Princeton Angels not forgotten more than 20 years after death
Mounties have re-issued an appeal for the public’s help in connection with a heartbreaking cold case that’s now more than 20 years old.
Back on Oct. 9, 1994, a man found the bodies of two newborn girls in a garbage bag at the bottom of an outhouse pit in Allison Lake Provincial Park, about 30 kilometres north of Princeton.
The girls, dubbed the Princeton Angels, were later buried together in the town’s cemetery and their grave cared for by community members.
“The death of the girls sent shockwaves through the town on the one hand, however, the crime also created a collective effort to redress the wrong that had been done,” RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said in a press release.
An autopsy determined the girls were alive and breathing when they were born and would have survived with proper care. Umbilical cords were still attached to their bodies, which weighed about six pounds each.
Police pored over medical records of B.C. women who were pregnant with twins around that time, but were unable to generate any leads, suggesting the mother may have been from out of province or country. Several tips from the public over the years also produced no results.
“It has never been determined if the newborns’ mother was involved in their death or whether she may have been a victim herself,” said Moskaluk.
“Someone is culpable for the two deaths, and for 23 years now we have lacked the information to establish the evidence to make someone accountable for the infants’ deaths.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact their local police department, the Princeton RCMP at 250-295-6511 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.