Disappearance of the Jack family — the full case file

No one has ever been charged in the disappearance of the Jack family. 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. On August 1, 1989, Ronald Jack is approached at a Prince George pub by an unidentified man offering him and his wife jobs at a logging camp near Cluculz Lake. On August 2, 1989, Ronald Jack calls relatives in Burns Lake overnight; the Jack family is last seen loading belongings into the unidentified man's pickup truck. In August 1989, Ronald's mother, Mabel Jack, reports the family missing after losing contact with her son for several weeks. On September 7, 1989, RCMP's Prince George detachment mistakenly reports the family has been found, briefly closing the investigation. In 1990, a CrimeStoppers-produced reenactment of the disappearance airs on CKPG-TV. In 1992, Prince George Native Friendship Centre and Mabel Jack fundraise to increase reward money and publicity for the case. On January 28, 1996, an anonymous caller tells RCMP in Vanderhoof that the Jack family is buried at the south end of an unspecified ranch, then hangs up; the call is traced to a house in Stoney Creek. In 2018, RCMP renews a public appeal for the anonymous 1996 caller to come forward. In August 2019, police conduct ground-penetrating radar searches on Saik'uz First Nation property south of Vanderhoof; no evidence concerning the family is found. In August 2020, RCMP confirms the case file remains open. The case remains unsolved. This case file is kept in memory of Ryan Jack, Ronald Jack, Russell Jack, and Doreen Jack. The full sourced case file, with every fact cited, is at casepin dot org.

Transcript from the video’s narration track. For every source, open the case file.