VANCOUVER EASTSIDE MISSING WOMEN

Simon Fraser University Criminology Professor John Lowman

Criminology Professor John Lowman was on CKNW's Where Are These Women series. When asked his opinion on the possibility of a serial killer in the disappearance of 21 women from the downtown eastside, said that the fears of family and friends were well founded. Statistics from the RCMP and Vancouver Police Department on prostitute murders:

1960 - 1975,     no murders reported
1975 -              (1) murder
1976 - 1980,     (4) murders
1981 - 1985,   (12) murders
1986 - 1995,   (50) murders

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Updated: January 01, 2007