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On January 30th, 2021, 23-year-old Shaelene Keeler Bell left her apartment in Chilliwack for what she said would be a short drive — and vanished. Four months later, her body was discovered in the Fraser River nearly 90 kilometers away, but how she ended up there remains a mystery. This is the story of Shae, a young mother whose case still leaves more questions than answers.

Sources

“The Death of Chilliwack’s Shaelene Bell Classified as ‘Undetermined’: Coroner.” The Chilliwack Progress, 18 Nov. 2022. https://www.theprogress.com
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“Memorial Plaque for Shaelene Bell Stolen in Chilliwack.” Mission City Record, 14 Aug. 2023. https://www.missioncityrecord.com
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“Search Continues for Missing Chilliwack Mom Shaelene Bell.” Vancouver Sun, 5 Feb. 2021. https://vancouversun.com
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“Sylvan Lake Woman Continues Months-Long Search for Missing Sister.” rdnewsNOW, 8 June 2021. https://rdnewsnow.com
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Statistics Canada. “Suicides and Suicide Rate, by Sex and by Age Group.” Government of Canada, 2012. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-624-x/2012001/article/11696-eng.htm
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Additional details and personal accounts were provided by family members and a close friend of Shaelene Bell. All have chosen to remain anonymous.

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In October 1995, two best friends were attacked while walking home in Abbotsford. One barely survived with catastrophic injuries, the other never made it home. What followed was months of taunts, terror, and a chilling hunt for the man who called himself ‘the 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/abbotsford-killer-terry-driver-dies-1.6143184

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/abbotsford-killer-terry-driver-dies-in-prison-survivor-of-attack-says-news-offers-relief-1.5555476

The Devil You Know. “The Ultimate Betrayal.” Season 3, Episode 7, produced by Make Believe Media, aired 14 Dec. 2011, Investigation Discovery. Available on Tubi, https://tubitv.com

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On a warm July night in 2017, 13-year-old Marrisa Shen left her Burnaby home for a quick walk to Tim Hortons. She never came back. By morning, police searching Central Park uncovered a discovery that shook the entire community.

The investigation would span years, involve one of Canada’s most unusual sting operations, and end in a trial that stunned everyone who followed it.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tea-cup-sting-ibrahim-ali-investigation-1.7084214

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/marrisa-shen-dna-analysis-1.4762891

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/marrisa-shen-friend-testifies-trial-1.6810641

.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ibrahim-ali-murder-trial-plea-1.6806783

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https://globalnews.ca/news/9545313/marrisa-shen-murder-trial-jury-selection/

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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.

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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, Ed. “Oladijde’s Life Has Had Plenty of Punch, but Story Isn’t Finished.” The Province, 15 Nov. 2020, https://theprovince.com/sports/ed-willes-oladjides-life-has-had-plenty-of-punch-but-says-story-isnt-finished
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Vancouver Sun. “Quote from Victoria’s brother and mother.” Vancouver Sun, [insert date], [insert URL].

Younker, Victoria. Canadian Crimeopedia, https://canadiancrimeopedia.ca/unsolved-victoria-younker
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Tracy Olajide. Canadian Crimeopedia, https://canadiancrimeopedia.ca/unsolved-tracy-olajide
. Accessed 5 Sept. 2025.

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Over Labour Day weekend in 2010, Rachael Bagnall and Jonathan Jette set out for a backcountry trip to a remote, heart-shaped lake in British Columbia's Coast Mountains. What was meant to be a final adventure together before Racheal left the country turned into something else entirely. To this day, their story raises the haunting question- what happened on that trail?

Works Cited

CBC News. “B.C. Search for 2 Hikers Resumes.” CBC News, 11 Sept. 2010, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-search-for-2-hikers-resumes-1.907941
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Global News. “Search Continues for Hikers Missing near Pemberton.” Global News, 9 Sept. 2010, https://globalnews.ca/news/91135/search-continues-for-hikers-missing-near-pemberton/
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Government of Canada. “Canada’s Missing: Case Details.” Canada’s Missing, https://www.canadasmissing.ca
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Jonathan Jetté and Rachael Bagnall. Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/Jonathan-Jette-and-Rachael-Bagnall
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Mysterious Canada. “The British Columbia Triangle: 1/6 – Canada’s Bermuda Triangle.” Mysteries of Canada, 28 May 2022, https://mysteriesofcanada.com/bc/the-british-columbia-triangle-2-6-missing-411-canada
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Mysterious Canada. “The British Columbia Triangle: 2/6 – Unsolved Disappearances in Canada.” Mysteries of Canada, 30 Oct. 2021, https://mysteriesofcanada.com/bc/the-british-columbia-triangle-2-6-missing-411-canada
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Pique Newsmagazine. “Missing in the Backcountry.” Pique Newsmagazine, 16 Sept. 2010, https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/cover-stories/missing-in-the-backcountry-2489240
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Reddit. “Lost around Valentine Lake: The Disappearance of Jonathan Jetté and Rachael Bagnall (2010).” r/UnresolvedMysteries, 11 Mar. 2013, https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1c7exop/lost_around_valentine_lake_the_disappearance_of
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Strange Outdoors. “The Puzzling Disappearance of Jonathan Jetté and Rachael Bagnall near Valentine Lake.” Strange Outdoors, 27 Oct. 2017, https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/jonathan-jette-and-rachel-bagnall
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In 1988, the quiet town of Mission, BC, is shattered when the Madsen family is brutally murdered in their home. What unfolds is a chilling story of betrayal, teenage violence, and a community forever scarred. This episode of Valley of Secrets unravels the lives lost, the investigation, and the trial that shocked British Columbia.

Sources

• Times Colonist — “Axe-Murder Trial Hears from Defence Today,” March 13, 1989. (FVRL Digital Archive)
• Times Colonist — “Murdered Couple Pleaded to Have ‘Deviate’ Stay with Them,” March 18, 1989. (Newspapers.com)
• Vancouver Sun — “Teenager Had History of Violence,” July 28, 1990. (FVRL Digital Archive)
• Vancouver Sun — Trial coverage, March 7–9 and March 17, 1989. (Newspapers.com)
• Prince George Citizen — Coverage of Borglund and Peever trial, 1989. (Prince George Digitization Project)
• Orlando Sentinel — “Ax-Murder Convictions: Two Teen-Agers Have Been Convicted…,” 1989.
• Find a Grave — “Leny Claziena van Rikxoort Madsen (1958–1988).”
• Serving Life 25 — “One Guard’s Story: Stories from the ‘Big House,’” Facebook post, 2019.
• Newspapers.com — [Archival article referring to Tyrone Borglund as a “deviate”], 1989.

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