CBC producer's personal connection to Highway of Tears victims | Forensic Files

my name is why we're doing I'm a producer with the CBC i live in Prince George I was raised along the so-called
high wave to us I did know two girls associated with the highway of tears I did go to school with Lana Derek and I
actually went to school with her in elementary school we both went to junior high together senior high together and
she disappeared I thought well when we were both in our first year of college is when she disappeared I also knew
Tamara chipman Tamara shipment is actually the daughter of my father's friend a co-worker they go commercial
fishing together Lana Derek is it's a mystery she she basically she was last seen at a service station just outside
of terrace she was bashed when she first went missing you know first thing I thought all they'll find her it's
probably who knows I didn't know where that wealth nope was she ran away maybe she was off with some boyfriend went to
Vancouver who knows you just didn't know but then you're a year went by and another year and their annual searches
every year where the community get together and trying to find Lana Darren and you know every year you think that
maybe they might find her and then after a while you realize well I realized she
wasn't coming home she's gone Tamara chairman yeah she disappeared her body was never found it was she was last seen
hitchhiking from wagon remember like I say her dad was completely devastated her dad fishes my dad at the both
commercial fisherman despite numerous searches despite ground searches help of the community her disappearance I mean
there are many rumors as to what may have happened to her but no one knows what happened to marriage hitman where
her body is if there is a body no one knows where she is I've driven this highway hundreds of times I really have
from one end to the other and on every trip you'll see a young woman hitchhiking and and sadly people will
look at the the women and say what are they doing the crazy what are they doing it are they mad at the crazy well flip
around for a second video like it for d with no grocery stores they don't have any money they you know we take for
granted going to the store up the street to go get milk and vegetables well guess
what where do they have to go to get the groceries we're not going to get it in their community they have to leave their
community to go get it so I mean it's easy to point the finger and blame these young women for hitchhiking but the fact
of the matter is if i want to go from community to community and i don't have a car then I've to take the bus you know
the bus cause a lot of money and if I'm gonna go get some fresh produce well I'm
not going to spend fifty sixty eighty a hundred dollars to get to a city that go
get some so I mean fact of the matter is the women are yeah they're taking risks
but it's hard to blame them when there's nothing there to protect them

Canadian Broadcasting's Robert Doane remembers two of the young women he knew personally, who went missing along the Highway of Tears. He also explains why so many hitchhike along the highway.

Brief Summary

Producer Whyre discusses the Highway of Tears and the impact of missing women like Lana Derek and Tamara Chipman.

Key points

The Disappearance of Lana Derek. A personal account of the mysterious disappearance of a schoolmate, Lana Derek.
The Reality of Hitchhiking. An exploration of the risks young women take when hitchhiking for basic needs.

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She disappeared, I thought, well...

Reflecting on the disappearance of a friend.

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