Woman Missing for 50 Years Turns Up in the Yukon

Faline · #1 ● 07-19-2013, 05:11 PM

Lucy Johnson, now 77, was last spotted by a neighbour in Surrey, British Columbia where she had been living. Police had investigated her husband, in part because he did not report her missing until four years later.
They excavated the family's back yard looking for clues, but uncovered nothing pointing to her fate, and the case went cold.
The husband, Marvin, died in the late 1990s.
Last month, Surrey police highlighted Lucy's disappearance hoping to generate new clues in a routine revisiting of missing persons cases, while her daughter Linda placed an ad in a British Columbia newspaper.
Shortly afterwards the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) received a call from a stepsister Linda didn't know she had, to say that their mother was now living in the Yukon.

"The wheels were set in motion and it led to finding Lucy Johnson alive and well," RCMP Corporal Bert Paquet said.
"We received a phone call from the stepdaughter in the Yukon who claimed that she had seen the picture of a missing person in the newspaper and she said the missing person we were looking for was her mother," he said.
"It's a life-changing event," Paquet commented. "She's certainly got some explaining to do to her family."
Investigators are also looking into why Lucy picked up and left without a word.

Sharon · #2 ● 07-19-2013, 05:25 PM

She certainly has got some explaining to do!!

banana dick · #3 ● 07-19-2013, 05:36 PM

the fact that the husband just never reported her missing makes it sound like he was a bad husband. chances are she was fleeing from something, possibly him.

Viking64 · #4 ● 07-19-2013, 05:38 PM

Yu(can)kon some of the people all of the time, and Yu(can)kon all of the people some of the time, but Yukant hide forever.

Faline · #5 ● 07-19-2013, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by Viking64 ↗

Yu(can)kon some of the people all of the time, and Yu(can)kon all of the people some of the time, but Yukant hide forever.

ffs

!!

slapchoppa · #6 ● 07-19-2013, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by Sharon. ↗

She certainly has got some explaining to do!!

ba-dum-tsss! (made me laugh, Sharon)

CuriousOne · #7 ● 07-20-2013, 12:18 AM

Luuuucyyyy, you got some 'splainin' to do!

**kellyhound** · #8 ● 07-20-2013, 08:35 AM

weird, hubby couldn't care less she just leaving. maybe she can shed some light on why she left and him keeping it quiet for 4 years

Oswald2001 · #9 ● 07-20-2013, 08:50 AM

Sometimes you walk out of your life.

Sometimes your life walks out on you.

It's not that uncommon.

DiamondSmiles · #10 ● 07-20-2013, 08:17 PM

I watched a show last night on either, "Dateline," or, "20/20," about a man who left his wife and family because he decided he was gay.

He left his wallet in a bad part of town and a few checks were cashed.

He was declared dead after the 7 or 8 years; the wife got his $800,000.00 life insurance money. One of his daughter refuses to talk with him. Can't blame her.

His mother consideres it a blessing that he's back. The insurance company wants him to pay back the money, but, he said it's not his responsibility. I don't recall his name or where it was.

People really need to communicate more

Woman Missing for 50 Years Turns Up in the Yukon

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