the hills. I want to tell you something you 545 00:39:55,840 --> 00:40:04,760 don't want to hear. I'm going to show you where it 546 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:16,520 starts, but I love fear. There's something inside you. 547 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:27,800 It's hard to explain. They're talking about you, for 548 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:37,760 you, that you're still the same. There's something inside you. 549 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:48,760 It's hard to explain. They're talking about you, boy, 550 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:58,200 that you're still the same. I'm leaving you and I go to tell 551 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:08,160 you I want to be up. I want to drive you through the 552 00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:15,880 night down. The Hills I. 553 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:22,440 Want to tell you something you don't want to hear? 554 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:39,560 I'm going to show you where it. Starts but I'm long here. 555 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:45,920 There's something inside you. It's hard to explain. 556 00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:56,040 They talking about you boy, but you're still the same. 557 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:07,080 There's something inside you. It's hard to explain. 558 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:17,160 They're talking about you, boy, but you're still the same. 559 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:25,680 There's something inside you. There's something inside you. 560 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:30,800 It's hard to explain. It's hard to explain. 561 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:36,600 They're talking about you, they're talking about you, and 562 00:42:37,080 --> 00:43:21,960 you're still the same the.