Please help give this woman her name back
On August 10, 2000, Sarah was seen climbing over a guard rail on the Arthur Laing Bridge’s north end. Two passing drivers witnessed her jump off the bridge. She fell for nine meters before hitting the South West Marine Drive off-ramp.
The impact of the fall fractured Sarah’s ribcage, collars bones, the left side of her jaw, and several teeth. Her broken bones punctured her lung and aorta, which caused her lungs to fill up with blood. She did not die on impact, but was pronounced dead at 11:25 A.M. in the Vancouver General Hospital.
Inside of Sarah’s pocket was a page ripped from a phone book listing social service organizations and three scraps of paper with phone numbers written on them. The phone numbers were traced to Abbotsford, Port Coquitlam, and Whistler. One of the phone numbers had the name “Buzz” alongside it. He was a man from Surrey that met Sarah in New Westminster and did not know her name.
Additional shelters believed Sarah might have stayed with them. Somebody who recognized Sarah claimed that she was kicked out of her residence by a former boyfriend. She briefly worked in the sex trade in New Westminster, but did not want to continue that lifestyle. Police do not believe Sarah was on the streets for very long.
No drugs or alcohol was found in her system and there was no evidence of prior drug abuse.
Sarah is buried in an unmarked plot at Vancouver’s Mountain View Cemetery.
Case Reference: 2012020164
Discovered on: August 10, 2000
Estimated age: 30 to 49
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Eye Color: Hazel or Brown
Hair Color: Brown, long, slightly curly with grey
Height: 179cm / 5 ft 10 in
Weight: 64 kg / 141 lbs
Notable: The fingernail on her right index finger was missing. Sarah had 3 scars: A one centimeter scar was on her left upper arm, a one centimeter scar on the back of her right hand & a 1.5 centimeter scars on both knees.
If you have information on ‘Sarah’s’ case, please contact any of the following:
Vancouver Police Department: 604-717-3321
Reference Case#: BOD 00-182429Â
Sources:
Canada’s Missing
International Missing Persons Wiki
Doe Network
Someone Saw Something 
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