Help The VPD Catch a Killer

The people on this website were murdered, and despite lengthy, complex investigations, their killers have not been caught. Look at their faces and read their stories – these people were somebody’s mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, or son. People cared for them and they are deeply missed.

If you have any information about a case profiled here, please submit a tip online or contact the VPD Homicide Unit.

Glenna SOWAN Homicide Sep. 30, 1988 UPDATED Mar. 31
Glenna Marie Sowan's body was found by a neighbour in tall weeds and brush overgrowth near West 24th and Willow Street in Vancouver. She was only 25 years old.
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Lisa GAVIN Homicide Aug. 12, 1988 UPDATED Mar. 31
Lisa Gavin's partially clothed body was found by a resident in a lane near Knight Street in Vancouver on August 12, 1988. She was only 21 years old when she was murdered.
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Chantel GILLADE Homicide Sep. 1, 1995 UPDATED Nov. 8
Chantel Gillade was born Robert Gillade in 1967. On September 1, 1995, her battered body would be found in a Vancouver alley, wrapped in a blue tarp and a maroon-coloured blanket.
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Mary O'DONNELL Homicide Jul. 28, 1988 UPDATED Jun. 9
It was just after midnight on July 28, 1988, when Mary O'Donnell left the A&W restaurant at Lakewood and East Hastings Street, heading for home. She would never arrive.
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Mayvette MONZON Homicide Sep. 23, 2005 UPDATED Aug. 22
Thirty-one-year-old Mayvette Monzon, a popular Vancouver nightclub bartender, was ambushed and murdered early in the morning on September 23, 2005.
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The PAULS Homicide Jun. 11, 1958 UPDATED Dec. 4
David and Helen Pauls, and their 11-year-old daughter Dorothy were murdered in 1958 at their home sometime the evening of June 10th or the early morning hours of June 11th.
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Melanie THOMSON Missing Person Sep. 2010 UPDATED Dec. 4
When Melanie Thompson was last seen in September of 2010 in Chilliwack, she was 36-years-old and residing in a women’s shelter in downtown Vancouver.
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Craig ABRAHAMS Homicide Dec. 18, 1995 UPDATED Dec. 4
Craig Abrahams was last seen in the early morning of December 18, 1995. A neighbour stopped by to pick up the cat that Craig had been pet-sitting, and discovered his body.
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Karen-Lee TAYLOR Homicide Aug. 24, 1990 UPDATED Aug. 22
On August 25, 1990 Karen-Lee Taylor's body was discovered in the laneway of the 3600 block of Pine Crescent.
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Cathy BERARD Homicide Jul. 4, 1996 UPDATED Aug. 22
Sixty-one-year-old Cathy Berard was found by a jogger on the school grounds of David Thompson High School, bleeding and unconscious.
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Richard CHACON Homicide Jul. 25, 1999 UPDATED Aug. 22
At around 3:30 a.m. on July 25, 1999, Richard Chacon was shot and killed at "The Car Wash," an after-hours club located at 1180 West Hastings Street.
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Willene CHONG Homicide Sep. 11, 2008 UPDATED Aug. 22 Reward
Seventy-six year old Willene perished in a deliberate and random fire set by a stranger, part of a series of arson fires that had been set in the area.
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Jillian FULLER Homicide Mar. 4, 1993 UPDATED Aug. 22
In the early morning of March 4, 1993, firefighters found the body of Jillian Fuller inside a burned-out apartment. The fire was set to cover up her murder.
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Evan GARBER Homicide Apr. 28, 2006 UPDATED Aug. 22
Evan Garber was enjoying a meal at a favourite restaurant. He could have waited for the robbery to be over. He could have done nothing.
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Kristin GURHOLT Homicide Sep. 4, 1981 UPDATED Aug. 25
Kristin Gurholt's life came to an end in a Vancouver alleyway behind 575 Richards Street on September 4, 1981. Her skull had been fractured.
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Sheila HENRY Homicide Feb. 5, 1993 UPDATED Aug. 1
Gary and Linnea McIndoe have lived a nightmare every day of the past two decades since their 26-year-old daughter was murdered.
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Danielle LARUE Homicide Nov. 2002 UPDATED Aug. 22
It was New Year's Eve 2002 when an anonymous letter was opened by staff working at the VPD's Public Service Counter.
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