Missing since 1989: Age-progressed photos show what Jack family might look like today
Family member hopes images bring to light new leads and solid answers
Thirty-one years after the Jack family disappeared from Prince George, B.C., a group of advocates have had age-progressed photos created of the young family, showing what they might look like today.
The new photos were published on Facebook over the weekend and tips have already started flowing in, said family member Marlene Jack.
"I'm hoping these age progression photos move us in a new direction where we get solid answers to where our family is," she said.
Ronnie and Doreen Jack grew up in the south side of Burns Lake. In 1989, they were living in Prince George with their two sons who were nine and four years old at the time. One summer night, Ronnie spoke to a man at a pub near their home who offered the couple jobs at a logging camp, or ranch, outside of the city.
On Aug. 2, 1989, Ronnie called family members to say he and Doreen would be heading out of town for work and that they'd be taking the boys with them.
They were expected to be gone for 10 days but never returned.
While the case remains unsolved, it is still active. Last year the RCMP spent three days searching a property in northern B.C. following a recent lead.
Police said the search didn't unearth any evidence.
RCMP: Case remains open and active
Marlene Jack, Doreen's sister, has long been advocating for the case to remain a priority for police. She said she's grateful for her new connection with this network of advocates and in particular the woman who took the lead on getting the age progressed photos done.
Jack and Jan Guppy connected about the missing family on Facebook, where Guppy runs a group called Unidentified Human Remains Canada. Guppy offered to help by leaning on her network to get age-progressed photos done of the family.
"The age progression photos were done in less than a month, all four," said Jack.
That work was done by U.S.-based forensic artist Samantha Steinberg.
Seeing what her sister, Ronnie and the boys might look like today was heartbreaking for Jack.
She said she thought about "how handsome the boys would have been if they were still around or if they are still around."
Jack said she likes to think it's possible that the boys are still alive, somewhere.
In a news release about the age-progressed photos, Guppy mentioned plans to set up a fundraiser so a private investigator can be hired to work on the case.
The RCMP said in an emailed statement that the case remains open and active. Anyone with information about the Jack family's disappearance is asked to call the Prince George RCMP or Crime Stoppers.