THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE JACK FAMILY

2021-05-20 12:47:58 Written by Jones Jay

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE JACK FAMILY 

In 1989 the Jack family, a family of four, of the Cheslatta Carrier Nation disappeared from Prince George BC. Ronald and Doreen Jack are the parents of Russell, age nine, and Ryan, age four. All 4 of them supposedly disappeared that year in 1989.

 

On August 2, 1989, Ronald called his mum in Burns Lake to inform her that he and his spouse Doreen had earned jobs at a logging camp. And that is the last time anyone has noticed or heard of the Jack family.

Ronald had told that he met a man at a local pub who informed him about the jobs available at the camp, but time was a problem and they would have to leave right away if they were to take benefit of the chance. As a young family where money was a big problem, Ronald was fascinated about his luck meeting this man that told the information.

 

Ronald said to his mother that the camp was five miles past Bednesti in the Cluculz Lake region, that they would be left for about 10 days, and that the camp had a daycare available so they were going to take their young kids with them as well, and would be back to their residence in time for Russell to go to school in September.

 

A witness explained the man Ronald met in the First Litre pub in Prince George as a tall caucasian man in his mid-30s to early 40s. Standing 6`to 6`5" and “hefty, but not fat” was calculated by the witness to be 250–275lbs. A fine big man. Ronald was 5'6" and 150 lbs and Doreen was 5'2" and 110lbs. This man Ronald met would have dominated over them.

The guy Ronald met had red hair and mustache, a beard, and wore blue pants with a red plaid shirt and a baseball cap, work boots, and a waist-length nylon coat. It has been indicated that this explanation bears a stunning similarity to David Pickton, brother of the notorious pig farmer/serial murderer Robert “Willie” Pickton.

On January 28, 1996, a local RCMP got an anonymous clue claiming that the family had been murdered and buried on a farm. The voice on the call was muffled and hard to hear, and even after attempting to improve the audio on the call, the authorities were powerless to hear really what the farm name was, or its area.

The police believed that the tipster told that the family was buried on the south end of “Gordie’s Ranch”. The RCMP searched what they believed was the right Gordie’s Ranch, but didn’t discover any evidence of the missing family. The caller’s phone number was tracked to the Stoney Creek region of BC.

 

The home that the call came from had a home party the night before, clarifying how tough it was to hear what the caller was telling. RCMP questioned the party-goers but found no new evidence, and could not recognize the person that made the phone call.

Someone out there remembers something. Maybe somebody reading this now.

If you have any evidence on this case please call at Prince George RCMP at 250–561–3300 or, to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 222–8477.