CIRCUMSTANCES

Mary Lidguerre’s murder in has been linked by some officials to The Hemlock Valley Murders.

In 1995, the bodies of three women were found in remote areas of Fraser Valley. Police believe the murders were committed by the same person because each woman was sexually assaulted, strangled and their bodies were left in a similar fashion.

Like Mary, the victims — Tracy , Tammy Pipe and Victoria Younker — were all sex trade workers and drug addicts who worked in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side.

Mary, 30, disappeared from the area some time in July, 1995 and her skeletal remains were discovered on Mount Seymour in August, 1996. She was not identified until 1997.

FACTS & SPECULATION

Some detectives believe Mary’s murder to be connected to The Hemlock Valley Murders. The following points regard that investigation.

• Detectives theorized the killer lived in the area, or knew the area as a logger, fisherman, hunter or through the nearby work release program.
• The killer’s red 4×4 vehicle was scratched or damaged while going off-road to dump the bodies.
• The killer probably wrapped the victims’ bodies in some type of weathered yellow rain gear.
• RCMP had a prime suspect, a local roofer with a history of rapes but DNA tests cleared him.
• Robert “Willy” Pickton was ruled out as the killer through DNA.

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