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In the winter of 1995, three young women — Tracy Olajide, Tammy Pipe, and Victoria Younker — are brutally murdered in the shadow of Hemlock Valley, a ski resort in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley.
In this episode of Valley of Secrets, we retrace their lives, their final days, and the unanswered questions that still linger nearly three decades later.
Works Cited
The Chilliwack Progress. “Body of Woman Found in East Vancouver Dumpster.” The Chilliwack Progress, 6 Mar. 1993. ProQuest.
CBC News. “RCMP Announce Charges in 26-Year-Old Unsolved Vancouver Homicide.” CBC News, 24 Nov. 2019, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rcmp-announce-charges-in-26-year-old-unsolved-vancouver-homicide-1.5372254
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CBC News. “Vicki Black’s Death Has Been Solved after 27 Years, but for Some the Wounds Are Still Fresh.” CBC News, 18 Nov. 2020, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vicki-black-death-solved-1.5811193
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Crime Immemorial. “The Hemlock Valley Murders.” Crime Immemorial, 20 May 2025, https://crimeimmemorial.com/2025/05/20/the-hemlock-valley-murders
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Hodgins, Tamara, Andrew Ho, and Mark Sandercock. “Identification of Modern Automotive Paint Systems using Paint Data Query (PDQ): A Collaborative Study.” Journal of the American Society of Trace Evidence Examiners, vol. 6, no. 3, 2015, pp. 46–63. JASTEE.
National Institute of Justice. PDQ: Tracking Down a Vehicle. U.S. Department of Justice, https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/nlectc/211821.pdf
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Oppal, Wally T., commissioner. Forsaken: The Report of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. Province of British Columbia, 2012, https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/law-crime-and-justice/about-bc-justice-system/inquiries/forsaken-es.pdf
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Ritchart, Kevin. “DNA Doesn’t Lie: Catching the Green River Killer.” Fisher Scientific Online Exclusives, 2019, https://www.fishersci.com/us/en/scientific-products/publications/online-exclusives/dna-doesn-t-lie-catching-green-river-killer.html
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Ridgway, Gary Leon. Wikipedia, last updated Aug. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway.
Willes, E
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In the winter of 1995, three young women — Tracy Olajide, Tammy Pipe, and Victoria Younker — are brutally murdered in the shadow of Hemlock Valley, a ski resort in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley.
In this episode of Valley of Secrets, we retrace their lives, their final days, and the unanswered questions that still linger nearly three decades later.
Works Cited
The Chilliwack Progress. “Body of Woman Found in East Vancouver Dumpster.” The Chilliwack Progress, 6 Mar. 1993. ProQuest.
CBC News. “RCMP Announce Charges in 26-Year-Old Unsolved Vancouver Homicide.” CBC News, 24 Nov. 2019, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rcmp-announce-charges-in-26-year-old-unsolved-vancouver-homicide-1.5372254
.
CBC News. “Vicki Black’s Death Has Been Solved after 27 Years, but for Some the Wounds Are Still Fresh.” CBC News, 18 Nov. 2020, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vicki-black-death-solved-1.5811193
.
Crime Immemorial. “The Hemlock Valley Murders.” Crime Immemorial, 20 May 2025, https://crimeimmemorial.com/2025/05/20/the-hemlock-valley-murders
.
Hodgins, Tamara, Andrew Ho, and Mark Sandercock. “Identification of Modern Automotive Paint Systems using Paint Data Query (PDQ): A Collaborative Study.” Journal of the American Society of Trace Evidence Examiners, vol. 6, no. 3, 2015, pp. 46–63. JASTEE.
National Institute of Justice. PDQ: Tracking Down a Vehicle. U.S. Department of Justice, https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/nlectc/211821.pdf
.
Oppal, Wally T., commissioner. Forsaken: The Report of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. Province of British Columbia, 2012, https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/law-crime-and-justice/about-bc-justice-system/inquiries/forsaken-es.pdf
.
Ritchart, Kevin. “DNA Doesn’t Lie: Catching the Green River Killer.” Fisher Scientific Online Exclusives, 2019, https://www.fishersci.com/us/en/scientific-products/publications/online-exclusives/dna-doesn-t-lie-catching-green-river-killer.html
.
Ridgway, Gary Leon. Wikipedia, last updated Aug. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway.
Willes, E
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