S5 E49 Murder at Swan Lake

04/02/25 • 30 min

In January 1943, fifteen-year-old Molly Justice took the 5:50 pm bus from her job in Victoria, BC and got off at Swan Lake near her Saanich home. Her body was found a few hours later lying face down in the snow. She had been stabbed more than 20 times and hit on the head with a rock. What followed was one of the most seriously botched police investigations of last century.

This episode is based on a chapter from my book Cold Case BC: The Stories Behind the Province's Most Intriguing Murder and Missing Person Cases. For more information, please visit my website: evelazarus.com or join us on the Facebook group page Cold Case Canada.

Photo of Molly Justice (right) with her best friend, Ada Duke and Ada's Dog Mickey in 1943. Courtesy T.W. Paterson

Photo of Molly Justice (right) with her best friend, Ada Duke and Ada's Dog Mickey in 1943. Courtesy T.W. Paterson

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On April 1 1992, 19-year-old Aimee Beaulieu was killed in her home just outside of Nelson, British Columbia. Her twin babies David and Samantha, died in the fire that was lit to cover up her murder.

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The body of 15-year-old Myfanwy Sanders was found on November 9, 1945 in a field near her home on Vancouver Island. She had been missing for 23 days. Apart from a couple of newspaper articles and a coroner's inquest, this Saanich teen’s case was never really looked into at all. And, while Saanich police have four unsolved murders on their books, Myfanwy, who was known as Dot by her family and friends, is not one of them.