A12 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Private investigator must

share any leads:

By MARGARET SPEIRS

AN RCMP . spokesperson

” cautions a private investiga-

tor - against revealing too
many details in the cases of
the, missing and murdered
women along Hwy 16 and.
says he must provide any
_ leads to the police.

. “We have been in contact
with the private investiga-
tor and he understands very

_ clearly that should he have

‘information . that “someone
comes forward with regard-
ing any of these issues, he
should be giving us a call
and we expect that to happen
Should he uncover some-
thing,” said Staff Sgt. John
Ward, a communications

officer for the RCMP in -

B.C.
‘Ray Michalko, a private
investigator who _ visited
the Terrace area earlier this
year, plans to come north in
‘the next two. weeks to talk
with tipsters and five people
of interest who he believes '
may be able to lead him to-

ward the solution to the de-

cades-old mystery of who’s
‘abducting and murdering |

- women along the highway

between Prince George and
‘Prince Rupert.

Michalko can say he has
five people of interest to
talk to as long as they’re not

‘identified, said Ward.

“If there’s a name men-
tioned that would be a huge

_ problem,” Ward said."

“First of all, the RCMP. -
never ever mention names .
of individuals involved, in
investigations and the only
time we can actually do that
is if and’ when charges are.
laid by the crown.

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THE RCMP says that private investigator Ray Michalko,
shown here in Terrace this spring, could provide valu-

able information in the cases of missing women along
Hwy 16 and that he must, forward any details. to its

investigators.

_ FILE PHOTO

“Now if this. gentleman,
Mr. Michalko, says he’s got
five people. of interest: then
we certainly want to know

_ who they are and we’ll take »

‘it from there.”

Ward believes the RCMP |

can investigate more easily
than a private investigator.

“We are professional po-
lice officers, professional in-
vestigators and major crime

investigators that have been -

working on this for some
time,” he said, |

_ “We've got . behaviour
experts, forensic experts and
“DNA experts. I don’ t know.
if the investigator has that
kind of support behind him.

' “IT would tend to think. |

that’s probably not the case.
.. “If-we can get informa-’

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_.might give us something to

move the investigations for-

ward then we’ll take it.”
Ward understands that

tipsters may not want to talk

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more comfortable talking
to someone who’s not a po-
lice officer,” he said, adding
that if these people provide
information to aid in the in- -
vestigation, that’s a benefit.

While up north, Michalko .

intends to investigate a num-
ber of the cases.
_ “I’m getting a fair amount

of information and it’s not

really specific to anyone,”
he said. ”

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the Terrace area.

Michalko has altered his

" initial theory on the. iden-—

tity of those responsible for
the missing and murdered
women.

“I think one person is

involved in a couple mur-
ders or disappearances, but
I don’t think one person is
responsible for all of them,”
he said.
“Y think it’s just sort of
“a random act in some cas-
es: somebody at the wrong
place at the wrong time.”
“‘Michalko will finance his
return, trip here with money
raised by a Lower Mainland
women’s group who wants
“to help with his search.
“We're not talking heaps
of money but money that
will help with the hard costs:

travel], air and car rental that.
makes a'big difference,” he |

said. ;
Michalko will ensure fly-
ers he’s made up are deliv-

ered to the southwest end of -
‘Prince George prior to his -

visit.

The flyers ask that any-
one with information about
the disappearances of Leah
Alishia Germaine or Nicole
Hoar, both of whom went
missing near Prince George,
to ‘call the police, or Mi-
chalko.

He hasn’t ‘spoken to any
of the families of the missing
or murdered women since
his trip here this spring. .

. He forwarded some tips

to the Prince George RCMP. |

during his previous visit and
hasn’t heard back, but says
he didn’t expect to.

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