Disappearance of Lisa Marie Young
Nanaimo BC woman missing since 2002
On June 30, 2002, Lisa Marie Young, a 21‑year‑old Indigenous Canadian woman, disappeared from Nanaimo, British Columbia. Earlier that night, she had attended a local nightclub and two house parties before accepting a ride to a fast‑food restaurant from a man, Christopher William Adair, whom she and her friends had met at the club. Young has never been found, and her disappearance is being investigated as a homicide.
Early life
Lisa Marie Young was the eldest child and only daughter of Don Young and Marlene "Joanne" Martin. She has two younger brothers, Brian and Robin. Growing up in Nanaimo, she attended Brechin Elementary and Woodlands Secondary School. Young's maternal grandfather (Martin's father, Moses Martin) is Tribal Chief of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation on the West Coast of Vancouver Island; Joanne and both of her parents (Moses and Cecilia) attended Kakawis Residential School on nearby Meares Island.
Young was close with her family. Martin described her as an independent woman who was a hard worker with a hard head, and had "inner strength that was totally awesome." Dallas Hulley, an acquaintance of Young and the last person to hear from her, described Young as "outgoing, confident, bubbly," and said "She was somebody you noticed right away, at a party or a gathering, or whatever it was. She just had a light about her." Young was a vegetarian and a fitness enthusiast and enjoyed rollerblading at the waterfront.
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