UNSOLVEDListenSaanich, British Columbia, Canada · 2008
A 24-year-old Victoria, British Columbia, real estate agent was fatally stabbed in February 2008 during a staged home showing, and the killing remains unsolved.
SOLVEDListenPickton family farm, 953 Dominion Avenue, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia · 1978
Robert Pickton, a pig farmer from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, was convicted in December 2007 of second-degree murder in the deaths of six women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Investigators linked him to the deaths of at least 26 women in total, and 20 further first-degree murder charges against him were stayed in 2010.
UNSOLVEDListenRichmond, British Columbia, Canada · 1986
Canadian nurse Cindy James disappeared from Richmond, British Columbia, on May 25, 1989, after nearly seven years of reporting stalking, harassment, and violent attacks by an unknown assailant. She was found dead two weeks later, hogtied with a nylon stocking around her neck, having died of a massive drug overdose. A 1990 coroner's inquest could not determine whether her death was suicide, homicide, or accidental, ruling it an "unknown event."
Credit: Naitsabes101CC BY-SA 4.0SourceUNSOLVEDListenPrince George, British Columbia, Canada · 1989
In August 1989, an Indigenous family of four — Ronald and Doreen Jack and their sons Russell and Ryan — vanished from Prince George, British Columbia, after accepting a purported logging-camp job offer from an unidentified man who drove them away in his pickup truck. None have been seen since.
UNSOLVEDListenKelowna, British Columbia, Canada · 1989
Charles Horvath-Allan, a Canadian-born British national, vanished in Kelowna, British Columbia in 1989 while backpacking across Canada, leaving his tent and belongings behind. He was declared legally dead in the UK in 2020, and the RCMP investigation remains officially open.
COLDListen1600 block of Queensway, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada · 1970
Helen Claire Frost, 17, vanished on October 13, 1970, after leaving her Prince George, British Columbia apartment for a solo evening walk. She has never been found, and her case remains an open RCMP investigation.
SOLVEDListenPattullo Bridge, Surrey/New Westminster, British Columbia · 2000
Hamed Nastoh, a 14-year-old Surrey, British Columbia student, died by suicide on March 11, 2000, after jumping from the Pattullo Bridge, leaving a note describing sustained bullying at his school.
The files run from 1970 to 2012. The 1970s hold the most, with 3 files. The oldest is Disappearance of Helen Claire Frost, from 1970.
They are spread across 7 cities and towns; the most are in Prince George (3), Saanich (2) and Port Coquitlam (2). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (5), disappearance cases (3) and serial murder cases (2).
7 files of the 11 have coverage attached: 12 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 9 creators. The most covered is Killing of Lindsay Buziak, with 5 items to watch or hear. Crime Beat, That Chapter and Stephanie Harlowe have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
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11. By status: 4 unsolved, 1 cold, 1 ongoing and 5 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Disappearance of Helen Claire Frost, from 1970. Open the file
Killing of Lindsay Buziak, with 5 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Crime Beat (3 cases), That Chapter (1 case) and Stephanie Harlowe (1 case), among 9 creators in all.
Prince George (3), Saanich (2) and Port Coquitlam (2).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 18, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
