The investigation for the four missing family members of the Jack family, Ronald, Doreen, Russell and Ryan, remains ongoing within the Prince George RCMP’s Serious Crime Unit after they vanished without a trace on August 1, 1989.
This week, extended family members of the Jack family have begun a community-lead search in the Willow River area, east of Prince George.
“Our investigators have been in recent contact with the organizers of this search and are aware of their efforts. However, the information we have been provided on the search location is not sufficient for us to attend in an investigational capacity, stated Cpl. Jennifer Cooper.
According to police, after Ronald called his mother in the Burns Lake area, it’s believed the family left their home on Strathcona Avenue in Prince George with an unknown man in a dark coloured pick-up truck.
The family was expected to return home in 10 days but have never been seen since.
In addition, the Major Crimes Unit in PG conducted a search on a portion of property just south of Vanderhoof on the Saik’uz First Nation.
No evidence of the Jack family was located.
Investigators with the Serious Crime Unit will remain in contact with Jack family members while the search is ongoing.
Investigators believe the following occurred:
· Ronnie spoke to a man at the First Litre Pub on the evening of Tuesday, August 1st, 1989;
· Ronnie and his partner Doreen were offered jobs at a logging camp or ranch thought to be near Clucluz Lake, approximately 40 kilometres west of Prince George or about halfway to Vanderhoof on Highway 16;
· As Ronnie and Doreen did not own a vehicle, the unknown man offered to drive the Jack family to the camp or ranch. The man accompanied Ronnie back to his residence, about four blocks from the pub and waited while the family packed;
· Ronnie called his brother in Southbank, BC at 11:16 PM.
· Approximately two hours later, Ronnie called his parents in Burns Lake, BC at 1:21 AM on Wednesday, August 2nd;
· At approximately 1:30 AM, the Jack family drove off with the unknown man in a dark coloured four-wheel drive pick-up truck.
The unknown male has been described as:
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- Caucasian male
- 35 to 40 years old
- 183 cm to 198 cm (6` to 6`6`) tall
- 91 to 125 kg (200 to 275 lbs)
- Reddish-brown hair with a full beard
- Wearing a ball cap, red checkered work shirt, faded blue jeans, blue nylon jacket, and work boots with leather fringes over the toes.