1990: Delphine Nikal, 15, was the first to disappear. She was last seen June 13, hitchhiking east on Highway 16 from Smithers to her home in Telkwa. She is still missing.
1994: Ramona Wilson, 15, disappears. She was last seen on June 11, hitchhiking from Smithers to a friend's home in Moricetown. Her body was found April 9 the next year in the woods by the Smithers airport.
Roxanne Thiara, 15, disappeared in Prince George. She was seen on the July long weekend. Her body was discovered in the bush along Highway 16, near Burns Lake.
Alishia Germaine, 15, was found dead Dec. 9 of multiple stab wounds in Prince George.
1995: After three girls had disappeared along the highway, RCMP investigators in Prince George brought in violent crime analysts and psychological profilers to go over a number of unsolved files. A dozen officers examined the possibility a serial killer was roaming the area.
Months after the conference, 19-year-old Lana Derrick disappeared. She was last seen Oct. 7, 1995. She is still missing.
Late 1990s: Fred Maile, one of the RCMP investigators who solved the Clifford Olson serial murder case was invited to look into the case by the Calgary-based Missing Children Society. He told a Calgary newspaper that he was convinced the Highway 16 disappearances were the work of a serial killer.
2002: Nicole Hoar, 25, disappears west of Prince George. Last seen June 21. She is still missing.
2005: Tamara Chipman, 22, of Terrace, disappeared Sept. 21 while hitchhiking outside Prince Rupert. Terrace RCMP Staff-Sgt. Eric Stubbs said police cannot rule out the serial killer theory. "That's something we have to consider," he said Friday.
This story can be read in its entirety, here. Many thanks to Neal Hall and the Vancouver Sun for graciously allowing me to reprint this timeline here.
Sadly, on Friday, February 10,2006, the body of another young woman was found on the outskirts of Prince George. The body was positively identified as 14 year old Aielah Katherina Saric-Auger. Aielah had been reported missing on February 2. The cause of death has not been released, but police are treating it as suspicious.
Again, anyone with any information about these crimes is asked to contact the RCMP or CrimeStoppers.