Young lovers, Chynna Deese and Lucas Fowler set out to visit as many national parks in Canada as they could in the summer of 2019. They didn’t make it far before diabolical predators stopped them in their tracks on Alaska Highway 97. Their murders were just the beginning of a homicidal rampage that would leave five people dead and authorities wondering what was really going on in the mind of two troubled teenage boys.
Chynna Deese and Lucas Fowler
Chynna Deese and Lucas Fowler
Chynna Deese and Lucas Fowler
Leonard Dyck
Kam McLeod
Bryer Schmegelsky
1993 Dodge Pickup Truck and Camper
Bryer and Kam Store Surveillance
Burned Out Rav 4
Laird River Hot Springs - Alaska Highway 97
Nelson River, Manitoba
Episode Source Material
- “Manhunt Underway After North Carolina Woman, Australian Boyfriend Murdered in Canada” by ABC7 News
- “Link Between Murders, Missing Teens ‘Possible’” by Douglas Quan and Tyler Dawson for The National Post
- “Missing Teens Went to Yukon to Find Work” by Douglas Quan and Tyler Dawson for The National Post
- “Manhunt On For Two Port Alberni Teens” by Gordon McIntyre and Derrick Penner for The Province
- “Teens Suspected in Canada Road Trip Murders Found Dead” by Marie Lodi for The Cut
- “B.C. Manhunt Ends: What We Know About The Victims And Alleged Killers” by Joseph Brean for The National Post
- “A trusted teacher and ‘a great pair’ of travellers” and “Murder Suspects Shared Dark Interests” by Joseph Brean for the National Post
- “The Full Story of Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod From Disappearance to Discovery” by The Vancouver Sun
- “Canada Manhunt: Lucas Fowler and Chynna Deese Murders Prompt Questions that Killers’ Suicides Leave Unanswered” by Conor Duffy and Niall Lenihan for ABC.Net Australia News
- “Lucas Fowler and Chynna Deese: The Forgotten Faces In Canadian ‘Fugitives’ Story”by Jessica Murphy for BBC News
- “Video Confessions Reveal Canada Teen Killers Planned to Murder More” by 9 News Australia
- “Schmegelsky, McLeod admitted to B.C. Homicides on Video Before Killing Themselves” by CBC News: The National
- “New Light Shed on Murder of Botanist” and “Evidence Found in Port Alberni Teen’s Vehicle Linked Killers to Slain UBC Botanist” by David Carrigg for The Vancouver Sun
- “A Year After Northern B.C. Murders, Victim’s Mother Finds Support In Canadian Trucker Who Also Lost Child” by Jason Proctor for CBC News
- “Chynna Deese, Lucas Fowler Murder: Mum Reveals Heartbreaking Final Texts” by Mathew Murphy for News.Com.Au
- Leonard Dyck Obituary and Fundraiser for Helen Dyck
- Alaska Highway 97 Info