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Chapter 1: What happened to Marshal Iwaasa in late 2019?
Hi, everyone. I'm Delia D'Ambra, and on my podcast, CounterClock, I don't just revisit cold cases. I reinvestigate them. Each season, I turn back the clock on cases that have gone quiet over time and work to uncover what may have been missed. That means reexamining evidence, tracking down new leads, and speaking directly with the people closest to the case.
This season, I'm investigating the Lane Bryant murders. Over the past year, I've spoken with law enforcement, victims' loved ones, and individuals who have never shared their perspectives. I've followed leads from Chicago to Texas, reexamined timelines, and taken a closer look at what was happening in Tinley Park at the time and what may have been overlooked.
But even after all of that, I keep coming back to the same question. How has this case not been solved? This season of CounterClock is not just about what happened inside that store. It's about what happened after and what it might take to finally get answers. CounterClock Season 8 is available now, wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, park enthusiasts. I'm your host, Delia D'Ambra.
And buckle up, because the case I'm going to share with you today is one of those stories that will make you question everything you think you know about missing persons cases. It takes place in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, which are both known for having sprawling prairies, mountains, grasslands, and forests that stretch for miles and miles.
In late fall 2019, something truly confounding was discovered in the backcountry at the end of a logging road in B.C. that, to this day, remains extremely suspicious. The disappearance of 26-year-old Marshall Iwasa is a case some of you listening might know about. It's been covered on TV programs and many true crime publications in North America.
It's a missing persons case that I've received a lot of DMs about over the last few years. And I always knew that I would eventually cover the case on this show, but I wanted to make sure that I did as much digging as I could before presenting it here.
Marshall's mother and sister, as well as many of his close friends, have poured everything they have into trying to find him and keeping his case in the public eye, which is why I'm so thankful his loved ones sat down with me for an interview. I want this platform to lift up cases like Marshall's whenever possible. So, are you ready?
Because this is the mysterious story of what happened to a young man with seemingly everything to live for, who vanished off the face of the earth with nothing but a string of suspicious clues in his wake. This is Park Predators.
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Chapter 2: How was Marshal's truck discovered and what did it reveal?
They weren't gonna call the vehicle fire an arson without more proof, and they weren't gonna say Marshall was a victim of foul play either, because up until that point, they hadn't found any clear evidence pointing to him being dead, let alone murdered. So without a criminal element, Marshall's case remained a missing persons investigation.
Lethbridge police had previously said in a media release, quote, in examining Iwasa's personal affairs in the months leading up to his disappearance, including interviews with close friends, as well as his financial, medical, and social media activity, there is evidence to suggest he was experiencing stress in his life and had become withdrawn, end quote.
Which is a statement to me that seems to be subtly suggesting that whatever happened to Marshall was a result of his own doing. But that was not a theory his family was willing to get on board with. Towards the end of 2020, Tammy and Paige launched an online petition to have Marshall's case reclassified as criminal.
They specifically wanted authorities to test items that had been found at the fire scene and storage unit for fingerprints and DNA. They also wanted police to more thoroughly search the storage facility and surrounding locations, as well as work more collaboratively with the family's private investigators.
The petition garnered more than 6,000 signatures, but when Tammy and Paige took it to Lethbridge police, investigators told them it would have no effect on the case and nothing would change because there was still no evidence that suggested the matter was criminal in nature or that Marshall was dead.
But the family pushed forward anyway and saw the number of people supporting them increase on a Facebook page they'd created to keep the case in the limelight. The page, Find Marshall Iwasa, was created just days after he disappeared, and it quickly grew to more than 16,000 members. And people were on there sharing and posting and reposting about the case on a regular basis.
It's still active today and remains a space where relatives post updates about the investigation and where members offer support or discuss possible theories. And speaking of theories, there have been a lot of those. According to my interview with Tammy, she said that Marshall had never been in trouble with the law or arrested for any kind of crime, just traffic-related stuff.
So any suggestion that he might have been tied up with drugs or targeted by people associated with drugs is a theory that just never held water for her. Like I said, she said he'd gotten a few traffic tickets in life, but other than that, his record was clean. She told me that to her knowledge, he was never into illicit drugs or suffered from an addiction.
The only thing he engaged in from time to time was cannabis use. Both her and Paige said that even Lethbridge police confirmed they didn't suspect Marshall was part of an illicit drug scene or associated with illicit drug use. And the family seemingly ruled out a personal motive too.
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