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The Highway of Tears is a 719-kilometre (447 mi) corridor of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert in British Columbia, Canada, which has been the location of crimes against many women, beginning in 1970 when the highway was completed.
The Highway of Tears is a stretch of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert. [23] Since 1970, numerous women have gone missing or have been murdered along the 720 km (450 mi) section of highway. [24] Aboriginal organizations speculate that number ranges above forty. [25]
The task force was created during the Fall of 2005 in order to investigate a series of unsolved murders and disappearances along BC's Highway of Tears, and determine whether a serial killer or killers is operating there. In 2006, the Task Force took ownership of nine investigations. In 2007 the number of cases doubled from nine to eighteen. [2]
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The term "Highway of Tears" refers to the 700 kilometres (430 mi) stretch of Highway 16 from Prince George to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, which has been the site of the murder and disappearance of a number of mainly Indigenous women since 1969. [73] [74] [29] In response to the Highway of Tears crisis, the RCMP in BC launched Project E ...
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The Jack family disappearance is often linked to other unsolved crimes against Indigenous Canadians along the Highway of Tears, a stretch of British Columbia Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert. The case has been dubbed "Canada’s most tragic—and spooky—modern disappearance." [1]
Chronologically, Helen is the first woman to have gone missing along the Highway of Tears corridor. To raise awareness, Helen's family wanted her to be added to the RCMP E-Pana list of victims; however, this request was denied by the RCMP, stating that she didn't meet the criteria for a victim on this list.