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The Most Horrifying Cold Case In Canadian History · History Dark

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  Speaker 1: On a cold February evening in 2008, a young realtor
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  Speaker 1: in Victoria, British Columbia prepared for what could have been
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  Speaker 1: the biggest sale of her life. The clients were mysterious,
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  Speaker 1: wealthy newcomers to the city eager to buy a million-dollar house.
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  Speaker 1: They found her through a recommendation she couldn't trace, spoken
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  Speaker 1: in an accent she wasn't sure was real, and insisted
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  Speaker 1: on meeting immediately. And by the next day, Lindsay Buziak
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  Speaker 1: would be dead. And 17 years later, their faces are
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  Speaker 1: still unknown. And what happened inside that house wasn't just
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  Speaker 1: a killing. It was an execution. And someone out there
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  Speaker 1: planned it to perfection. This is the story of Lindsay Buziak. Crime, conspiracy, cults,
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  Speaker 1: serial killers, and murder. All things that I love to consume,
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  Speaker 1: and I know you do too, you sick, twisted, beautiful, intellectually-minded...
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  Speaker 1: And today we're getting into kind of a more personal case. Honestly,
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  Speaker 1: I was around and alive and knowing what was going
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  Speaker 1: on during this case and it was close to home
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  Speaker 1: and it bothers me that it is still a cold case.
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  Speaker 1: So without further ado, let's unbuckle our seatbelts, go Mach
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  Speaker 1: 5 down the highway, slam on the brakes and bust
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  Speaker 1: through this windshield into this cold case together. Lindsay Elizabeth
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  Speaker 1: Buziak was born on November 2nd, 1983 in Victoria, British Columbia.
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  Speaker 1: She was the first daughter of Jeff Buziak, a local
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  Speaker 1: real estate agent, and Evelyn Reitmayer, a stay-at-home mom. And
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  Speaker 1: in 1986, Lindsay became a big sister when her sibling
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  Speaker 1: Sarah was born. And though her parents' marriage ended in
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  Speaker 1: the mid-1990s, the divorce did not fracture Lindsay's family bonds,
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  Speaker 1: because she would remain close to both her mother and
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  Speaker 1: her father as she grew up, luckily. So as a child,
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay split time between Victoria and the peaceful summers at
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  Speaker 1: Lake Cowichan, where the family kept a trailer at an
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  Speaker 1: RV lot. And those summers were filled with laughter and play,
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  Speaker 1: and Lindsay's younger sister, Sarah, fondly remembers learning to swim
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  Speaker 1: just to keep up with her energetic big sister. And
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  Speaker 1: from an early age, Lindsay's personality just sparkled. And she
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  Speaker 1: was often described as a happy, outgoing little girl, quote,
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  Speaker 1: full of joy, unquote, as her mother recalls. And there
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  Speaker 1: was a fashionable flair about her even in childhood. One
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  Speaker 1: story even recounts how young Lindsay once begged for grape-flavored
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  Speaker 1: bubblegum simply because it matched her purple outfit, which is
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely adorable. And her mother would gently refuse, saying she
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  Speaker 1: would buy what Lindsay needed, not just what she wanted.
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  Speaker 1: But ever resourceful, Lindsay took that as motivation. And by
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  Speaker 1: her early teens, she landed her very first job at Sirens,
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  Speaker 1: which was a trendy clothing store in Victoria's Mall. And
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay was determined to earn the things she wanted. Just
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  Speaker 1: a hint at the ambition that would later define her.
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  Speaker 1: So Lindsay grew up in the greater Victoria area and
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  Speaker 1: attended local schools, including Royal Oak Middle School and Reynolds
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  Speaker 1: Secondary School in her teen years. And in school, she
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  Speaker 1: became known for an infectious smile and a warmth that
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  Speaker 1: just drew others in. She was just an overall amazing person.
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  Speaker 1: And friends and teachers remember Lindsay's genuine ability to make
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  Speaker 1: people feel valued. She, quote, could make friends with everybody, unquote.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what her father, Jeff, later said about her. Yet,
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay wasn't just friendly. She had a compassionate streak and
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  Speaker 1: a strong sense of right and wrong. And her mother
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  Speaker 1: tells of an instance when Lindsay witnessed a boy being
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  Speaker 1: bullied at school, where Lindsay immediately stood up for him,
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  Speaker 1: stepping in to stop the teasing, saying, quote, I was
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  Speaker 1: really proud because that's the way you're supposed to be.
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  Speaker 1: And Evelyn would say that about her daughter's bravery. So
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay's nurturing, people-orientated personality came with a protective side. And
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  Speaker 1: she held firm anti-drug values and chose her inner circle
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  Speaker 1: very carefully. In fact, in one of her later relationships,
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  Speaker 1: one thing she proudly told her family was that he
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  Speaker 1: didn't do drugs. Which was a key point for Lindsay,
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  Speaker 1: who stayed away from substance use and just frowned on
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  Speaker 1: that lifestyle overall. So just an extremely mature young lady.
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  Speaker 1: So she was a young woman who was both ambitious
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  Speaker 1: and compassionate in equal measure. And she had big dreams
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  Speaker 1: for her future, but never lost sight of kindness along
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  Speaker 1: the way. And she was not afraid of a little
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  Speaker 1: hard work either. Because having started employment so young, Lindsay
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  Speaker 1: developed a very strong work ethic really early on. So
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  Speaker 1: she balanced school with work and just proved to be very,
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  Speaker 1: very driven. And this would be a trait that would
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  Speaker 1: later serve her well when she decided to follow in
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  Speaker 1: her father's footsteps into real estate. So by her early 20s,
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay's ambitions crystallized into a career goal. She wanted to
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  Speaker 1: be a successful real estate agent in Victoria. So she
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  Speaker 1: would enroll in the University of British Columbia's Sauter School
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  Speaker 1: of Business real estate program and studied hard to pass
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  Speaker 1: the licensing exam. And in June of 2006, at just
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  Speaker 1: the age of 22 years old, Lindsay achieved that goal
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  Speaker 1: and she would pass her estate exam. And at the
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  Speaker 1: time she was one of only 20 real estate agents
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  Speaker 1: in the entire greater Victoria region under the age of 25.
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  Speaker 1: So it was clear that Lindsay was just a rising
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  Speaker 1: star in an industry typically dominated by older, more experienced agents.
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  Speaker 1: But she would hit the ground running. And Lindsay's first
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  Speaker 1: job in the field was with a small brokerage called Maverick,
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  Speaker 1: where she spent about a year and a half marketing
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  Speaker 1: new townhouses in Victoria's West Shore area. And being eager
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  Speaker 1: to advance, she next took an opportunity at Remax Camison.
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  Speaker 1: And being one of Victoria's top agencies and notably the
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  Speaker 1: same office where Jason Zalo's family worked. And we'll talk
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  Speaker 1: about Jason's relevance to the story in a bit. So
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  Speaker 1: joining Remax brought Lindsay under the wing of the high
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  Speaker 1: performing Zylo real estate clan. And Lindsay didn't miss a beat.
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  Speaker 1: And during about a year long period, Lindsay managed to
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  Speaker 1: close eight property transactions, totaling about 3.2 million in value.
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  Speaker 1: So it was a strong start for a 24-year-old new agent.
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  Speaker 1: And colleagues commented that Lindsay seemed just destined for success
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  Speaker 1: in real estate because she was sharp and driven and personable.
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  Speaker 1: All things you need to be a great real estate agent.
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  Speaker 1: My dad's a real estate agent, so I would know.
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  Speaker 1: But to say the least, she was absolutely kicking ass
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  Speaker 1: in the industry. And she was just exactly the kind
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  Speaker 1: of agent clients trusted. And a former coworker later noted
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  Speaker 1: that Lindsay was determined to become successful in her career
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  Speaker 1: as a licensed real estate agent. And she worked tirelessly
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  Speaker 1: toward that goal. And in that short amount of time,
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  Speaker 1: she had built a very promising reputation in Victoria's property market.
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  Speaker 1: And it was around the same time her real estate
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  Speaker 1: career was taking off that Lindsay's love life took a
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  Speaker 1: significant turn. And in late 2005, while attending a real
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  Speaker 1: estate networking event and training workshop, 22-year-old Lindsay crossed paths
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  Speaker 1: with 25-year-old Jason Zalo. And now she already knew of
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  Speaker 1: Jason from around town because he came from a very prominent,
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  Speaker 1: wealthy local family deeply involved in real estate. And Jason's mother, Shirley,
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  Speaker 1: was a successful realtor also. And the family owned investment
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  Speaker 1: properties as well. So they were just kind of known
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  Speaker 1: in that industry. And Jason himself had been a competitive
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  Speaker 1: hockey player in his youth and now worked as a
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  Speaker 1: mortgage broker and realtor. So in Lindsay's eyes, the Zalo
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  Speaker 1: family were real estate royalty in Victoria, and she was impressed. Quote,
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  Speaker 1: she really looked up to the fact that Jason was
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  Speaker 1: in the real estate industry and his mom was too. Unquote,
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  Speaker 1: said Lindsay's friend, Vicky, saying that Lindsay seemed to be
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  Speaker 1: excited to be welcomed into the Zalos world. And by mid-2006,
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay and Jason began dating seriously. And their relationship moved
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  Speaker 1: quickly and soon they were living together. And the Zalos
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  Speaker 1: provided the couple with a one-bedroom condominium in Victoria's Inner
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  Speaker 1: Harbor area. which the family owned. And that area, I've
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  Speaker 1: been there a bunch of times, beautiful, absolutely beautiful area,
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  Speaker 1: and quite expensive. And they also spent summers at a
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  Speaker 1: lavish lakefront vacation home Shirley Zalo had purchased on Shawnegan Lake,
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  Speaker 1: where Lindsay and Jason enjoyed the amenities, and even had
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  Speaker 1: a private basement suite. So from the outside, Lindsay seemed
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  Speaker 1: back to it. As 2007 drew a close, Lindsay confided
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  Speaker 1: to those closest to her that things with Jason were
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  Speaker 1: not as perfect as they appeared. And during a visit
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  Speaker 1: to see her father in Calgary on December 5th, 2007,
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay admitted she was unhappy in the relationship. And she
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  Speaker 1: told her dad that Jason didn't share the same drive
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  Speaker 1: or quote-unquote ambition she had, and that was causing friction.
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  Speaker 1: And it was during this time Lindsay even hinted at
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  Speaker 1: possibly ending the relationship. And she would repeat similar sentiments
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  Speaker 1: to her friends back home. telling them she wasn't fully
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  Speaker 1: satisfied with Jason and was considering breaking up. She just said, Daddy,
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  Speaker 1: I made a mistake. I feel horrible about it. But
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  Speaker 1: she said, I can't do it anymore. And Jason, when
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  Speaker 1: later asked, said he was aware that they had some
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  Speaker 1: troubles in the late 2007, but claimed they never discussed
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  Speaker 1: breaking up and that he believed the relationship wasn't in
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  Speaker 1: danger of ending. And interestingly, not everyone saw the cracks.
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay's sister, Sarah, thought the couple seemed happy together and
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  Speaker 1: noted that Jason, quote, treated her well, unquote, in her experience.
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  Speaker 1: And there's, I don't know, treating someone well, and then
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  Speaker 1: there's someone just not having any ambition or drive. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you're not an evil person if you're not driven. But,
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  Speaker 1: you know, if like personalities don't match, then it doesn't match.
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  Speaker 1: You can look a certain way on the outside or
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  Speaker 1: appear a certain way, but that doesn't mean that you're good.
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's just kind of an odd thing
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  Speaker 1: to say. So in early January 2008, Lindsay and Jason
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  Speaker 1: went on a trip to Whistler with Jason's family, a
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  Speaker 1: vacation Lindsay hoped would rekindle their closeness. And by all appearances,
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  Speaker 1: it appeared to work. And Lindsay came back from the
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  Speaker 1: Whistler getaway optimistic that she and Jason had turned a corner, saying, quote,
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  Speaker 1: we had such fun. This was the perfect thing. We
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  Speaker 1: needed to spend more time together, unquote. And she would
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  Speaker 1: tell this to her mother. just sounding overall upbeat about
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  Speaker 1: their future. So by all accounts, heading into February 2008,
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay was trying to make the best of their relationship.
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  Speaker 1: And she and Jason were still living together and, for
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  Speaker 1: the moment, putting on a united front. But unfortunately, Lindsay
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  Speaker 1: would never get the chance to decide what she truly
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  Speaker 1: wanted next. Because her life was about to be cut
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  Speaker 1: short in a way as shocking as it was brutal.
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  Speaker 1: So late January 2008, Lindsay received a phone call that
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  Speaker 1: would change her life. An unfamiliar woman's voice spoke on
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  Speaker 1: the other end of Lindsay's cell phone. And the collar
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  Speaker 1: had a thick foreign accent, which Lindsay would later say
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  Speaker 1: she couldn't quite describe. Maybe Spanish or Mexican, though she
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  Speaker 1: wasn't sure. Though something about it struck Lindsay as possibly fake.
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  Speaker 1: And the woman would introduce herself, though Lindsay would not
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  Speaker 1: recall the name and notably did not write it down,
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  Speaker 1: and got straight to the point. And she said her
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  Speaker 1: husband was being transferred to Victoria for work and they
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  Speaker 1: needed to buy a house immediately. And not just any house,
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  Speaker 1: a million dollar property, newly built, move-in ready with a
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  Speaker 1: separate suite for a housekeeper. So extremely specific and extremely
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  Speaker 1: quick and just all around extremely odd. So the timeline
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  Speaker 1: was urgent. The woman claimed they wanted to purchase within
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  Speaker 1: a few days, which is Insane in the real estate world.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, my dad's a real estate. That's crazy. That
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  Speaker 1: is like next level crazy, even in this time. So
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  Speaker 1: this unsolicited inquiry was both exciting and obviously unsettling for
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay because as a relatively new realtor with no seven
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  Speaker 1: figure listings of her own, a potential million dollar sale
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  Speaker 1: was a huge opportunity. the kind that would kickstart her
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  Speaker 1: career and yield a hefty commission. But something about the
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  Speaker 1: call just didn't sit right, and Lindsay couldn't shake a
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  Speaker 1: sense of unease. Because for one, the client's supposed referral
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  Speaker 1: made no sense. And when Lindsay asked how she'd gotten
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  Speaker 1: her personal cell number, the woman vaguely replied that a
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  Speaker 1: friend of her husband's had recommended Lindsay. And after the call,
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay diligently checked with all her recent clients and contacts
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  Speaker 1: But none had any idea who this mystery woman could be.
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  Speaker 1: So it appeared the referral story was a lie, which
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  Speaker 1: is a massive red flag. And there were other red flags.
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  Speaker 1: One being the accent. The woman was like deliberately disguising
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  Speaker 1: her voice with this fake accent. And the unusual urgency
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  Speaker 1: and specifics of the request as well. And Lindsay confided
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  Speaker 1: in her father and boyfriend about the strange call. And
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  Speaker 1: she told her dad outright that she had a weird
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  Speaker 1: feeling about these new clients. And Lindsay referred to the
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  Speaker 1: unknown couple as, quote-unquote, the Mexicans, referencing the accent, when
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  Speaker 1: discussing the situation with friends. So to keep track of
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  Speaker 1: the inquiry, Lindsay saved the caller's phone number in her
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  Speaker 1: contacts under the label, quote-unquote, million dollar. And it was
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  Speaker 1: just a defining feature of these clients, a million dollar budget.
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  Speaker 1: But the name also hints at Lindsay's skepticism. This potential
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  Speaker 1: deal seemed almost too good to be true, as she
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  Speaker 1: remarked to her boyfriend, Jason. And Lindsay's instincts would be
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  Speaker 1: spot on, but she just didn't know it yet. So
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  Speaker 1: the clients insisted on meeting soon. And they set an
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  Speaker 1: appointment for the next evening, Saturday, February 2nd, 2008, at 5.30pm
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  Speaker 1: to view properties. And with a mix of eagerness and dread,
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay agreed to show them a few homes. But she
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  Speaker 1: privately expressed that something about this just didn't feel right.
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  Speaker 1: And court documents later confirmed what Lindsay feared. Because the
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  Speaker 1: people behind that phone were setting a trap. I want
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  Speaker 1: get back to it. So on Friday, February 1st, the
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: day before the showing, Lindsay hustled to prepare for her
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: big clients. So she spent the day selecting suitable homes
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: in the upscale Gordon Head neighborhood of Saanich that fit
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: the couple's criteria for a home, which was new construction, vacant,
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: around $ 1 million. And one property was recent builds on
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: a small cul-de-sac. And that was 1702 De Sosa Place.
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: And this house was listed at $ 964, 000 and was brand
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: new and unoccupied, a perfect candidate for a home. And
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: it had been built by a developer named Joe D'Souza,
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: a friend and business associate of none other than Shirley Zalo,
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: Jason's mother. And Lindsay herself had never listed this property.
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: Another agent in her office had it, but as a realtor,
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: she could show any MLS listing and still earn commission.
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: So the quiet street had only four houses on it,
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: arranged around a short dead-end lane that intersected a main road.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: So the scene was set for very private viewing, which
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: as we'll see soon was by design. But there was
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: no busy traffic and two of the four homes on
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: the cul-de-sac were still under construction. In other words, few
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: potential witnesses around. And that evening, Shirley Zalo decided to
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: stop by the condo where Lindsay and Jason lived. And
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: Shirley arrived around 7.15pm, supposedly just as a casual visit
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: to see her son and his girlfriend. And as she
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: entered the unit, Shirley happened to catch Lindsay in the
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: middle of a phone conversation. And it was the mystery
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: woman calling back to finalize the next day's plans. And
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: for about 10 minutes or so, Shirley overheard bits of
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: Lindsay's side of the discussion before Lindsay hung up. And
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: Lindsay then revealed the details to Shirley, which was that
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: the clients were confirmed for a 5.30 p.m. showing on
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: Saturday at 1702 D'Souza Place. So everything was arranged. And
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: Shirley later said that she immediately felt concerned. Sensing Lindsay's
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: slight discomfort, Shirley repeatedly offered to go to the showing
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: in Lindsay's place, essentially volunteering to meet the clients herself.
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: And it's not clear if Shirley's worry was driven by
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: Lindsay's safety or simply wanting to help her attend other plans.
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: Because Lindsay had mentioned possibly heading to Vancouver for a
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: friend's bachelorette party after the showing. But either way, she
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: was trying to help. She was offering her help. But
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: Lindsay declined the help, and she insisted she would handle it.
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: After all, this was her client and her commission on
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: the lines. However, the fact that Shirley Zalo knew exactly
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: when and where Lindsay was meeting the unknown clients, and
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: even the content of their phone call, would later become
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: one of many troubling footnotes in this case. And some
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: would question whether it was mere coincidence that the house
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: chosen for the showing was built by Shirley's acquaintance, or
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: that Shirley happened to be present during the planning. But
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: on February 1st, 2008, those connections were not yet the
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: subject of suspicion, just hindsight. By nightfall, all was set.
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: And at the condo, Jason returned home from a hockey
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: game around midnight, and he and Lindsay talked about her nerves.
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: And Jason at this point was just trying to reassure her,
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: and even made the same offer as his mother did.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: And he suggested he go and meet the clients for her,
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: or at least accompany her, so that Lindsay could leave
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: early for her trip to the mainland after the showing.
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: But Lindsay just shrugged it off. So she was feeling uneasy,
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: but also just curious. Because why had she been chosen
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: by this caller? Because she had so little experience at
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: this point. It just wasn't adding up. And again, I mean,
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: we look at this case with all the red flags there,
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: but hindsight's 20-20. I mean, you just don't know at
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: this point. You don't assume that people are going to
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: So still, Lindsay told Jason she would do it and
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: that he didn't need to interfere. And if she was concerned,
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: she surely would accept help. At least that's what Jason thought.
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: So when she declined his help, he assumed she felt
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: confident enough to proceed. And they went to bed, perhaps
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: both a little on edge, but hopeful that by the
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: next evening, Lindsay might be closing the deal of her life.
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: So February 2nd, 2008 began normally for Lindsay Buziak, albeit
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: with jitters. That morning, the mysterious client actually called the
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: landline at the condo and reached Jason because Lindsay was
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: out at the time. And Jason told the caller Lindsay
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: wasn't home and offered to give her Lindsay's cell phone number.
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: But the woman coolly said she already had it. And
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: Jason noted that the caller's accent sounded like, quote-unquote, broken Spanish,
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: just confirming the same voice Lindsay had heard on the
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: phone as well. And this brief exchange was the last
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: contact before the ill-fated meeting. So as afternoon approached, Lindsay
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: grew increasingly anxious. At around 2 p.m., she went into
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: her Remax Camison office on Chatterton Way, and there she
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: pulled aside two receptionists and asked them to search the
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: names of and the phone numbers of these clients. Because
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: they had given her numbers and names and they should
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: be in the real estate database. If they had bought
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: anything in Victoria specifically. So Lindsay just basically wanted to
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: see if these people had any history of buying or
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: selling in Victoria. Just to know that these people exist
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: or have done business here. But nothing came up. It
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: was as if they didn't exist. So Lindsay was visibly
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: uneasy at this point, quote-unquote freaked out, according to the
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: colleague who overheard her talking about the situation. And sensing
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: her discomfort, a few co-workers, including one named Cal, offered
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: to accompany her to the 5.30 showing. But Lindsay, again,
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: declined the offer, reassuring them that it was okay because
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: her boyfriend Jason would be there for backup. Quote, she
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: had full confidence her boyfriend was going to be there, unquote.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: Cal would recall. So Lindsay may have been spooked, but
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: she had a safety plan. And that was that Jason
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: would meet her right after the clients arrived, just to
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: be sure everything was fine. So at least there's that.
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: So at around 3 p.m., Lindsay left the office and
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: met up with Jason for a late lunch downtown. And
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: they chose a restaurant by the Inner Harbor and finished
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: around 4.24 p.m. And that was the time that was
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: actually stamped on their paid bill later. And over lunch,
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: Lindsay was distracted. She ate quickly and went over the
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: property feature sheets she had prepared, showing Jason the list
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: of homes she planned to take the couple to, including
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: 1702 D'Souza Place. And Jason, just sensing her nerves, once
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: again offered to do the showing for her. But again,
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: Lindsay said no, perhaps trying to prove herself. To herself,
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: she could handle such a big client despite the odd circumstances.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: And by 5pm, with dusk falling on a cloudy winter evening,
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: the couple split up to get ready for their respective plans.
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: And Lindsay headed back to their condo to change clothes,
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: wanting to look professional for her high-end clients. And Jason, meanwhile,
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: drove to a nearby auto detailing shop called SHC Autographics
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: to briefly meet a colleague and pick up a friend,
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: Cohen Oatman. Cohen was both a friend and an employee
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: of Jason's, and they played on the same men's recreational
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: hockey team. And the two had gone to a hockey
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: game scheduled for later that night. after Lindsay's showing. And
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: they intended to go together once Jason checked on Lindsay.
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: So while Jason was in the meeting at the auto shop,
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: his friend Cohen began calling his phone repeatedly, eager to
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: link up. And by about 5.30pm, Cohen arrived at the
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: shop and hopped into Jason's Range Rover. And Jason explained
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: to Cohen that he had gotten a call from Lindsay earlier,
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: asking him to meet her at the house because she
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: was uneasy about the situation. And according to what Lindsay
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: had texted Jason, she provided the address 1702 D'Souza Place,
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: and essentially asked him to quote-unquote follow her there. So
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: Jason would tell Cohen that a quick detour was needed,
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: and they would swing by the house just to check
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: that Lindsay was okay, and then head out to their
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: hockey game after. So Cohen would agree without hesitation. And
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: at roughly 5.35pm, Lindsay pulled up to the cul-de-sac on
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: D'Souza Place. And the street, as we know, was newly
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: built and so recent that it didn't even appear on
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: Jason's SUV GPS map. So as Lindsay parked and stepped out,
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: her phone rang and it was Jason and he was
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: lost in the maze of Gordon Head's residential streets calling
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: for directions. So Lindsay began to guide him over the phone.
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: But before she could finish, she saw something that made
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: her cut the call short, saying, quote, Oh, I've got
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: to go. They're here. Unquote. She told Jason abruptly because
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: the new clients had arrived and Lindsay would hang up.
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: with Jason still on the line and would turn to
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: greet a couple approaching the driveway. And multiple witnesses later
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: provided remarkably consistent descriptions of the pair Lindsay met at
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: approximately 5.30 p.m. So the couple appeared to have come
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: on foot, walking up to the cul-de-sac, not driving, which
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: is very odd. And the witnesses watched as Lindsay, ever professional,
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: stepped forward with a warm smile and shook hands with
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: the couple at the front steps. And Lindsay did not
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: seem to recognize them personally. And her greeting was courteous,
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: but obviously formal. And the neighbors later remarked it looked
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: like the first meeting between agent and clients, nothing indicating
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: that they were friends at all. And that's when Lindsay
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: would lead the man and woman through the front door
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: of the house and close the door behind them. And
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: unbeknownst to Lindsay, she had just sealed herself inside an
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: empty home with a pair of killers. So inside 1702
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: D'Souza Place, the air must have been chilly. because the
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: home was vacant and the early February evening was beginning
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: to become dark. Lindsay's cell phone records show that at 5.29 p.m.,
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: just before the couple arrived, she accessed the lockbox to
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: retrieve the house key. And the lockbox timestamp was later
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: noted by investigators. So now, at around 5.30 something... she
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: began the routine of showing the property. And we can
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: only really imagine her initial nervousness gave way to her
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: professional training. And she likely pointed out features of the
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: entryway and main floor trying to build rapport with the clients.
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: And on the surface, nothing appeared amiss during those first
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: few minutes. And outside, Jason and Cohen were just minutes away.
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: Having just gotten off the phone with Lindsay abruptly, Jason
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: still didn't have the precise directions. And he would actually
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: call his younger brother for navigational help. And he would
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: start driving to the neighborhood with that help. Meanwhile, Lindsay
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: did manage to send Jason a quick text with step-by-step
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: directions to find Azusa Place. And this would be the
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: last message she would ever send. So at about 5.38, p.m.,
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: Jason texted back to say, quote, I'm a couple minutes away, unquote,
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: letting Lindsay know he'd be there shortly. But that text
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: would never be opened, and shortly thereafter, the quote-unquote showing
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: moved upstairs, and the home's main bedroom was on the
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: second floor at the top of the staircase. Perhaps Lindsay
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: led the couple up, chatting about the layout, and walked
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: ahead of them into the master bedroom to show off
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: its en suite bathroom. But it was at that moment,
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: around 5.40 to 5.41 p.m., that the trap was sprung.
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: And as Lindsay turned her back, one of the pair
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: attacked her swiftly from behind. And it was at that
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: point that Lindsay would be stabbed with a knife or knives,
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: just in a frenzy. And Lindsay would have virtually no
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: time to react or defend herself. But the attack would
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: be vicious and personal. The whole scene was just the
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: definition of overkill. And early news reports would sensationalize that
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: Lindsay was... more than 40 times, but police have since
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: debunked that exact number as an exaggeration. But she did
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: suffer multiple wounds concentrated in her chest and abdomen, along
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: with numerous cuts and nicks. But it just indicated a
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: very frenzied assault. And it all happened extremely fast because
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: she had no defensive wounds at all on her arms
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: or hands, which is very, it's not normal in these
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: sort of circumstances, unless it's completely just out of nowhere.
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: It just implies she had absolutely no chance to fight
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: back or even raise her hands to protect herself. And
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: it means that the first stabs likely just incapacitated her
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: almost immediately. And in the midst of this attack, an
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: eerie and crucial event occurred. And Lindsay's phone, still in
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: her jacket pocket, accidentally dialed a number. And at 5.41 p.m.,
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: as Lindsay was being attacked, her Blackberry made an outbound call,
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: a pocket dial, to a friend she wasn't in frequent
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: contact with. And the friend received a muffled voicemail that
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: captured distant noises from inside the house and the sounds
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: of movement and perhaps one of Lindsay's last words or
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: gasps or a distant thud. The message itself was unintelligible,
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: but clearly not a normal call. And later, Saanich Detective
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: Sergeant Chris Horsley would confirm this pocket-dialed voicemail as likely occurring, quote-unquote,
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: at the point of attack. I just... The whole thing
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: is incredibly horrible and sad, but I mean, to have just...
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: Like a... Recording of it is... I can't even imagine how,
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: what that would be like for, I just think about
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: the families at this point and it's just like, I
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: just can't imagine. But basically it was an inadvertent cry
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: for help that went unheard in time. And at around 5.45 PM,
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: Lindsay was almost deceased or deceased and she would be
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: laying in the master bedroom of that home. So the
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: unknown man and woman had executed their sick disgusting plan.
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: But at that same moment, headlights swept into D'Souza Place
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: and Jason and Cohen arrived at the address, later than expected,
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: but finally there. And as they pulled up in front
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: of 1702, Jason saw something odd through the decorative glass
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: at the front door, and he glimpsed a shadowy figure
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: moving in the entrance foyer, and then a person quickly
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: receding from view deeper into the house as the Range
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: Rover's headlights illuminated the front window. So it looked like
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: someone was peeking out and then retreated. Jason assumed this
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: was just part of the showing, that maybe Lindsay and
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: the clients were walking around inside. And just not wanting
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: to interrupt or seem like an overly nosy boyfriend, he
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: decided not to barge in. And Lindsay had allegedly asked
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: for him not to interfere with the showing by making
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: his presence known. And instead, Jason chose to park down
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: the street for a few minutes to give the showing
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: a little bit more time. And he told Cohen that
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: it looked like the appointment was still going on so
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: they should just wait. So Jason would drive a short
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: distance away, then circle back a couple of minutes later.
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: And by now, it was close to 5.55 to 6 p.m.,
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: and he parked in front of the house again, but
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: no sign of anyone was through the windows now. And
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: that's when Jason sent a text to Lindsay's phone saying,
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: are you okay? But there was no response. And he
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: tried then calling her cell, but then there was no answer.
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: And now Jason started to worry, but he naturally assumed
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: maybe they were just talking inside. Maybe she was still
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: doing the showing and maybe it was just going really
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: well and that they had more questions. But obviously, as
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: we know, that wasn't the case. And 10 more minutes
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: passed in silence and the house from the outside looked
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: dark and very still. And at around 6.05 p.m., approximately
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: 20 minutes after the first arrival, Jason's concerned reached a
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: tipping point. because Lindsay still had not replied or emerged,
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: and Jason decided to take action. So pulling up the
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: driveway with Cohen, he got out and went straight to
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: the front door of 1702 D'Souza. And to his alarm,
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: it was locked. So he repeatedly knocked and rang the doorbell,
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: but it yielded no answers. So Jason would peer through
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: the frosted glass insert and saw a very disturbing sight,
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: and that was Lindsay's shoes that were laying in the
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: entryway inside. So she clearly had taken them off upon entering,
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: which meant she was likely still inside. But why wasn't
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: she coming to the door? Was she hurt? Did something happen?
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: So with a surge of panic, Jason pulled out his
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: phone and dialed 911. So it was now 6.05 p.m.
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: when he told the emergency operator that he was at
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: a house where his girlfriend was showing a home and
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: he couldn't get in and he was worried that something
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: may have happened to her. And he emphasized that he
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: had come to check on her because she had, quote,
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: been kind of scared about this showing. And as he
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: was on the phone, Cohen was searching the perimeter of
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: the house for another way in. And he found a
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: gate to the backyard, but it was secured. But Cohen
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: managed to spot something important. Because through the fence slats,
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: he could see that the back patio's French doors were
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: wide open. So he waved to Jason and pointed urgently.
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: And the killers, it turns out, had fled through those
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: back doors moments earlier, escaping into the night. And in
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: their haste, they left the doors gaping open behind them,
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: and likely slipped through a gap in the backyard fence
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: out to that main road. So seeing that open door,
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: Jason hung up with 911 mid-call after providing the address
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: and sprang into action. And he ran to boost Cohen
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: over the backyard fence, and Cohen dropped into the yard
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: and dashed through the open French doors into the house.
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: And he immediately unlocked the front door from the inside,
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: allowing Jason to rush in behind him. And the two
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: men split up in the foyer, and Cohen took the
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: main floor, and Jason took the second. And as Jason
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: was running up the staircase, he was yelling, Lindsay, Lindsay,
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: into the silence. And as he neared the top of
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: the stairs, a nightmare materialized. And he could see Lindsay's
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: body slumped onto the floor in the master bedroom. And
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: he also saw blood. And Lindsay would be found lying
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: on her back, collapsed against the wall. And Jason just
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: dropped to his knees at her side, frantically trying to
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: rouse her. And Cohen, horrified, immediately called 911 again at 6.11pm,
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: urgently telling the dispatcher that they needed an ambulance right away.
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: And Jason, in a state of shock, began attempting CPR
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: on Lindsay, even though it was far too late. So
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: he tilted her head and started mouth-to-mouth breaths, and in
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: a chilling, incredibly chilling detail. And within minutes, the sirens
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: of the first responders pierced the quiet neighborhood. and paramedics arrived,
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: and police cars swarmed the cul-de-sac. But despite resuscitation attempts
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: by EMTs, Lindsay Busiak was pronounced dead at the scene.
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: And Jason was just in hysterics, and I imagine complete disbelief.
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: And he kept trying to will time backwards, saying, quote,
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: if I was 10 minutes earlier, if I went with her,
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: would she still be alive? I just can't even imagine.
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: I can't even imagine. The thought process after witnessing that,
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: I feel so incredibly horrible for him. But no one
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: had seen this mysterious couple leave. They were like ghosts
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: who vanished before anyone realized what had happened. And the
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: only physical evidence left behind were a bloody footprints inside
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: the house and a trail on the stairs indicating the
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: path the killers took as they calmly walked out of
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: the front entry. only to retreat and escape out the
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: back when Jason's arrival spooked them. So it appeared the
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: murderers were literally in the process of walking out the
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: door when Jason and Cohen pulled up, forcing them to
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: flee via plan B over the back fence. So if
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: Jason had arrived just a minute or two earlier, he
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: may have come face to face with them. Not that
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: that would have changed Lindsay's fate, but maybe we would
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: know who they are now. But I think thinking what
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: ifs in this situation is just not helpful at all
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: in any sense, because you can't change the past. So
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: in a matter of minutes, a bright, beloved young woman's
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: life had been brutally snuffed out. And the reverberations of
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: this carefully planned homicide were only just beginning to be felt.
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: And as the crime scene tape went up around 1702
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: D'Souza Place on that cold February night, the investigation into
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: Lindsay Buziak's murder was launched. And this was an investigation
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: that would grow into one of the most perplexing and
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: high-profile unsolved cases in Canadian crime history. So Saaj police
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: quickly secured the D'Souza Place property as a crime scene,
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: But from the outset, investigators faced a major challenge, and
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: that was that the scene had been compromised by the
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: frantic rescue effort. And in their desperation to find and
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: help Lindsay, Jason and Cohen had necessarily trampled through the house,
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: inadvertently contaminating evidence. Which, I mean, you can't blame them.
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: I mean, they were trying to look for her and
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: then trying to help save her. Like, I just feel
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: so bad. But within hours, the Saanich Police Department's major
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: crime unit took charge of the case. And they realized
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: they were dealing with anything but an ordinary murder. And
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: forensic examiners scored the empty house late into the night
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: and the following days. But they would find no usable
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: DNA or fingerprints from the perpetrators. And they assumed that
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: the assailants had likely worn gloves and perhaps protective clothing
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: or shoe covers that they took with them. So this
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: was clearly an extremely calculated murder. And the murder weapon,
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: presumed to be a sharp-edged knife, was not found at
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: the scene either. And the only clue was the bloody
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: shoe prints tracked along the floor. But even these were
• 40:49
  Speaker 1: limited and the specific shoe brand or size was not
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: released publicly, suggesting it might not have even been distinctive
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: enough to trace conclusively. And the absence of defensive wounds
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: on Lindsay and the sheer ferocity of the... told investigators
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: that this was a targeted execution, not a robbery gone wrong.
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: And how would it even be a robbery? This was
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: a vacant home. So the only conclusion could be that
• 41:11
  Speaker 1: this was a calculated attack. A murder in the first degree.
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: And outside the house, potential witness information was minimal, because
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: neighbors only saw the well-dressed couple arriving, not leaving. And
• 41:24
  Speaker 1: no one recalled hearing screams or loud noises, implying Lindsay
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: may have been attacked so suddenly that she couldn't even
• 41:31
  Speaker 1: cry out for help. And that's assuming people were in
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: close enough proximity to hear screams anyway. But investigators were
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: intrigued by the victim's last known communications. Because the pocket
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: dial voicemail Lindsay's phone made during the attack was recovered,
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: but yielded little beyond muffled background noise. And the final
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: text message from Jason to Lindsay was, are you okay?
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: and it remained unread on her phone. The police also
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: quickly traced the cell phone that had lured Lindsay, and
• 41:58
  Speaker 1: it was, as suspected, a burner phone registered under a
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: bogus name, which was Paolo Rodriguez, and a fake business
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: address in Vancouver. And records showed it had been purchased
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: three months earlier in Vancouver and activated just the day
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: before the murder. And it made calls exclusively to Lindsay
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: and was powered off permanently soon after she was killed.
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: So authorities believed that the phone was used only for
• 42:23
  Speaker 1: planning and executing this crime, then disposed of. Just a
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: hallmark of organized, premeditated murder. And it even pinged off
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: a cell phone tower near the murder house the night before,
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: suggesting the suspects did a dry run or surveillance of
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: the area in advance. It's just sickening. Horrifying, chilling, sickening.
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: It's all just... a nightmare to think about. So the
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: forensic and physical evidence thus painted a grim picture, and
• 42:52
  Speaker 1: that is that this homicide was carefully organized and executed
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: by individuals who knew exactly what they were doing, likely
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: had done it many times before, because the degree of
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: planning just indicated an experienced hand. Using an untraceable phone,
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: choosing an empty house, a new build, and minimizing forensic traces. Yet, Paradoxically,
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: the overkill violence was very emotional and amateurish in its frenzy.
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: So you have this very calculated planned murder, and then
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: the murder itself felt like a rabid attack of emotion.
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: Like it wasn't thought of, it just happened out of nowhere.
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: It just didn't fit the profile of a dispassionate professional hit.
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: So this contradiction just puzzled police. Because the murder had
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: both highly professional elements and intensely personal ferocity. So within
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: the first day, police had to consider a difficult reality.
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: The two suspects seen by witnesses had essentially vanished into
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: thin air at this point. And they left virtually no
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: trace of their identities inside the house. And no one
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: saw a getaway vehicle. So the only thing known was
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: how they looked and that one had possibly a fake accent.
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: So the composite sketch of the female suspect was developed
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: from witness descriptions and released to the public a year
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: later in 2009. And it depicted a Caucasian woman in
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: her mid-30s with short, stylish blonde hair and a calm expression.
• 44:21
  Speaker 1: And alongside, police described the male suspect as Caucasian, about
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: six foot, with dark hair wearing a brown jacket. And
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: the woman's dress was also highlighted, a black, white, and
• 44:32
  Speaker 1: red pattern dress that was very distinctive. And for investigators,
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: it was as if the suspects had worn a mask
• 44:39
  Speaker 1: and then disappeared into a crowd, though. And they had
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: to start considering who could have orchestrated such a plot
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: and why Lindsay was the target. So the Saanich police
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: threw themselves fully into the hunt for Lindsay's killers. And
• 44:52
  Speaker 1: the department was not large, and a murder of this
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: complexity was a major undertaking. And at least five full-time
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: investigators were assigned to the case. And they conducted exhaustive
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: interviews with everyone in Lindsay's life, including family, friends, colleagues,
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: past clients, ex-boyfriends, rivals. anyone who might shed light. And
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: within the first year after the murder, police had conducted
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: nearly 1,500 interviews and received 752 tips and executed 30
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: search warrants. So this was an enormous volume of investigative
• 45:26
  Speaker 1: work reflecting just how many angles they were exploring for
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: this case. And the major crime unit led by Inspector
• 45:32
  Speaker 1: Rob McCall coordinated the efforts. And Detective Sergeant Chris Horsley
• 45:36
  Speaker 1: became the public face of the case, often appealing for
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: information and addressing rumors. And early on, the SPD acknowledged
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: they were dealing with an exceptionally challenging case. And in
• 45:48
  Speaker 1: a rare statement, a spokesperson called it a crime of
• 45:51
  Speaker 1: quote-unquote extraordinary complexity, involving individuals who were experienced and quote-unquote
• 45:58
  Speaker 1: had no regard for human life. And leads were pursued
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: not just in Victoria, but across provincial lines. recognizing the
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: possible wider connections, such as ties to Calgary or Vancouver
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: criminal groups. And Saanich police welcomed help from outside agencies
• 46:14
  Speaker 1: as well. And the RCMP, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
• 46:17
  Speaker 1: were brought in to provide oversight and specialized resources. And
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: the case was also significant enough that the FBI agents
• 46:24
  Speaker 1: from the United States were later consulted, particularly when it
• 46:28
  Speaker 1: came to the new technology and behavioral analysis. And over
• 46:31
  Speaker 1: the years, the investigation grew to staggering proportions. And by 2020,
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: Saanich police said they had over 2,000 persons of interest
• 46:41
  Speaker 1: or entities logged in the case file. And they had
• 46:44
  Speaker 1: obtained in excess of 35 court warrants and production orders
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: targeting cell phone companies, internet providers, and even social media
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: like Facebook, to pull data relevant to the crime. But
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: the sheer volume of the information was immense, requiring meticulous
• 46:59
  Speaker 1: organization and analysis. But detectives were determined to not let
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: a single clue slip through the cracks. And they would
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: also examine cell tower pings, And advanced techniques like DNA
• 47:10
  Speaker 1: analysis were repeatedly applied to what few samples they had,
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: though initially none yielded a suspect profile. And the house
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: had been professionally cleaned just before the showing, as it
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: was a newly staged house, so there was little trace
• 47:24
  Speaker 1: of evidence in the environment to start with. So from
• 47:28
  Speaker 1: day one, investigators and armchair detectives alike grappled with the
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: burning question. Who ordered the murder of Lindsay Buziak and why?
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: And over the years, several theories emerged. Some pursued by police,
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: others fueled by internet speculation. But we'll explore the main
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: ones here, noting what evidence, if any, supports them and
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: how authorities have responded. So first, we have Jason, Lindsay's boyfriend. Naturally,
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: he would be the first suspect and the first person
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: that police would scrutinize. because in most homicide investigations, you
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: start with the inner circle or those closest to the victim.
• 48:08
  Speaker 1: And Jason was right at the center. He was the
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: one who found her body, and that often raises suspicion, obviously.
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: So could Jason have been involved in setting up Lindsay?
• 48:19
  Speaker 1: And motive-wise, the relationship had known troubles, as we know.
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: Lindsay had considered leaving him, and there were rumors of
• 48:25
  Speaker 1: jealousy as well. Some who distrusted Jason speculated he might
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: have arranged to eliminate Lindsay if he couldn't bear to
• 48:33
  Speaker 1: let her go. And it didn't help Jason's case in
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: the public eye that his family was wealthy and influential,
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: because people love to suspect the rich boyfriend in a
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: true crime story. However, police have repeatedly stated that Jason
• 48:45
  Speaker 1: Zalo is not a suspect. And that's because Jason's actions
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: and alibi on the day the murder largely completely check out.
• 48:53
  Speaker 1: Because after lunch, he was indeed seen on surveillance video
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: at the auto shop at around 5.30pm, leaving with Cohen
• 49:00
  Speaker 1: in his Range Rover. And the timing on the CCTV
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: proves he was not at the murder scene when Lindsay
• 49:05
  Speaker 1: was killed. She was likely being killed at 540 to
• 49:09
  Speaker 1: 541 p.m. And it would have been difficult to make
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: it there and pull it off in that time. And
• 49:15
  Speaker 1: by difficult, I mean quite literally impossible. And additionally, Jason
• 49:18
  Speaker 1: voluntarily underwent exorcism. a polygraph test and passed it convincingly,
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: according to police. And he handed over his phone and
• 49:25
  Speaker 1: even participated in a detailed reenactment video with investigators walking
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: through his discovery of Lindsay's body on camera to aid
• 49:33
  Speaker 1: the investigation. Basically, he had no hesitation to volunteer any
• 49:37
  Speaker 1: help to the police. He was extremely forthcoming throughout the
• 49:40
  Speaker 1: entire investigation. And investigators found no forensic or digital evidence
• 49:44
  Speaker 1: tying Jason to any part of the murder planning. And
• 49:47
  Speaker 1: his cell phone records, for example, showed genuine attempts to
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: find her and not any coordination with unknown parties. And
• 49:54
  Speaker 1: about a year after the murder, in early 2009, Saanich
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: police formally cleared Jason of any sort of involvement. And
• 50:01
  Speaker 1: they noted publicly, quote, we've never said Zalo was a suspect.
• 50:05
  Speaker 1: He was a person of interest, as would anybody found
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: at the scene, but he's been ruled out, unquote. But
• 50:12
  Speaker 1: despite this, Jason endured intense public suspicion for years. And
• 50:16
  Speaker 1: Lindsay's father, Jeff, openly suggested Jason might know more than
• 50:20
  Speaker 1: he let on, largely because Jeff felt Jason didn't show
• 50:24
  Speaker 1: enough grief and because of Jason's family connections. But Jason
• 50:28
  Speaker 1: has always maintained his innocence, saying, quote unquote, I want
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: people to know that I love Lindsay. I think about
• 50:37
  Speaker 1: her every day. I want this case solved as fast
• 50:42
  Speaker 1: as possible. I had nothing to do with it. It's
• 50:44
  Speaker 1: worth noting that police had thoroughly interrogated Jason for hours
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: the night of the murder, something that really frustrated him
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: once he knew that the killers had fled. And he
• 50:54
  Speaker 1: felt valuable time was being lost focusing on him initially.
• 50:58
  Speaker 1: But from the police perspective, that was a necessary step.
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: And once done, they moved on. And zero evidence has
• 51:04
  Speaker 1: ever surfaced implicating Jason. And law enforcement and even Lindsay's
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: own mother have accepted that Jason was not involved. And
• 51:11
  Speaker 1: while quote-unquote the boyfriend did it is a common trope,
• 51:15
  Speaker 1: this case appears to be the exception. And Jason's role
• 51:18
  Speaker 1: was tragically just that of an unlucky witness who found
• 51:21
  Speaker 1: the woman he loved... in her final state. So if
• 51:25
  Speaker 1: not Jason, what about someone else in the family? And
• 51:29
  Speaker 1: online sleuths turn their gaze to Shirley, Jason's mother. Shirley
• 51:33
  Speaker 1: was a successful realtor and a formidable personality by many accounts.
• 51:38
  Speaker 1: And true crime forums have swirled with the speculation that
• 51:41
  Speaker 1: Shirley could have orchestrated a hit on Lindsay out of
• 51:44
  Speaker 1: some dark motive. Perhaps anger if Lindsay was planning to
• 51:47
  Speaker 1: leave Jason or other personal conflicts. And it didn't help
• 51:51
  Speaker 1: that Shirley was directly connected to key elements of the scenario,
• 51:55
  Speaker 1: like we talked about before. She was present when Lindsay
• 51:58
  Speaker 1: discussed the showing details and the address, and the builder
• 52:00
  Speaker 1: of the murder house, Joe DeSousa, was Shirley's friend. And
• 52:04
  Speaker 1: some theorists pose the question that if Shirley were involved,
• 52:08
  Speaker 1: that might explain how the killers knew Lindsay's schedule and
• 52:11
  Speaker 1: chose that specific house. However, police have never named Shirley
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: as a suspect even, and they have explicitly said that
• 52:19
  Speaker 1: no member of the Zalo family is under any sort
• 52:21
  Speaker 1: of suspicion. And Shirley provided an alibi for the time
• 52:25
  Speaker 1: of the murder. She was actually out at dinner, hurt
• 52:27
  Speaker 1: by some reports, and cooperated with police interviews. And Lindsay's mother, Evelyn,
• 52:32
  Speaker 1: publicly stated she does not believe Shirley had anything to
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: do with it, calling the notion an unfounded rumor. And
• 52:38
  Speaker 1: over the years, Shirley largely just stayed quiet about the
• 52:42
  Speaker 1: rumors that have swirled, But by 2022, she'd had enough.
• 52:46
  Speaker 1: In that year, Shirley filed a defamation lawsuit against Jeff Buziak,
• 52:50
  Speaker 1: which is Lindsay's father, and two administrators of his website,
• 52:54
  Speaker 1: accusing them of maliciously spreading false accusations that she was
• 52:58
  Speaker 1: the murderer. In other words, Shirley took the extraordinary step
• 53:02
  Speaker 1: of suing the victim's father to clear her name. And
• 53:06
  Speaker 1: this underscores how deeply the unproven allegations had hurt her family.
• 53:12
  Speaker 1: And the case is still ongoing and has not been
• 53:14
  Speaker 1: resolved in court. But Shirley's position is clear. And she
• 53:19
  Speaker 1: and her family have been unjustly vilified with zero evidence.
• 53:24
  Speaker 1: And in interviews with Capital Daily, the Zalos expressed that
• 53:27
  Speaker 1: they felt like, quote, went through a bad part of life, unquote,
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: being targets of these accusations. And all that said, police
• 53:35
  Speaker 1: did investigate the Zalo family thoroughly. And they looked into
• 53:38
  Speaker 1: Shirley's finances, her business ties, and any possible link to
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: Burner Phone or people behind it, but nothing incriminating was
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: ever found. And the fact that Shirley heard part of
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: the phone call appears to have just been coincidence. Which,
• 53:52
  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think that's hard to believe. And
• 53:55
  Speaker 1: she was Jason's mom, and it was known to often
• 53:58
  Speaker 1: drop by. And Lindsay wasn't hiding her client's communications. And
• 54:02
  Speaker 1: while it's indeed eerie that the killer's house was built by...
• 54:06
  Speaker 1: Shirley's acquaintance, Joe D'Souza, police have never indicated Joe or
• 54:11
  Speaker 1: Shirley were involved beyond that weird coincidence. So aside from
• 54:15
  Speaker 1: internet suspicion, the case against Shirley is unsupported by hard evidence,
• 54:19
  Speaker 1: and police cleared her as well as Jason's brother and
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: anyone else in their orbit, and that was fairly early on.
• 54:25
  Speaker 1: So the Zalos, in truth, suffered not only the loss
• 54:28
  Speaker 1: of someone they cared about... And they insist that they
• 54:31
  Speaker 1: deeply cared about Lindsay, but also damage to their reputation
• 54:34
  Speaker 1: due to rampant speculation. But I also just can't help
• 54:38
  Speaker 1: but feel horrible for Lindsay's family and them just wanting
• 54:41
  Speaker 1: the truth, especially her father. But I mean, that doesn't excuse,
• 54:45
  Speaker 1: you know, defaming someone, but I think just wanting to
• 54:49
  Speaker 1: know answers. I just, I can't even imagine how that feels.
• 54:51
  Speaker 1: So I feel for both the families. But one of
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: the most intriguing and initially compelling theories had nothing to
• 54:58
  Speaker 1: do with Lindsay's boyfriend or his family at all. And instead,
• 55:01
  Speaker 1: it centered on something Lindsay supposedly saw that she shouldn't
• 55:06
  Speaker 1: have moment. So in late 2007, about two months before
• 55:10
  Speaker 1: her death, Lindsay took an impromptu weekend trip from Victoria
• 55:14
  Speaker 1: to Calgary. And Calgary's in Alberta, which is the province
• 55:18
  Speaker 1: right next to British Columbia. And this was to visit
• 55:20
  Speaker 1: her father and old friends. And during this visit, she
• 55:24
  Speaker 1: met up briefly with some acquaintances from her past, including, reportedly,
• 55:29
  Speaker 1: the father of her ex-boyfriend. And around that time, a
• 55:32
  Speaker 1: massive drug bust was unfolding in Calgary. And on January 2nd, 2008,
• 55:37
  Speaker 1: police executed Operation High Noon, seizing over 80 kilograms of
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: cocaine worth $ 8 million and arresting several high-level drug traffickers.
• 55:47
  Speaker 1: And it was billed as the largest cane bust in
• 55:50
  Speaker 1: Alberta's history. And in a startling coincidence, one of the
• 55:54
  Speaker 1: people caught in the bust had a connection to Lindsay's circle.
• 55:57
  Speaker 1: And that was Erickson de Lalcazar, an acquaintance of Lindsay's
• 56:01
  Speaker 1: from Victoria, and he was arrested as a major player
• 56:04
  Speaker 1: in the Calgary drug ring. And this led to rampant
• 56:07
  Speaker 1: speculation that perhaps Lindsay, during her Calgary trip, learned something
• 56:11
  Speaker 1: about the drug operation, maybe overhearing a conversation or sealing
• 56:15
  Speaker 1: a deal. And the cartel or gang involved decided to
• 56:19
  Speaker 1: silence her, believing she maybe would snitch to police. And
• 56:23
  Speaker 1: it is an extremely dramatic theory, the revenge of cartel
• 56:27
  Speaker 1: carried out by contract killers posing as clients, and police
• 56:30
  Speaker 1: have largely debunked this motive. Because first of all, they
• 56:34
  Speaker 1: found no evidence Lindsay was an informant or had any
• 56:37
  Speaker 1: role in the Calgary bust, and Calgary police themselves confirmed
• 56:40
  Speaker 1: Lindsay wasn't on their radar at all. And Lindsay was
• 56:43
  Speaker 1: known to be firmly anti-drug, as we know. And multiple
• 56:47
  Speaker 1: friends said she never used and didn't endorse that lifestyle.
• 56:51
  Speaker 1: And if she stumbled on criminal info, one would think
• 56:53
  Speaker 1: she might have told a friend or her father, but
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  Speaker 1: she didn't. And Jeff would later claim that Lindsay hinted
• 56:59
  Speaker 1: she saw something bad, but no proof of what that
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  Speaker 1: was ever emerged. And police also point out that the
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  Speaker 1: nature of Lindsay's murderer... doesn't fit a professional cartel hit.
• 57:08
  Speaker 1: Because cartels, if retaliating against informants, tend to execute in
• 57:12
  Speaker 1: a cleaner way. A shooting, for example, and often the
• 57:17
  Speaker 1: bodies are left as a warning. But Lindsay's murder was
• 57:20
  Speaker 1: frenzied and deeply personal, which is not typical of a
• 57:24
  Speaker 1: hired hitman job. However, there are some unresolved curiosities that
• 57:28
  Speaker 1: keep this theory on the table. Investigators confirmed that after
• 57:32
  Speaker 1: returning from Calgary, Lindsay looked up the Facebook profile of
• 57:35
  Speaker 1: a relative of someone arrested in the drug bust and
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  Speaker 1: even tried calling that person. Quote, we don't know why
• 57:41
  Speaker 1: she was on his Facebook. We don't know why she
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: called him, unquote. And that was Detective Horsley admitting of
• 57:47
  Speaker 1: the bizarre discovery. But I think like if something happened
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  Speaker 1: like a drug bust to someone you know, that would
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  Speaker 1: be absolutely insane. And I'd be looking up like what's
• 57:56
  Speaker 1: going on and if they got busted and then calling
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  Speaker 1: to see if they did anything. I don't know. I
• 58:01
  Speaker 1: just don't think it's out of the realm of possibility
• 58:03
  Speaker 1: that she was just calling as a very concerned, warm
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  Speaker 1: person that she is. And crucially, the key players in
• 58:09
  Speaker 1: the ring were already arrested by the time Lindsay was killed.
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  Speaker 1: So it's not as if the cartel was still at
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  Speaker 1: large fearing exposure or anything. And in the end, while
• 58:19
  Speaker 1: the Calgary connection may be alluring and was also popularized
• 58:24
  Speaker 1: in a 2010 Dateline episode, police eliminated it as a
• 58:28
  Speaker 1: viable motive at all. And they publicly stated Lindsay's murder
• 58:32
  Speaker 1: did not appear to be ordered by a cartel or
• 58:34
  Speaker 1: drug gang. And the timing and method just didn't align.
• 58:37
  Speaker 1: So with the most obvious suspects and scenarios ruled out,
• 58:41
  Speaker 1: the investigation turned to more complex possibilities. And one such
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: angle was that someone within the real estate industry or
• 58:48
  Speaker 1: closely acquainted with Lindsay's work set her up. And this
• 58:51
  Speaker 1: theory suggests an inside job element. Perhaps some agent at
• 58:55
  Speaker 1: her job could access her schedule. Notably, the killers knew
• 58:59
  Speaker 1: Lindsay would be alone at the house at the exact time,
• 59:03
  Speaker 1: which hints that they had inside information on her appointments.
• 59:06
  Speaker 1: And police did look at colleagues and even past clients,
• 59:09
  Speaker 1: and there was gossip. about disgruntled client or a jealous competitor,
• 59:13
  Speaker 1: but nothing concrete materialized publicly. However, it was later uncovered
• 59:18
  Speaker 1: that early in the case, police suspected certain violent individuals
• 59:22
  Speaker 1: on Lindsay's Facebook friend list might have been involved. And Lindsay,
• 59:26
  Speaker 1: by all accounts, was a friendly person who had over
• 59:29
  Speaker 1: a hundred Facebook friends, including some people with criminal backgrounds.
• 59:33
  Speaker 1: And Victoria's social scene is such that you could know
• 59:36
  Speaker 1: someone who knows someone. Basically, kind of think it's very tight-knit.
• 59:40
  Speaker 1: So detectives initially thought perhaps one of those contacts with
• 59:44
  Speaker 1: a shady past could have orchestrated the murder. And this
• 59:47
  Speaker 1: line of inquiry appears to have dovetailed with both the
• 59:49
  Speaker 1: drug theory and general suspicion of anyone in her orbit
• 59:52
  Speaker 1: with criminal ties. But again, no definitive evidence ever came
• 59:56
  Speaker 1: from it. And another theory... considered whether organized crime beyond
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 1: the drug angle might be involved, such as money laundering
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 1: in real estate or someone Lindsay inadvertently offended in a
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 1: property deal. And Saanich police have said publicly, to date,
• 1:00:11
  Speaker 1: they found no link between Lindsay's legitimate real estate work
• 1:00:14
  Speaker 1: and her murder beyond the ruse used to lure her.
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 1: In other words, it wasn't a case of a deal
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: gone bad or clients seeking revenge. The real estate viewing
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 1: was just a convenient trap. And over time, investigators formed
• 1:00:28
  Speaker 1: their own theory that aligns with the evidence. And that
• 1:00:32
  Speaker 1: is that Lindsay's murder was a personal vendetta by someone
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 1: or multiple people close to her. As one summary put it,
• 1:00:39
  Speaker 1: quote unquote, the investigators believe Abuziak's murder was very personal
• 1:00:43
  Speaker 1: and planned by someone close to her. Perhaps someone with
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 1: access to inside information from her office. So this just
• 1:00:50
  Speaker 1: points to a scenario where someone in Lindsay's social circle
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 1: held a grudge or motive to harm her. And not
• 1:00:57
  Speaker 1: necessarily a best friend, but maybe a friend of a
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 1: friend or acquaintance. And they might have leveraged others, like
• 1:01:04
  Speaker 1: the couple, to do the dirty work. Keeping their own
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 1: hands clean. and it could explain the rage in the
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 1: killing and personal motive combined with the cunning plan. But
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 1: to this day, police have not publicly named any such individual,
• 1:01:19
  Speaker 1: and it seems likely the conspiracy involved more than just
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 1: the man and woman Lindsay met. Perhaps insiders who provided
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 1: information or had the motive, and outsiders who carried it out.
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 1: So the enduring mystery is identifying all these players and
• 1:01:35
  Speaker 1: proving their roles. So to summarize this story, consensus, Lindsay
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 1: Buziak's murder was a targeted killing, meticulously planned by one
• 1:01:45
  Speaker 1: or more people who knew her personally or peripherally, and
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 1: it was not random, not a burglary, not a crime
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 1: of passion in the moment, but a premeditated assassination of
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 1: a young woman for reasons that may stem from personal hatred, betrayal,
• 1:02:02
  Speaker 1: or perceived threat. And over 15 years later, we are
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 1: closer to understanding the how of the crime than why.
• 1:02:10
  Speaker 1: The full truth remains locked behind lips that so far
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 1: have refused to speak. And from 2008 through to today, Jeff,
• 1:02:18
  Speaker 1: Lindsay's father, organizes an annual walk, a walk for justice
• 1:02:23
  Speaker 1: in Lindsay's memory. Every February 2nd, which is the anniversary
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 1: of her death. And come rain or shine, Jeff leads
• 1:02:30
  Speaker 1: supporters through the streets. holding banners and signs with Lindsay's
• 1:02:34
  Speaker 1: photo and pleas for information. And these walks have grown
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 1: to attract dozens, sometimes over a hundred people, all marching
• 1:02:42
  Speaker 1: to remind the community that a killer or killers still
• 1:02:45
  Speaker 1: walk free. Quote unquote, until there are arrests made, I
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 1: will continue walking. Jeff vowed. And as of 2025, he
• 1:02:53
  Speaker 1: has kept that promise for 17 consecutive years. And the
• 1:02:57
  Speaker 1: walk usually starts at Saanich Municipal Hall and ends at
• 1:03:00
  Speaker 1: the BC Legislature, symbolically taking the call for justice to
• 1:03:04
  Speaker 1: the authorities' doorstep. And Jeff also harnessed the power of
• 1:03:08
  Speaker 1: the internet early on, and he created a website, lindsaybuziakmurder.com,
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 1: intended as both a memorial and a hub for tips
• 1:03:16
  Speaker 1: and discussion. And that site became a double-edged sword. Because
• 1:03:20
  Speaker 1: on one hand, it provided an avenue for members of
• 1:03:22
  Speaker 1: the public to submit information anonymously and for Jeff to
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 1: publish his thoughts and any updates or theories he endorsed.
• 1:03:29
  Speaker 1: But on the other hand, it also became a hotbed
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 1: of speculation, posting wild theories and at least one malicious
• 1:03:35
  Speaker 1: fake confession as well. And Jeff moderated the site with
• 1:03:39
  Speaker 1: help from volunteer administrators, but there were times when emotions
• 1:03:42
  Speaker 1: ran high and defamatory content was posted. But despite these controversies,
• 1:03:47
  Speaker 1: the site undeniably kept Lindsay's case in public consciousness. And
• 1:03:51
  Speaker 1: in media appearances, Jeff has been candid and relentless. And
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 1: he's given countless interviews to local and national outlets. Perhaps
• 1:03:59
  Speaker 1: most famously, he appeared on Dr. Phil's television show in
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 1: an episode aired on May 2019 to talk about Lindsay's
• 1:04:05
  Speaker 1: case and plead for tips. During these interviews, Jeff became
• 1:04:09
  Speaker 1: increasingly vocal that he felt the police investigation was incompetent
• 1:04:13
  Speaker 1: and corrupt. And he's even floated theories of police cover-ups
• 1:04:17
  Speaker 1: and high-level interference, though without any part evidence. And that's
• 1:04:22
  Speaker 1: when the suing from Shirley came and the detectives asked
• 1:04:27
  Speaker 1: him to stop publicly defaming them as well. So it's
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 1: just been a whirlwind of accusations. Yet despite any interpersonal dramas,
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 1: all agree on the core point. And that is that
• 1:04:40
  Speaker 1: Lindsay deserves justice. And as of early 2025, no arrests
• 1:04:45
  Speaker 1: have been made and no charges filed. However, law enforcement
• 1:04:48
  Speaker 1: appears more confident than ever in the direction of the case.
• 1:04:52
  Speaker 1: And SPD officials have hinted that they quote unquote have
• 1:04:56
  Speaker 1: an inside track on who it was, but are waiting
• 1:04:59
  Speaker 1: for that final puzzle piece. So this suggests that investigation
• 1:05:03
  Speaker 1: is in the phase of building a prosecutable case. gathering
• 1:05:07
  Speaker 1: hard evidence like DNA, corroborating witness testimonies, or perhaps hoping
• 1:05:12
  Speaker 1: someone from the conspirators' circle flips. But one challenge the
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 1: case status faces with each passing year is the statute
• 1:05:20
  Speaker 1: of limitations on public attention. As memories fade, witnesses get
• 1:05:23
  Speaker 1: harder to track down, and physical evidence can degrade. But
• 1:05:27
  Speaker 1: the silver lining is there is no statute of limitations
• 1:05:30
  Speaker 1: on murder in Canada, thank goodness. And the case can
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 1: remain open indefinitely until solved. And the police seem determined
• 1:05:37
  Speaker 1: to see it through. But that is the case of
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 1: Lindsay Buziak. If for whatever reason you have any information
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 1: at all on this case, I highly suggest you call
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 1: the Saanich Police Department. And again, my heart goes out
• 1:05:50
  Speaker 1: to the families involved. If you have any other cases
• 1:05:54
  Speaker 1: you want me to deep dive into and to let
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 1: you guys know about, let me know in the comments below.
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 1: And until then, I will see your beautiful face, okay?