FIVE WOMEN ADDED TO LIST OF MISSING FROM
DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE
January 15, 2002
Vancouver, BC: The Vancouver Missing Women Review Team has added five women to
the list of those missing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. These women have
been added to the official list of missing women as a result of the continuing
review of all missing persons cases and homicides of Vancouver street trade
workers.
These additions bring the total of missing women to 50.
The five missing women are:
Rebecca Louisa GUNO
Date of Birth - May 25th, 1960
Reported Missing - June 25th, 1983 to Vancouver Police Dept.
Last Seen - June 22, 1983
Heather Kathleen BOTTOMLEY
Date of Birth - Aug. 17th, 1976
Reported Missing - April 17th, 2001 to Vancouver Police Dept.
Last Seen - April 17th, 2001
Mona Lee WILSON
Date of Birth - Jan. 13th, 1975
Reported Missing - Nov. 30th, 2001 to Vancouver Police Dept.
Last Seen - Nov. 23rd, 2001
Dianne Rosemary ROCK
Date of Birth - Sept. 2nd, 1967
Reported Missing - Dec. 13th, 2001 to Vancouver Police Dept.
Last Seen - Oct. 19th, 2001
Elaine Phyllis DUMBA
Date of Birth - March 12th, 1955
Reported Missing - April 9th, 1998 to
Coquitlam RCMP
Last Seen - 1989
The review team is working closely with various agencies in the Downtown
Eastside to ensure the women working in that area remain vigilant, not only for
themselves but for each other, and we are encouraging them to contact the police
with information that may help solve these disappearances.
Should anyone from the public have information regarding the homicide or
disappearance of a Vancouver street trade worker, please phone Crime Stoppers at
604-662-TIPS (8477) or the Missing Woman Tip line at 1-877-687-3377.
Released by:
Cate Galliford, Cst. RCMP/Vancouver Missing Women Review Team
Phone: (604)660-4203
Pager: (604)632-9181
and
Scott Driemel, Detective
Vancouver Police Media Relations
Phone: (604)717-2681
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