Highway of Tears
by Ray Bassette

Age: 16

Last seen: June 14, 1990 along Highway 16 in Smithers

Body found: No

Fact: She is Cecilia

Age: 15

Last seen: Dec. 9, 1994 in Prince George

Body found: Dec. 9, 1994 near Hwy 16

Fact: She knew victim Roxanne Thiara

Age: unknown

Last seen: 1989 along Highway 16 in Smithers, her family says

Body found: No

Fact: Police say she went missing from Vancouver

Age: 14

Last seen: Feb. 2, 2006 in Prince George

Body found: Feb. 10, 2006 on Hwy. 16

Fact: Possibly got into a black van

Age: 14

Last seen: Dec. 13, 1974 in Thornhill.

Body found: Apr. 6, 1975 east of Terrace

Fact: She believed to be going home from school

Age: 24

Last seen: Aug. 26, 1989 in Prince Rupert

Body found: Sept. 16, 1989 on Highway 16

Fact: Family doesn't believe she was hitchhiking

Age: 15

Last seen: July 1, 2 or 3, 1994 in Prince George

Body found: Aug. 17, 1994 in Burns Lake

Fact: She knew victim Alisha Germaine

Please Come Home
by Ray Bassette

Gloria Moody

Age: 27

Last seen: Oct. 25, 1969 in Williams Lake

Body found: Oct. 26, 1969 in the bush

Fact: Last seen leaving a bar.

Micheline Pare

Age: 18

Last seen: July 1970 along Fort St. John/Hudson's Hope highway

Body found: Aug. 8, 1970 near Hudson's Hope

Fact: Last seen hitchhiking to a ranch

Gale Ann Weys

Age: 19

Last seen: Oct. 19, 1973 in Clearwater

Body found: April 6, 1974 off Yellowhead Highway

Fact: She was believed to be hitchhiking to Kamloops

Pamela Darlington

Age: 19

Last seen: Nov. 6, 1973 in Kamloops

Body found: Nov. 7, 1973 in city park

Fact: She was believed to be hitchhiking

Monica Jack

Age: 12

Last seen: May 6, 1978 near Nicola Lake

Body found: June 1995 north of Merritt

Fact: She was last seen riding her bike

Maureen Mosie

Age: 33

Last seen: May 8, 1981 in Salmon Arm

Body found: May 9, 1981 near Kamloops

Fact: She was believed to be hitchhiking

Shelly-Ann Bacsu

Age: 16

Last seen: May 3, 1983

near Hinton, Alta..

Body found: No

Fact: Walking home along Hwy 16

Helen Claire Frost

Age: 17

Last seen: Oct. 13, 1970 in Prince George

Body found: No

Fact: Last seen leaving her

apartment, near Highway16

 She is not on the Highway of Tears list.

Pauline Brazeau

Age: 16

Last seen: Jan. 9, 1976 in Calgary

Body found: Jan. 9, 1976 in Cochrane, Alta..

Fact: Part of a 1980s "highway murders" investigation that included 5 victims on the Highway of Tears list

Virginia Sampare

Age: 18

Last seen: Oct. 14, 1971 on Highway 16 at Gitsegukla

Body found: No

Fact: She may have been hitchhiking

Tara Jane White

Age: 18

Last seen: July 1, 1976 in Banff, Alta..

Body found: March 24, 1981 near Morley, Alta..

Fact: Part of a 1980s "highway murders" investigation that included five victims on the Highway of Tears list

Marie Goudreau

Age: 17

Last seen: Aug. 2, 1976 near Beaumont, Alta.

Body found: Aug. 4, 1976 in Devon, Alta..

Fact: Part of a 1980s "highway murders" investigation that included five victims on the Highway of Tears list

Melissa Rehorek

Age: 20

Last seen: Sept. 16, 1976 in Calgary

Body found: Sept. 16, 1976 near the TransCanada highway

Fact: Part of a 1980s "highway murders" investigation that included five victims on the Highway of Tears list

Barbara MacLean

Age: 19

Last seen: Feb. 26, 1977 in Calgary

Body found: Feb. 27, 1977 along a gravel road

Fact: Part of a 1980s "highway murders" investigation that included five victims on the Highway of Tears list

Mary Jane Hill

Age: 31

Last seen: March 26, 1978 in Prince Rupert

Body found: Mar. 26, 1978 on Hwy. 16

Fact: A coroners inquest said place of death was Highway 16

Oanh Ngoc Ha

Age: 19

Last seen: Early 1981 in Banff

Body found: Feb. 28, 1981 near Golden

Fact: Part of a 1980s "highway murders" investigation that included five victims on the Highway of Tears list

Elsie Friesen

Age: 34

Last seen: Apr. 3, 1989

in Winfield

Body found: May 24, 1991 on Highway 33 near Kelowna

Fact: Her remains were found near Helena Tomat's

Deena Lyn Braem

Age: 16

Last seen: Sept. 25, 1999 in Quesnel

Body found: Dec. 10, 1999 on rural road

Fact: Name associated with Highway of Tears list but left off in 2007