This week on LOTW, Becky and Bevy discuss a case that begins with two best friends and a walk that should have ended with both of them getting home safely.

Tanya Smith and Misty Cockerill were teenagers growing up in Abbotsford, British Columbia — best friends navigating the ordinary things that come with being young: nights out, friendships, and the freedom that comes with feeling safe in your own community.

But one October night in 1995, after heading out together, something interrupted what should have been a routine walk home. And what followed wouldn’t just change two families — it would leave an entire community looking over its shoulder for months.

Sources

• YouTube: “Tanya Smith and Misty Cockerill Case”

• CBC

• Wikipedia

• Reddit

• Vancouver CityNews

• Mystery Delver