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STILL NO ANSWERS – The circumstances of Angel Carlick's disappearance and death in 2007 remain a mystery. The 19-yearold Whitehorse woman was reported missing in May of that year, and the months-long search ended tragically the following November, when a Pilot Mountain resident discovered her body in the nearby forest. Photo courtesy RCMP

RCMP file is still open on the death of Angel Carlick

Three years have passed since Angel Carlick's body was found in the Pilot Mountain subdivision,

By Justine Davidson on November 9, 2010

Three years have passed since Angel Carlick's body was found in the Pilot Mountain subdivision, but police are still searching for people who may be able to provide them with clues to the mystery of the girl's disappearance and death.

"Police would like to thank those individuals who came forward with information over the last year,” the RCMP's Whitehorse major crimes unit said in a statement released Monday.

"Investigators continue to follow up on all leads but believe there are still individuals with information who have not yet come forward.”

The 19-year-old girl disappeared in May 2007, shortly before she was to graduate from high school.

In the weeks following, police put out a missing persons report and a public plea for Carlick to contact them to let her family know she was OK. But Carlick's friends and family felt sure she was not OK and set up search parties to look for clues.

In mid-July, friends identified a bicycle which had been locked up in front of the Family Hotel as Carlick's.

The hotel's owners said the bike had been there for about a month, search organizer Irma Scarff said at the time, but they didn't know who it belonged to.

On July 29, 2007, in an open response to concerns the case was not being taken seriously, Insp. Tracy Hardy of the RCMP said it was "receiving priority attention.”

Hardy said the RCMP had conducted air, land, and water searches; had spoken to friends, family and co-workers; and had alerted police in B.C., Alberta, and Alaska to her disappearance.

But Carlick never left the territory.

On Friday, Nov. 9, 2007, a member of the public walking through the trails around the Pilot Mountain subdivision just north of Whitehorse spotted what looked like human remains. Police were called to the scene and by the following Monday confirmed it was Carlick's body.

Police have never reported having any significant leads or suspects in the case.

"(The) RCMP has realigned resources to further their investigative process,” according to Monday's statement.

"This will include a file review to ensure all leads have been properly and thoroughly investigated.”

Spokesman Sgt. Don Rogers said a review of this kind is common practice.

Police are hoping to hear from anyone who may have seen something suspicious in the forested area north of the Pilot Mountain subdivision between May and November of 2007.

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bon on Nov 12, 2010 at 9:27 am

This is a very unbelievable case of Angel... I have watched psychic TV and contacted Nancy on this, who does psychic homicide cases and she told me that I can not ask her. The Email that she replied back to me that it had to be the RCMP or her mother to request her to do so. And she will do so, IF the RCMP or her MOTHER request it...wish the RCMP in Whitehorse or her mother would do this for my friend Angel..we all need answers.

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CW on Nov 10, 2010 at 4:23 am

There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of articulated facts here. Did they go through the Family Hotel records? Did they establish time of death? What about accounts from her friends and family during the time leading up to her going missing? How did they figure out the body was her? Maybe the article is incomplete, but I can't really know if the RCMP are doing their job to its fullest capacities until I know that they've exhausted every possible lead.

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JC on Nov 9, 2010 at 9:45 am

Put out a nice sizable reward. Takers will come out of the closet.

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