JUSTICE TOO LATE?

VANCOUVER -- A new RCMP task force involving
37 investigators has been assigned to probe the
deaths or disappearances of nine young women
along Highway 16 in northern British Columbia.
Solicitor-General John Les said yesterday that
22 investigators will try to find out who killed
Aielah Saric-Auger, a 14-year-old
native girl whose body was found on Feb. 10.
Another 15 officers will probe eight other
unsolved cases, dating to 1990, in which women
were killed or disappeared along Highway 16.
The route, which runs from Prince George to
Terrace, has been dubbed the
"Highway of Tears" due to the large number
of deaths or disappearances associated with
it.
"These tragic deaths have shocked and
saddened people across the province," Mr. Les
said in a statement.
"A targeted police team will help ensure that
we have the resources and tools to find out
what happened to these women so that justice
is done and the communities can start to heal."
...
"Most of the women who have
disappeared along Highway 16 have been
between the ages of 15 and 19,
and most have been native." ...

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