Nicole Hoar
Missing June 21st 2002
Nicole Hoar was 25 years old from Red Deer Alberta who was working as a tree planter in B.C. when she vanished on June 21, 2002, while hitch-hiking along Hwy 16 to visit her sister in Smithers, B.C. Nicole was last seen at a gas station at 5952 Gauthier Road, west of Prince George
Person of Interest
Police say in 2002 he appeared to be in his mid-50s, with black shoulder-length hair, a skinny face, sunken eyes and scruffy appearance. He wore thin glasses, was a smoker and he had a pronounced jagged scar on the left side of his neck.
The Search
RCMP completed a search of a property in the District of Isle Pierre, west of Prince George, B.C. It was once the home of Leland Vincent Switzer, a man convicted of killing his brother two day’s after Hoar’s disappearance. Investigators also finished searching a property nearby that has been used as an unauthorized dumping area by people in the area.
Anyone who may have information that might help is asked to contact the Prince George RCMP at 250-561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca.
You do not have to reveal your identity to Crime Stoppers. If you provide information that leads to an arrest, you could be eligible for a cash reward.
