Sharon Rosenfeld

Gary, I knew, came home at 3 o'clock. Darren still wasn't home. I mean, I was just beside myself by that time. So Gary went looking. Again, I just stayed by the phone all the time. And of course, the other two children were coming home from school. So then Gary went driving. He was gone for a couple hours. By the time he came home, we said, okay, it's time to probably call the police.

Gary, I knew, came home at 3 o'clock. Darren still wasn't home. I mean, I was just beside myself by that time. So Gary went looking. Again, I just stayed by the phone all the time. And of course, the other two children were coming home from school. So then Gary went driving. He was gone for a couple hours. By the time he came home, we said, okay, it's time to probably call the police.

We were sitting at the kitchen table and there was two officers and one of them said, we will not do anything with this for 48 hours. And he put his pencil down. He said he's likely run away. He said Vancouver is full of young people that run away. And so they got up and they walked to the door. And I said, so, like, what do we do?

We were sitting at the kitchen table and there was two officers and one of them said, we will not do anything with this for 48 hours. And he put his pencil down. He said he's likely run away. He said Vancouver is full of young people that run away. And so they got up and they walked to the door. And I said, so, like, what do we do?

And he said, Mrs. Rosenfeld, if you don't know your child by now, chances are you never will. Gary started going to neighbors across the street. He went to Shoppers Drug Mart. He went to the dry cleaners. He went to every little business that was in that small outdoor shopping mall. And he was so surprised and very, very upset that nobody had been there.

And he said, Mrs. Rosenfeld, if you don't know your child by now, chances are you never will. Gary started going to neighbors across the street. He went to Shoppers Drug Mart. He went to the dry cleaners. He went to every little business that was in that small outdoor shopping mall. And he was so surprised and very, very upset that nobody had been there.

No police had been there to question any of the shop owners. There was no investigation at all. And then we wanted to make posters of Darren. And we went to the media. And the media said that they would need police confirmation before they would do printing of posters for the newspaper. And police wouldn't give their permission. Why? Because they felt that maybe he was a runaway.

No police had been there to question any of the shop owners. There was no investigation at all. And then we wanted to make posters of Darren. And we went to the media. And the media said that they would need police confirmation before they would do printing of posters for the newspaper. And police wouldn't give their permission. Why? Because they felt that maybe he was a runaway.

I got another phone call. Mrs. Rosenfeld, I'm sorry, I guess that was your boy after all. That was the death notification. And I just, I, at that time, I remember screaming and I knew my children were at home. And I remember screaming, Gary, Gary, it's Darren, it's Darren. And Gary picking me up off the floor. Our lives as we knew them died with Darren.

I got another phone call. Mrs. Rosenfeld, I'm sorry, I guess that was your boy after all. That was the death notification. And I just, I, at that time, I remember screaming and I knew my children were at home. And I remember screaming, Gary, Gary, it's Darren, it's Darren. And Gary picking me up off the floor. Our lives as we knew them died with Darren.

He was 11 years old and there was a specific place where he was to pick up his newspapers to deliver. And so I went to meet him and I seen him sitting on the curb and he had his head in his hands and he was crying and I said, what's going on? What's the matter? And he pointed at the newspaper and there was Darren's picture.

He was 11 years old and there was a specific place where he was to pick up his newspapers to deliver. And so I went to meet him and I seen him sitting on the curb and he had his head in his hands and he was crying and I said, what's going on? What's the matter? And he pointed at the newspaper and there was Darren's picture.

So I took it out at the binding so I could look at it, and under the bottom of his picture it said, Darren Johnsrud's nude, raped, bludgeoned body was found along the banks of the Fraser River. I had no idea. I had asked the police if he had been found with his clothes on or off. That would give me some indication. They said they could not give us that information.

So I took it out at the binding so I could look at it, and under the bottom of his picture it said, Darren Johnsrud's nude, raped, bludgeoned body was found along the banks of the Fraser River. I had no idea. I had asked the police if he had been found with his clothes on or off. That would give me some indication. They said they could not give us that information.

And so I respected everything that they told me because the last thing we wanted to do was mess up any type of investigation that they had going. So we had no idea that he had been raped.

And so I respected everything that they told me because the last thing we wanted to do was mess up any type of investigation that they had going. So we had no idea that he had been raped.

He was this little, beautiful little blonde-haired boy, and to know that or think that somebody could harm a child. Like, it just didn't make sense. Sharon Rosenfeld, Darren's mother. It was overwhelming to us. All of us felt very, very sad, very hurting, even though our children were either missing or had been found murdered.

He was this little, beautiful little blonde-haired boy, and to know that or think that somebody could harm a child. Like, it just didn't make sense. Sharon Rosenfeld, Darren's mother. It was overwhelming to us. All of us felt very, very sad, very hurting, even though our children were either missing or had been found murdered.

They were older than Simon, and I think Simon's age and just the look of Simon, I think affected everybody.

They were older than Simon, and I think Simon's age and just the look of Simon, I think affected everybody.