John Daly

And that, I guess, was probably in the spring of 81 where I started to raise the questions as to whether or not these cases were all connected and, you know, how this was being handled. You know, do we have three child killers out there acting simultaneously in the Lower Mainland? Or is there one really bad guy out there doing this?

And that, I guess, was probably in the spring of 81 where I started to raise the questions as to whether or not these cases were all connected and, you know, how this was being handled. You know, do we have three child killers out there acting simultaneously in the Lower Mainland? Or is there one really bad guy out there doing this?

I don't know whether they were just trying to keep the public calm, what the police were really thinking or doing. Maybe they were afraid of panic.

I don't know whether they were just trying to keep the public calm, what the police were really thinking or doing. Maybe they were afraid of panic.

But the initial response when the children went missing was, you know, there's nothing to indicate foul play. We have a missing child. There's nothing to indicate that there was a kidnapping. There's nothing to indicate that this is related to any of the previous cases, either disappearances or murders. And that seemed to be the ongoing pitch from the cops again and again.

But the initial response when the children went missing was, you know, there's nothing to indicate foul play. We have a missing child. There's nothing to indicate that there was a kidnapping. There's nothing to indicate that this is related to any of the previous cases, either disappearances or murders. And that seemed to be the ongoing pitch from the cops again and again.

But it started to build up. And if I may, I'll tell you one instance that really kind of sent a chill through my spine. I remember getting a sign to the disappearance of Simon Partington.

But it started to build up. And if I may, I'll tell you one instance that really kind of sent a chill through my spine. I remember getting a sign to the disappearance of Simon Partington.

When we get down to the point where you've got a missing nine-year-old kid who's six blocks from his home and disappears when he's at the corner store getting an ice cream or a candy bar, you've got a big problem. I was like a blowtorch on my butt, to be blunt.

When we get down to the point where you've got a missing nine-year-old kid who's six blocks from his home and disappears when he's at the corner store getting an ice cream or a candy bar, you've got a big problem. I was like a blowtorch on my butt, to be blunt.

It was kind of like, you get out there and you hunt this stuff down, you stay on these cops and you find out what they know and what they're doing, etc. And it got really, really intense after that.

It was kind of like, you get out there and you hunt this stuff down, you stay on these cops and you find out what they know and what they're doing, etc. And it got really, really intense after that.

She was afraid to do an interview. She didn't want to be questioned. She just wanted to make a statement. We said, fine. And she wouldn't make a statement with us present. So we set up the camera in a chair in the backyard, left the thing running, and we went for coffee so she could come out, sit down in the chair, and make her pitch.

She was afraid to do an interview. She didn't want to be questioned. She just wanted to make a statement. We said, fine. And she wouldn't make a statement with us present. So we set up the camera in a chair in the backyard, left the thing running, and we went for coffee so she could come out, sit down in the chair, and make her pitch.

And, you know, we came back, I guess it was 35, 40 minutes later, and, you know, she was gone. We had a truck and we had playback in it. We went into the truck and she had left basically a three-minute crying appeal to the kidnappers to get young Simon, nine-year-old Simon, back.

And, you know, we came back, I guess it was 35, 40 minutes later, and, you know, she was gone. We had a truck and we had playback in it. We went into the truck and she had left basically a three-minute crying appeal to the kidnappers to get young Simon, nine-year-old Simon, back.

It was heart-wrenching, absolutely heart-wrenching, and I think that really sent a chill through the spines of all British Columbians.

It was heart-wrenching, absolutely heart-wrenching, and I think that really sent a chill through the spines of all British Columbians.

That was, I think, a turning point where the police realized that the media were going to turn up the heat on them and that they better, you know, throw everything they've got at this.

That was, I think, a turning point where the police realized that the media were going to turn up the heat on them and that they better, you know, throw everything they've got at this.