The summer of 1987, a young canadian couple had just started dating j. Cooke was 20 his Girlfriend Tenure then Carlin Berg was 18 they both mental pay high, but they werent in the same year at school. And so it was through some mutual friends. They met jay was six foot four, broad shoulders very lean, very handsome, both j and thani were quiet. Suite loving people. Jays father owned a Furnace Business and in november, as the couple, if they could drive from victoria, that theyd taken overnight out of the country. Narrator Jay And Tanya were using jays family van. The trip was just over 100 miles,
But since they had to take a couple of ferries, it was going to take some time. So instead of rushing home, they planned to stay overnight once they got to seattle. My dad had given them enough money to stay in a hotel. As it turned out, they chose to save that Money And Sleep in the van instead. Narrator Jay And Tanya didnt make it to the next mornings appointment. They didnt call the client, and they didnt call home. No one knew where they were. My parents were very concerned right away, by that afternoon, that something was amiss. Narrator days passed. Police on both sides of the border mounted searches. So did Jay And Tanyas families. My dad had an acquaintance who had a small airplane. They did a flyover of the Olympic Peninsula and out towards the cascade mountains, just sort of looking for the needle in the haystack. Unfortunately, it didnt turn up anything. Narrator six days after Jay And Tanya left canada,