This month marks 19 years since Lisa Marie Young disappeared and police on Vancouver Island say they are following new leads in the investigation.

Young, an Indigenous woman, disappeared in Nanaimo in the early-morning hours on June 30, 2002, in a case police consider a homicide. Investigators gave an update at a press conference at the RCMP detachment in Nanaimo on Saturday, June 26.

Many investigators have worked on the file over the 19 years and Cpl. Markus Muntener, current co-lead investigator, said new information has come to light. Muntener said there is information he can含羞草研究社檛 share, as it is an active investigation, but police have 含羞草研究社渃ompleted numerous searches in the last year.含羞草研究社�

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Police have employed modern technology to assist with the investigation including the use of a police dog and ground-penetrating radar.

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He and co-lead investigator Const. Hayley Pinfold said investigators have been aided by people coming forward who previously weren含羞草研究社檛 comfortable talking to police.

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There may be other people out there in the same situation and police hope they will come forward as well.

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Cyndy Hall, organizer of a march that followed the press conference and one of the Lisa Marie Young Facebook page operators, described Young as friendly.

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Young含羞草研究社檚 family continues to wait to learn of her fate, including Carol Frank, Young含羞草研究社檚 aunt.

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Anyone looking to provide information is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP含羞草研究社檚 non-emergency line at 250-754-2345.

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