Highway Of Tears: The Unsolved Serial Murders Of Aboriginal Women (Full Documentary) | Real Crime
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- The Highway of Tears is a 725-kilometre corridor of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, which has been the location of many missing and murdered Indigenous women beginning in 1970.
Filmmaker Matthew Smiley investigates the impact of generational poverty, residential schools, systemic violence, and high unemployment on the murder rates around the First Nation reserves.
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A shuttle running a few times a day into the nearest major city would go a long way to keeping people safe. They shouldn't have to be out there hitchhiking.
Makes total sense!
That would be great but in an area with a 96% poverty rate there's no money to fund public transportation.
I was thinking about that myself. Like have a bus or 2 at certain times and maybe do it for free or a small fee.
@@ASMR-Arboretum
Don't go to the local government for funding then, to go the Federal government for the funds.
You mean like the Greyhound lines that already run? This is a 450 mile stretch of highway, not some cross-town drive.
They let things go on until a particular girl went missing..wow!!
Until a while girl went missing 😭 so so sad how we treat native women
I think the issue was the majority of women where judged to be from high risk life styles and written off as low class and expendable. This happens in white areas if you are not from a prominent family, the issue is one of classim and sexism. This documentary speaks of the high levels of domestic violence against women. The social mentality needs to be addressed.
@@riverdeep399 999oooooo
@@allilee2523 so so sad how native men treat native women 😢
@@riverdeep399 No, it’s not! Did you not view the documentary? It’s systemic racism and it occurs across Canada. The fact that you attempted to completely dismiss that speaks volumes about you as a person.
Hitchhiking is dangerous, add in the remoteness and it's a hunting ground for predators. This place attracts them from all over, a shuttle funded by the country, not relying on the immediate area for funding is necessary.
Exactly my thoughts. Very well analyzed Cynthia!
Being a prostitute or drug addict doesn't make their death unimportant, but it definitely ups the chances of meeting a stranger on the road who can do whatever they want to you.
And hate to say it but it's truth, drugs and prostitution also moves a person way down on the priority list.
It shouldn't give them rights to take an human life they will probably go to hell and punished if they are not punished in life.
I honestly think these evil people think oh it’s ok there a drug addict or a prostitute..No one will miss them or care, or they deserve it, almost to make feel less guilty for taking a life..These people are human and have not always been this way..I used to judge people a lot myself but as I’ve got older I realise that most of them have suffered or suffering from things that happened to them like childhood trauma abuse etc..I try to show compassion and think before I start casting assertions..I understand that some people don’t want help or are just bad, but most are just really troubled people who need help..If anyone is suffering in life I want you to know that people do care and you deserve to live a happy life..Things will work out and god loves you..I will pray for you if your reading this and send my love..
Why so many under age prostitute s and drug users
How incredibly sad and unjust! I am absolutely disgusted with how the system continues to fail ALL the victims and their families! There is no reason or excuse for all the injustice these woman have faced other than it's pure neglect on the systems part. Regardless of the lives these woman and girls were living doesn't make their lives less meaningful. The way their cases and families have been pushed aside is utterly heartbreaking to say the least. My thoughts and prayers go out to each and every person affected by this. This needs to end.! There are simple solutions to some of these problems, such as ( public transportation)- how absurd to deny these communities such access is just meaningless. They argue they LOSE MONEY for sending buses etc to these communities and yet these families are losing LOVED ONES at an alarming rate!! I truly don't understand nor can I comprehend any of this blatant ,utter disrespect/ disregard for ALL these woman's lives. Where is the justice, Let alone just compassion for any of them?! I lost faith in ALL government, law enforcement, etc years ago. This here just confirmed why!
Sending Love and Prayers to all of those families and friends of those 1000+ woman who were taken way too soon. I hope they get justice in one way or another 💔🫂
I appreciate that…too much victim blaming out there! For some of the hitchhikers, it’s less a matter of lifestyle, and more about the lack of transportation. They really had to get into others’ cars, if they wanted to go anywhere. Either way, it doesn’t make it any less wrong.
@Jen T. I can feel your pain. These are the people who would stare in your eyes, telling us how civilized they are... Peadophile, criminals, murderer, falsity, thieves, ect.
There was a case somewhere else (in the US, I think?) of an indigenous woman who accepted a ride from some guy. She started feeling uncomfortable and called her sister who recorded the whole conversation.
She went missing after that and I don't think she was ever found. They released the audio of the call and some people came forward and said it sounds like the voice of a guy who runs a local ranch and is generally creepy towards young women. But nothing was ever done about it.
It sickens me that people are treated as subhuman or irrelevant because they're indigenous. They're people too.
Giving the judge seven years was a huge mistake because it shows the utter contempt of the justice system for the victims. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LIFE SENTENCE, especially for a judge who was preying upon the people who should have been protected. The utter contempt for the government of Canada is truly justified in my humble opinion
It's a OTR trucker/truckers, doing these murders, especially if there is no other way for these women to get around, other than hitchhiking.
Yeah that's it blame the truckers ...
Are you an OTR driver trying to confess if so call RCMP instead of admitting it here
They're being killed by men closest to them. This is almost always the case when women are killed or go missing.
@@golddustwoman4993 I believe the trail of tears is the work of a serial killer or killers since its mostly indigenous people missing or killed I think it's the work of a racist or racist group trying to eliminate the reservations then the land is worth more especially if that group gets it cheap can you imagine the camp that could be set up a basic killing field in the middle of nowhere where nobody knows exactly who and how many are operating in the area now there's already Aryan Brotherhood that fled to Canada when the heat got too much in the US it's been said there's several Nazi factions there and have been since shortly after WWII ended because Canada was easier to get into that's why you hear of the racist extremist meeting in the mountains near Canada the ones worried about capture can sneak across undetected in the mountains back and forth as they wish or need I don't believe alot of conspiracy theorists but this was brought up right after Ruby Ridge by not only agents and cops but by members that gave up and surrendered to LE so there's got to be some truth to it just how much is up for debate
You do know most trucks are loaded with cameras except the sleepers so how would they get in a nd ôut without being on camera and the GPS knows every stop and how long even before that truckers were the safest rides across the nation I spent from 12 to 16 truck hopping drivers care about a kids safety because most are parents and miss their families deeply
Every Single Woman Is Important!!! Black,White,Yellow,... Do Your Job And Find These Murderering Heartless Barstards They Have No Right To Take Anyones Life!! 😡
You just know the police are not actively investigating the deaths and disappearances of these women.
Unfortunately the police have been “villionized” under this current administration and have their parameters so narrowed they can only do what their directives are. Also officers are quitting due to the disrespect and many other reasons. Blessings to all those victims and families.
You're probably a defund the police type.
Because the tribal police are uncooperative. It's sad how little the indigenous community cares about their women.
@@golddustwoman4993 but white police and people will get the blame. Serial killers are opportunists. They pick women who lead risky lifestyles. They don't pick famous people because of getting caught. Everything is seen through the lens of race these days
There’s only so many leads you can follow before you exhaust them. No new evidence in the cases unfortunately
My heart breaks for these families. I am so sorry that all of this has happened.
I learned while reducing the crime in my neighborhoods in Minnesota that anytime you could not get rid of the crime or the criminals, they had law enforcement doing collateral damage protection. Those Backwoods cornhole mentality townships still exist
What? What are you babbling about?
Ah, I can understand that... And it terrifies me 😔💔
@@kawaiimisanga either I'm too foolish to be scared or God is real and he has taken my words from me, either way I am happy to wear the title this is I am not the same as everybody else........... As i stand in a cloud of 2nd hand smoke coughing from other peoples habits. Lucky for me I am only the silver person in the house there for all of my problems from their actions is in my head. See how it dictions work, it works like bouncing betties planted in the children sandbox.
@@kawaiimisanga i mean ever town i got any problem with a cop was a BIG red flag and i discover very fast the broken arrow of the law. Fighting bad ppl is so easy for me.... I just have that look that makes ppl confess things to me and i have that thing with God that gives ppl rebuking powers in God name.... one man can make a difference, that is why we do not need a group, a government or sympathy to do God's Will.
35:00 ok this is a huge NO for me.... If your Loved one dies and it is in any way shape or form that their body is "unrecognizable" you should still be allowed or given the opportunity to see them or not. Who the heck is given the right to take that away from a family member if they so choose to see the body.... Now I understand wanting to shield someone from seeing their loved one that way, and it could possibly be traumatic but it should still be up to them, it should be THEIR CHOICE... how do you feel about that issue??? Should someone tell you that you can not see your dead loved one because their body is "unrecognizable" ??
You make a good point and I do agree but this can alter someone psychologically in the worst possible way. I'd at least make sure the loved ones know the condition in verbal detail before they decide to view and/or identify the victim. But like you said, it's most likely people's ways of shielding a traumatic sight for a loved one.
I agree. In fact, I should be able to take the body home with me if I want to.
Yes.If it is that bad.
For what it's worth, I've heard many who did see their murdered loved one lament having the image persist as a memory. Outside of guarding the scene, it could be argued that law enforcement contend with the aftermath in enough difficulty that the tenet 'to protect' might be extended to include psychological in this case.
@@pigtailsandteddybears I agree that it can alter someones psychi after seeing a loved one mangled or in a state of dismemberment. That's even hard to type out let alone imagine seeing. But I do think that it should be up to the person on whether or not they choose to view the body. After fair warnings of course. IMO it can take away from ones mourning process without having seen the body someone may not want to believe the truth or not be able to process what has happened to them. There could be many determining factors. I just still believe that the individual should be able to decide.. Thank you for your insight.✌💜😀🙏
Rest in peace for all those who lost their lives in highway of tears
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They’re vulnerable because they’re poor and desperate. Canadian government needs to step up to get these people education and jobs.
Exactly, they're desperate and poor so they resort to hitchhiking and sex workers to get by.
It’s not only education and jobs
There’s trauma in a whole community
They should work on that as well
Lot’s of love and healing
What’s happening to the exorbitant taxes levied on the BC residents?
Importantly these issues are *SOLVABLE!*
Indigenous people have already given a list of ways the government can solve these problems and reduce the amount of murdered & missing women & children! We have the responsibility to listen to Indigenous people and push for actual change!
China rules Canada and money is going elsewhere.
Yes the government will fix everything!
40:16 Madison Scott was found & her remains identified on May 28th 2023 .
RIP Madison Scott
I'm glad these families are getting together on this terrible ongoing tragedy. I hope they get results. And the killings stop. It's about time.
Well made documentary. Touching and tragic as it is. Glad this channel showed up in my feed. Subscribed
I've been from Prince George to Prince Rupert by bus, seemed like an eternity!
This has nothing to do with race, it's about class. Poor people are just not important to society😮💨
This has nothing to do with race? Wow, you’re ignorant!
Mean race and class are intertwind
Such injustice.......
My heart goes out to these families... 😔
Some of the victims were as young as 12! Some people are monsters who look human. Why would anyone kill a 12 year old girl?
UPDATE:MADISON SCOTT'S REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND LAST MAY OF THIS YEAR
I can't believe this is real. So very sad.
Hey Elon, these folks need a couple of electric buses to provide free transportation.
How about it?
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No one wants electric, give them a proper car what you can actually travel far in..
I'm from New Zealand and love driving in Canada. Recently visited northern BC, Haiti Gwaii and similar places. I'm not used to seeing 'missing persons' signs. I find this incredibly heartbreaking 💔 and prey (in a non religious sense) that improvments will be made. Its incredibly sad this still happens and its nearly year 2024. I want to follow more, advocate where I can and help.
Please Canada, do more to prevent this harm 🙏
Take care & look after one another
A bus shuttle would have saved lives
Yes but they probably won't do it.
@@dinarusso3320 Canada isn't the only place this is going on. In the USA many rural and small towns have a similar situation
The issue is that it's a very long stretch of roads, and towns are so far away from each other.
Wouldn’t it have just been cheaper to let the families take him to the woods and unalive him. This is so not right! All the money wasted on him for Trial could have been used to help those communities. That $100 Million would have payed for free shuttle on that highway and a School as well..
I knew the story of the Highway of Tears, but this doc shed light on the continuing disrespect of minorities of which Native women carry a double burden of aboriginal and female. RMCP‼️🤬‼️‼️Why sign up to serve and protect and do neither⁉️ Picton's operation was a story I also knew but truly, in a genuine serve & protect force HOW DO 100+ women get slaughtered??? I fear with political events of late, murderous highway 16 going on for decades prior all women are in great peril.
Thank you for this very informative but very sad I shared on my personal page to spread awareness praying for the women and their families and that they are all accounted for and get the justice they deserve 🙏⚖️
What the hell is praying going to do? Native women need to stop drinking and hitchhiking alone when they're drunk, that'll do a lot more to help prevent more of this.
Perhaps! Mounted police department are lacking in this stretches of roads Needs step ups mores man powers ifn nots wemons needs start there owns petrols alongs this stretches of hyways the things here's is folks cans live out there's sick s fantasies with wemons girls Nevers get cought so s the stor
so much pain… it makes me sick how aboriginals are treated
Don't get in cars with strangers!!!
That's a huge part of the problem.
Not everyone has a car. It might seem impossible to many privileged folks who were not born under the poverty line because you were born with resources. And before you say it - no the kids did not ask to be born, the woman did not ask to be murdered and then forgotten. Please put the blame on folks who have the power instead of the victims.
Yeah . I see you don't call for improved transport to prevent this
Yet no solution to transport issues to prevent this
Bill Gates, Bezos etc could really put their money into these communities....build infrastructure, create jobs, services etc..If I had their kind of wealth, this is where I would spend my money!
Very doubtful.
Money is not resources to completely different things
often we call animals beasts. But there is just one beast on the planet: men!
Yup
this is some grade a bullshit. whats going on in canada is going on in the states as well. i hate that humans can do this to eachother.
Why Men Target Wives, Daughters, Teenagers Girls, Young Woman, Mother's? Why? Why MEN TARGET WOMEN?
Those men are not men they are cowards. I am a husband and have a wife and son and would never ever lay a finger on either of them
Mommy issues...
11:51 Shameful …. ABSOLUTELY shameful . Iam embarassed , disgusted , ashamed and deeply disturbed by what my ancient European “ ancestors ” have done to many other cultures , ethnicities and Races .
13:51 *THIS APOLOGY IS TOO LATE* and what the government of Canada did in these times is evil !!!!
Shame shame shame, ww1& ww2. Between themselves they have been paying fines. Yet to others that they've depraved,humiliated, drove into utter poverty-stricken. Every type of evilness been done towards plenty of Aboriginal, natives in their land. And they practically moan sorry. G-D Almightiness am waiting on your true justice.
They don't look like the Aboriginal people of Australia or the Aboriginal women of Australia. They are Indians.
Yes, my people in Australia literally descend straight from the Originals who walked our Mother since time immemorial, were different. My peoples creation story of us AbOriginal people began on Heart Rock (Australia). Yes we have our mixed brothers and sisters, they usually spout "skin colour doesn't matter" but we're still here, direct descendants of the Motherland not the colony of Australia.
This is disgraceful. What's worse is I can't find any details about judge ramsey AT ALL on here, completely hidden! Abhorrent!
Thanks for Finally Recognizing Us!!! 😢💔🙏🕊️
Is Nathan Fillian doing the narration? That's impressive if they did get him, he's got the perfect cadence for this, like the intros to "Firefly" Episodes.
I was wondering that too, it does sound like him, loved him as Mal Reynolds in Firefly .
Yes, it's his voice.
Canadian Government should be embarrassed! Prince George Police Department should be embarrased! Letting serial killers continue like this! The rest of the world is looking at you, embarrasing!!
That starting montage! So many women, and that's only a sample of the real number, more than 80 people were killed there! It's one thing to hear that some people died, another to see their faces. All these women! What a tragedy!
I can hand on heart say I'd never heard of this until now. So so horrible. How can they be so callous and disgusting is beyond me.
Terrible just terrible.
You would think the investigators would know who or whom has killed all these girls by now! I don't think they really care about these poor girls because of their heritage and how they live! That are still gods children and there is NO reason or reasons why these murders keep happening!!!
Thank you for sharing this video. It's important to highlight the continuous & egregious harm done to Aboriginal people & communities from both citizens and systems of "justice," both of which are meant to uplift & support these people
Do you realise how many poor white women get ignored too? All around the world.
@@lr6477 do you think that supporting Aboriginal women means hating white women? Are you this dense on purpose?
Canada's government is to blame, people tend to think of Canada as the goody goody two shoes of the world but they have their dark secrets too.. corruption, mafia, gangsters, pedophile killer priests & mental health institutes that would make Stephen king proud, never has the native first nations integrated with the rest of Canada! Why is that? Who knows but the truth is that they're isolated, drugs & alcohol is rampant and when they do come to the big cities they're treated like second class citizens by everyone. It's very sad.
Arrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhh enough is enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wtf are the government failing these people on a scale of epic proportion 😢😢😢😢
Possibly a RCMP SUSPICION? On a hwy, who does this for this length of time and can't be caught? Just a thought.
Valid point indeed it has happened
Mayb a cop
Cops have had a history of giving natives a “star light tour”. Where they’d take native people out in the middle of no where and drop them off miles from towns or cities
@@ritaanderson2649it was. Look up Lonnie Gabriel Landrud
After watching this it’s disgraceful how these people ,was and still are treated
what are the odds , during the "reeducationing period" of so called "Aborigines" the children weren't abused?
They were abused sexually, physically and obviously emotionally. Forced to denounce their languages and culture.
One of most Racist Country in the world, if the victims were light skinned, justice would have been swift & ruthless.
RIP.
Train service dogs, do online courses, sales of handicrafts, make dog toys, cat toys, bird toys, specialize in creating a unique product. There's always something to do.
These murders are just heartbreaking. Was this ever solved?
I wonder how many Robert Picktons there really are out there.
I want everybody to know these things about me, so that you can understand where, when and how I grew up: I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American. Ever since 2012, Vancouver BC has been my favorite vacation spot. True crime stories in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia interest me the most, because I can actually picture the scenes of the crimes, because I know where these places are.
so so sad to hear especially during NAIDOC week here in australia, that the disgusting govt behaviours happening across continents to FNP :( time to boost these people their culture and their lives to try and correct this massive injustice. just so so sad
If there's a girl hitchiking at night out in the wilderness, you better check the side mirror for a reflection.
Kudos to the show Yellowstone for adding this into their series because I had no idea until I watched the show. It was really sad
I wonder if familial DNA could help solve some of these cases. Surely there's some kind of evidence on the clothing or other remains of some of these victims.
Damn, basically 1 indigenous woman gets murdered a day. That's quite depressing. And 1017 are just the ones that get found or reported. The number is probably much higher than that.
The lady at 8:26 saying "smiling happy looking young women" was why the media started to spotlight the high way of tears is such BS. That's so dishonest and disrespectful to the aboriginal women. They all deserve justice regardless of who they are! 11:30 11:31 11:33
Why can’t the cops send an undercover female on a sting
Could be a trucker who frequents that route. This is like a national emergency why isn't anyone looking into their deaths?
How this community can heal?????????????
🪶Thank you for this documentary.
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If a large company opened there they could send company buses to pick up and drop off their work force every day. With the unemployment so high they would be able to have reliable and dependable workers that would make them millions.
It seems most of these aren’t women but children.
Great video but unfortunately it misses something. It's not just women and girls that go missing along the Highway of Tears. There have been many men and boys that have gone missing or been murdered as well.
Look up the missing person Colten Fleury for example.
Lonnie gabriel landrud. Check it out
i'M FURIOUS AT THE CANADIAN GOVT FOR THEIR ROLE AS THE ARCHITECTS OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS. THE CHURCH & RCMP ARE EQUALLY TO BLAME
There should be a worldwide petition to give basic rights to indigenous people. They are being treated unbelievably toxic, and whatsap with providing basic transportation! stingy and racist government.
These are serial killers targeting Indigenous women!!! Justice for #MMIW
Nia:wen gowa for sharing about this grave issue on Turtle Island
It's indigenous men targeting these women.
@@golddustwoman4993 it’s truckers and you are dumb
The RCMP truly have the worst record when it comes to the institutional racism, indifference and inept handling that have allowed the multiple killings on Highway 16, now known as “The Highway of Tears”. Along that lonely road, a stretch of 450 miles, countless women, the vast majority indigenous, have lost their lives at the hands of a killer (or killers) that hunt there. The RCMP say 20 women have lost their lives on the Highway, but NPOs and charities dealing with missing indigenous women say the true number may be as high as 600. It is as horrific as it is tragic.
1st of all, REALLY??? We still need to figure out that ALL lives matter. Well, that's an easy one; the answer is YES. I'd be embarrassed and ashamed to be part of ANY Police force that didn't treat all victims with the same amount of respect! SHAME ON YOU, WHO DID NOT INVESTIGATE THE MURDERS OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN! Now, for that treacherous, not well patrolled highway, I'd like to rename it to "Highway of Fears for any would be murders". Yes, to Buses. And, no, let's not whine about the cost, since this whole debacle of tragedy
has now got a price tag of $100,000,000. (Ever heard of preventative medicine? "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".)
How about Remote cameras, a couple drones, a few helicopters, if needed, and some undercover agents posing as young female hitchhikers for a sting operation?
This is horrible and it's sad that it took for a white woman to go missing for ppl to start trying to change things 😕 so many family's broken lives taken for no reason
The beginning was annoying as F. Why does it take so long just to get to the story?! I just stopped the video altogether. Turned me off from watching it.
At least you still got a life,what i find annoining is the fact that it took a white woman to disapear before the investigation started...( nothing personal👍)
Bc there were a lot of victims, and I'm sure that wasn't even all.
Got to guilt you first. That's why it's so long. To fill you with guilt.
Background information and to annoy you, just you.
5 minutes BS then the entire documentary BS
I can't believe that the RCMP stopped the investigation of a missing and possible/probable murder victim. Even though I am an American, that is the most piss poor action any police unit/department could do. It shows the RCMP is all show and no go!!!!!
Rcmp was proven responsible in the murder of Deena. But you won't hear about it in the news. Look up Lonnie landrud.
Well the tribes and their lands are officially sovereign land, and most of the murders happen on tribal lands. Asking the Mounties to do something is like asking American cops to solve a murder in Mexico. If anyone needs to do something it’s the tribe’s own police force
@@macgyversmacbook1861 there is none
@@macgyversmacbook1861 the government doesn't find them. They are in the ghetto with lawlessness
Why can't Indian casino money send a certain % to buy a bus? Just asking? Alllll that big money?
Set up more checkpoints and find out who's traveling through there
How about having first nations people in the RCMP.
16:40 OMG I love that old lady 👍🤣❤️ My condolences and prayers for all the victims. 🙏🏽❤️
If the unemployment rate in this community is 92% ..why this people don't move to a different location like everyone else does ?
Cause they're lazy and want handouts as they cry about how they got their butt kicked by everyone
Because this is usually the land given to their nations after conquest by the colonialists as part of deeply unfair treaties as part of an ongoing policy of destroying their heritage and identity.great warriors reduced to alcoholics and victims or move to the city(if they can afford to)and join the wonderful hedonistic soulless society of western neo-liberalism...
Or maybe they just don't want to
Discrimination. No guarantees employers will employer them etc
I had seen another documentary about Highway 16 . And a comment there said it best.
These animals aren’t criminal masterminds, they just know how to take advantage of a corrupt system
Quick question: How are the women Aboriginal and not native American?
They are in Canada.
@@woosworld890 🍁 Canadian then..
Its truckies on speed 🤔 killing these women. 😢
May Peace fall upon the Ppl and safety
Related question: In 2015, I live in Seattle, I drove East to Wenatchee, and North on US 97 into Canada, which becomes BC 97, at Osoyoos. Instead of going North to Kelowna (say it: key-LOW-na), I turned West on BC 3 to head towards Hope. Since 2012, Vancouver BC has been my favorite vacation spot. I am Japanese-American, born in 1973 in Seattle, where I grew up. So, not TWO miles after I turned West on BC 3, there was a 15-16 year old attractive half First Nations girl, putting out her thumb to hitch a ride with me. I kept driving. I smiled and waved politely, but I kept driving. I NEVER pick up a hitchhiker, nor have I EVER hitchhiked! I don't know what motives (robbery, murder) or weapons these people may have. And, how did this Native American girl know that I'M not some crazed man with bad motives? Equally, how do I know that if I stopped to pick her up, she didn't have a MALE ACCOMPLICE hiding behind a rock, who would dart out and ambush me? I have heard that the Highway of Tears is a BEAUTIFUL and SCENIC drive, which is what I like, and why (before the pandemic hit) I thought about driving it: Ferry from Campbell River to Prince Rupert, to Prince George (which I'm scared of), back to Vancouver. Well, remember I'm a JAPANESE-AMERICAN, even worse, a typical nerdy-looking Asian who wears glasses, and is about 10-15 pounds overweight, and 49 in 2022: Which means, I am a PRIME target for these girls who want to hitchhike. "What can THAT nerdy-looking Japanese-American possibly do bad to me?" Which is true: I wouldn't ever do anything bad to anybody, especially a female. Plus, my Washington license plate would tell them, "He's definitely heading Eastward." If I ever do this drive, I HAVE to stop and eat, and get gas somewhere, so I better be careful about not being targeted as a driver to give these young women a ride. I'll just have to say, "Unfortunately, my car is too full of my luggage."
Nice victim blamimg, WEIRDO. Bur they don't even have a fckng choice
@stellafollowplanetgwenskin3401 Hi Stella. I shared this for a few reasons: First of all, this is a PUBLIC forum, and I have every right to post on it, as long as I don't threaten anybody, or disclose confidential information. Second, like anybody watching this video, I'm a true crime buff. Looking at the geography involved with where I live and grew up, and where this story took place, makes it much more RELATABLE, compared to a story say in Virginia or North Carolina, where I don't have much experience going to. Third, this story is largely about HITCHHIKING young women (add to it, MY Osoyoos story involves an Indigenous woman, too). Fourth, I think that my story is a great heads-up, not only for hitchhikers (not just female hitchhikers), but potential ride GIVERS, that we ALL need to be careful. If you are a classic "harmless looking man," you WILL be targeted in "being asked for a ride." And (even though I AM totally harmless), this is a reminder to hitchhikers (not just female), that just because I LOOK harmless (Japanese-American nerd with glasses, slightly overweight), does NOT mean that I'm a slam dunk to NOT be a "bad person." (but again, I am truly a GOOD harmless person)
@stellafollowplanetgwenskin3401 Also, I have a friend, he's 5'6", 375 pounds, and one time, I told him, "I would never ever hitchhike. And, I would never ever pick up a hitchhiker." Totally serious, his reply was, "What if it's a hot woman?" The POINT is, even some ADULTS are totally naive about BOTH sides of hitchhiking (hitching a ride, and pickup up hitchhikers).
Don't these tribal communities have funds for them? Maybe they can pay for shuttle busses. It's obviously more than one killer, and the victims are the bait because there's so many of them out on the road.
The reservations have no money for schools within a 5 hr drive how do they pay for transportation 92% unemployment
@@davidwoermansr I don't know Maybe it's time they figure it out themselves.
@@dorothykilgallenwasmurdere1653 hard to do without money or jobs but jumping in a vehicle with a stranger is not really a good idea unless you're armed and prepared to defend yourself with deadly force
@@davidwoermansr yeah. Arm yourself,. But they're going to have to be proactive and help themselves.
@@dorothykilgallenwasmurdere1653 I'm always on guard around people so are my kids especially my girls
It has to be multiple people 40years ? even at 20 he’d have to be 60 atleast
President Trump had money budgeted to help this crisis and shortly after being instilled as President, Brandon cut off that money. I care very much about this crisis and would help any way I can. RiP to the women and blessings to their families. 🙏🏻🌹🌸
Your comment is the perfect illustration of why Trump said "I love the uneducated." Trump and Biden (or "Brandon," as you creative geniuses call him) are United States presidents. Canada is a foreign country, and a wealthy one at that. They don't need our money to solve their social problems. And please start using a dictionary. INSTILLED is not the correct word. Try INSTALLED, INAUGURATED, or ELECTED.
What? What does Trump have to do with a series of murders taking place in the far reaches of Canada? I think you are confusing this with something different entirely.
@@paulgordon6949 I’m sure that they’re just trolling. Trump’s supporters are pathetic.
Biden didn't do that. He actually did more. Sorry Laura.
That orange peel wouldn't help these people? He did nothing for the people.
If they felt insecure, why did they go to the woods alone, with an apple knife and backpack?
An unnerving collateral story that happened in this same area involved a man. He was in his truck that had a camper on the back. He had a habit of traveling this road, and when sleepy at night, would just pull over, crawl in the back on a mattress he had there, and sleep for a few hours. One night, he was about to doze off, when a man walked up out of nowhere and knocked on the camper, asking 'hey, buddy, you in there?' He was frightened and didn't answer. The man walked away...back to his car a hundred meters or so to the front of his truck, and while he did, the truck owner threw on his clothes, jumped out and jumped in the truck cab, as he started up the truck, the man who had walked up and two others jumped out of the car and ran at his truck...one had an axe. He said he had no doubt they were going to off-him right there...maybe they were after money, or his truck, or maybe just wanted the thrill...either way, he reported it to the RCMP, and by the time they made it back out there, of course, there was no car to be seen...they were gone. To my understanding, this happened in the late 1990's.
Why is the murders of these poor women keep happening? Is law enforcement just plain stupid or don't they give a damn. What if it was a policemans daughter ? Do something about it instead of showing families dead bodies!!! Start a bus route along highway and have cops walking the areas. It seems like no one cares about except the families of those poor women. To me it is disgusting!!!!❤❤
I don't know what to say. After so many murder in the high way why they keep on going if it's a dangerous place just don't go. So sorry for the lost rip
Shocking. Men who are predators hunting women and nothing getting done about it.
The women ask for it but there needs to be of course a sting presence of police in the country too. Crazy people love the remote watch
For so many years absolutely abused!!!!!!!!!!
We need more police 🚨
Lonnie Gabriel landrud. Look it up
And Canada hates firearms! Im from Texas, and we'll; Instead of expensive mass transport, give each female a firearm..I would suggest a .22, 5 shot clip. Problem Solved....
Exactly but I think Canada just wants control of the people, if they can't defend themselves so be it.
A remote area, easy passing, possibility to take exits to another routes. It is honeypot for killers. Easy killing, easy disposal of bodies, negligent, incapable and underfunded law enforcement.
Most are probably single cases, not the work of serial killer(s). Opportunity makes the thief, it also makes the rapist and murderer.
and they have the audacity to wonder why women choose the bear, every damn time.
Why are many of your videos unavailable in the United Kingdom?
Two words,truck drivers
Nope rcmp. Look up Lonnie landrud
Why are these people treated like trash? The are human beings just like the rest of the world. It makes me feel sick to my stomach to see these documentaries. I feel justice needs done to wise up.we are all human no matter what you do duch as a cop or judge etc. Do something for these poor women and their families. They were here first!!!
Will watch later, good to see Australia getting some exposure
The Highway of Tears is in Canada, not Australia. The word aboriginal means the same thing as indigenous.
🤣quit the pot
WE have our own psychopaths' here hello from NSW
This is in Canada...
@@allisonbarry720 K
Australia here