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It’s been 21 years since Lisa Marie Young went missing, precisely the age she was when she was last seen in the early morning of June 30, 2002 in Nanaimo. Since 2003, Lisa Marie Young’s family, friends, and community members have gathered for an annual walk to honour her memory as they search…
Nearly 20 years since 21-year-old Lisa Marie Young disappeared from a house party after accepting a ride from a man she and her friends had just met, a new incentive has surfaced from an anonymous donor. Not a trace of her has been seen or heard of since June 30, 2002, leaving Lisa’s family…
Moses Martin, chief councillor of Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and the grandpa of missing Lisa Marie Young, now 10 years gone without a trace, said he felt conflicted while traveling from Tofino to the annual walk held to keep his granddaughter’s memory alive. On June 23 at Christ Church in…
It has been 22 years since Lisa Marie Young went missing from Nanaimo and advocates continue to gather annually to celebrate the memory of the Tla-o-qui-aht woman, raising awareness for her ongoing investigation. Close to 80 people gathered at Nanaimo’s RCMP detachment on June 30, 2024, marching…
It been 22 years since Lisa Marie Young went missing after a night out with friends – a longer period than the young woman had been living when she was last seen. Lisa Young went missing June 30, 2002, following a night out with friends. Though family and friends have over the decades…
Eighteen years after Lisa Marie Young went missing without a trace, loved ones and supporters marched down the streets of Nanaimo to ensure her disappearance remains in the public eye. On Sunday, June 28 dozens participated in the annual walk for the missing Tla-o-qui-aht woman, an event that…
It’s been 20 years since Tla-o-qui-aht woman Lisa Marie Young went missing from Nanaimo, and family, friends and supporters still walk in her memory each year hoping that someday justice will be served. Dozens showed up for this year’s annual walk on June 26 that lead supporters from the Nanaimo…
Since March seven signs of Lisa Marie Young placed in Nanaimo have gone missing. “It’s…hurtful and really disrespectful to Lisa and our family, and her friends,” said Carol Frank, Tla-o-qui-aht member and aunt to Lisa Marie Young. “It’s really disappointing because [of] the effort that went into…
As a symbol of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls, Tofino will be getting an installation of red dresses, thanks to the initiative of a woman who lost her niece without a trace 17 years ago. Carol Frank and her family have been living with unanswered questions and an inkling of hope…
  • June 24, 2013
The family of missing Lisa Marie Young invites everyone to join them in a walk June 30 to remember the missing young woman. Lisa went missing from Nanaimo in the early morning hours of June 30, 2002. After a night out at a local club Lisa and her friends accepted a ride from someone they had just…
Family and friends of Lisa Marie Young, missing from Nanaimo since 2002, will be gathering in Nanaimo June 30 for the annual walk and vigil to keep Lisa’s memory alive. This year the walk is being done in honour of Lisa’s mother Joanne (Martin) Young who died of natural causes in June 2017, never…
Since 2002, our daughter, our sister, Joanne Young has called us to walk together and hold her missing daughter, Lisa Marie Young, in prayer and love and light. Lisa Marie, my step granddaughter, was last seen June 30, 2002. This year we walked for her mother Joanne too.  On June 21,…
Dozens of loved ones and members of the extended Tla-o-qui-aht community held a walk for Lisa Marie Young on Sunday, June 30, 17 years after the young woman went missing without a trace in Nanaimo. The procession began at the Nanaimo RCMP station at 303 Prideaux St. just after 2 p.m., taking…
Dawn Foxcroft (left), Debra Foxcroft and Kelly Poirier stand for Lisa Marie Young and other Indigenous women who have gone missing or fallen victim to homicide on Sunday, May 2, by the Tseshaht band office in Port Alberni. On Sunday, which is Young's birthday, others were standing for her from…
Although Lisa Marie Young went missing 19 years ago, Nanaimo police have encountered new information into her disappearance over the last year and a half. A press conference was held today at the Nanaimo RCMP detachment, where family members of the Tla-o-qui-aht woman and police investigators…

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