Look For Me If I Don't Come Back: The Jack Family | Prince George, British Columbia

On the night of August 1, 1989, Ronnie Jack met a stranger at a Prince George pub who offered him and his wife Doreen jobs at a logging camp near Cluculz Lake. By 1:30 the next morning, Ronnie, Doreen, and their two sons, 9-year-old Russell and 4-year-old Ryan, had climbed into the man's dark pickup truck and driven off into the night. They were never seen again.

More than three decades later, the disappearance of the Jack family remains one of British Columbia's most haunting unsolved cases. In this episode, we walk through the timeline of that night, the RCMP composite of the bearded stranger, and the anonymous 1996 call that pointed police to a ranch that never yielded any answers. We examine the layered history of intergenerational trauma, residential-school abuse, and forced displacement that shaped the family's world long before the night they vanished. We also have a new-ish voice joining the discussion of where the case sits today – welcome Taylyn!

If you have any information about the disappearance of Ronald, Doreen, Russell, or Ryan Jack, please contact the Prince George RCMP at 250-561-3300 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

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