Nicole Doreen Hoar -- Missing Near Prince George Since 2002
Author: Shane Lambert
Original Time of Writing: January 9th, 2021
All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.
Original Time of Writing: January 9th, 2021
All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.
Missing person: Nicole Doreen Hoar
Last-seen date: June 21st, 2002 between 1pm and 4pm
Last-seen location: On the outskirts of Prince George, BC; she was dropped off at the Mohawk Gas Station at the intersection of Gauthier Road and Highway 16. I think, this gas station subsequently became a Shell station.
Link to Government Source: Canada's Missing File 2012020007
Ethnicity/Race: White
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 24
Hair: Brown, short
Eye color: Blue
Height and weight at the time of disappearance: 5'8" and 130 lbs
Last-seen date: June 21st, 2002 between 1pm and 4pm
Last-seen location: On the outskirts of Prince George, BC; she was dropped off at the Mohawk Gas Station at the intersection of Gauthier Road and Highway 16. I think, this gas station subsequently became a Shell station.
Link to Government Source: Canada's Missing File 2012020007
Ethnicity/Race: White
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 24
Hair: Brown, short
Eye color: Blue
Height and weight at the time of disappearance: 5'8" and 130 lbs
Other: SHE HAD BONDED BRIDGES IN HER TEETH
Accessories: a 35-mm Canon camera with three lenses
Clothing:
Clothing:
- Shoes: Black, sandals (maybe Teva brand); velcro straps; size 9; navy blue, grey and black swirls
- Pants: Brown, Green, Capri-style (called beige by another source; Times Colonist Jun 19 2003)
- Backpack: Purple, Lavender, Mauve, Black, Mountain Equipment Coop, called "oversized"
- Glasses: Bronze, octagon-shaped, wire-rimmed, prescription
- Shirt: Red, long-sleeved, had the number 13 on it (sounds like the style of a sports team)Fri, Jul 5, 2002 – 6 · Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com
The case of Nicole Doreen Hoar has often been looked at in the context of the Highway of Tears. This stretch of highway, believed to be the site of numerous missing person's cases over the decades, is in western Canada. Perhaps, Prince George might be considered the epicenter of the Highway of Tears.
Nicole Hoar went missing on June 21st, 2002. She was a tree planter in the interior of British Columbia. When she went missing, she was attempting to hitchhike from Prince George to Smithers to visit her sister, Michelle.
However, the visit to her sister was meant to be a surprise. Thus, no one reported Hoar missing until June 27th, 2002 when she failed to return to her tree-planting job. This job was for a company called Celtic Reforestation. Hoar was going to attend a music festival in Prince George, known as the Midsummer Music Festival.
The trip to Smithers is 371 kilometers according to Google Maps. That would make the search area for this missing person huge. However, there were several residents of the town of Smithers that claimed to have seen Hoar on June 22nd. None of these alleged sightings were authenticated by the RCMP, to my knowledge. They are puzzling leads, in my view, difficult to accept and yet difficult to ignore. My inclination, which you can take or leave, is that they are probably true.
In one case, an employee claimed that she, Nicole Hoar, made a purchase with her bank card but the transaction attempt failed the first time. Yet, the police checked her bank records and there is nothing in her bankings records after a $40 withdrawal was made on June 21st. Part of me wondered if after the original failed transaction, maybe Hoar paid with cash. But another part of me wondered if the bank would know of a transaction attempt, even a failed one. Maybe the Interac device went offline and so nothing registered with the bank.
Another potential witness in Smithers remembered Hoar's capri pants and her glasses. Another camera-shop employee remembered her name associated with a set of film.
None of the leads in Smithers are considered rock-solid. What is interesting to me is that it's not just one witness claiming to have seen Hoar in Smithers but many. If we dismiss the Smithers area witnesses, then we aren't just attributing the sightings to a twin, as the police seem to have done. We are ignoring a witness who claims the clothing matched and another who claimed the name matched to an order of film.
But all that's rock-solid for the last sighting is that Hoar was last seen hitchhiking. That would suggest that she fell into the hands of someone dangerous. The police received numerous tips that Hoar entered a yellow or orange-colored car. This car was described as crossing over two lanes of traffic to pick up Hoar but it might possibly have picked up a different hitchhiker.
The car could be a red herring, leaving us with other things to ponder. All of the details regarding the personal effects that Hoar had when she disappeared can be cross-referenced against Jane Does.
Furthermore, Hoar was known to have bonded bridges in her teeth. "This type of dental bridge is used to replace missing front teeth" (dentalchoice.ca). Websleuths or amateurs that find news of a Jane Doe with a missing tooth should definitely see if other details of the case match with details of Hoar's case. This clue to a Jane Doe's identity could survive decomposition and aid in circumstances where a complete DNA profile is not available (if you personally knew Nicole Hoar and know which tooth was missing, then please reply to this article).
Nicole Hoar has been discussed in relation to the numerous missing persons cases that are known along Highway 16 from Hinton, Alberta to Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Furthermore, she has been discussed in relation to two women of similar demographics that were found dead: Leah Germaine was found not far from where Nicole went missing while Roxanne Thiara was found deceased near Burns Lake.
Thiara's case is particularly interesting. She was last thought to be in Prince George before she went missing in June/July of 1994. Furthermore, the eventual location of her body, near Burns Lake, is on the route to Smithers, BC. Thiara and Hoar have different years for their disappearances but the same time of year for their respective disappearances. Thiara was found deceased while Hoar has not been. In both cases, there is a direction of travel from Prince George toward Smithers involved.
Thiara was a known hitchhiker. She was last seen using this mode of transportation from Quesnel to Prince George according to the Quesnel Cariboo Observer (Frontpage, June 18, 1995).
In the case of another murdered teenager, again there is a pattern. Leah Germaine was thought to be abducted from Prince George. She was found on Highway 16. Again, the starting point is the Prince George area and the direction of travel is west on the Highway of Tears.
There are many cases that could be discussed in relation to Nicole Hoar's disappearance and much work has already been done. What Websleuths or amateur investigators can hope to contribute is just an awareness of Hoar's personal effects and her dental work alongside an awareness that the entire region of BC's interior is in play as a hot spot of where she might be found.
Readers should note that serial killer Bobby Jack Fowler was in prison at the time of Nicole Hoar's disappearance. Although he is connected to the Highway of Tears he could not have disappeared Nicole Hoar in 2002.
I know of one person that I was told be (2) police personnel quite awhile back "who they believed was active." From 1980 to 1994 he was at the highway of Tears. He is now deceased which I personally don't care one way or another. The second serial killer is very much alive and his antics is he is pretending not only that he is stupid but his brain injury, back injury, and leg injury, couldn't allow him the physical strength to hurt anyone. I am stuck on bozo's time line suggesting he took Ms. Nicole Hoar from her safe journey. I will not give up...
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