amr SUNDAY June 18, 1995 1 MB yet OF che, Se Be FE Ee As ung a So bad fH Wha Be @ Business... i Classifieds.........40 M Collins. COMICS... eee % Crossword... 4B i Hunter............ seossessssane D B Insights... BH MaDOXK. veneer cesses se @ Municipal Atfairs. & N. Shore Afert...........72 & Shore Shots.. M Travel...... vs seinnestsenee 3O BTV Listings. wan 22 features @ Summer at Home feature: a 35 @ Canada Day — trivia contest: 42 fashion 1 A pro's 10 steps to a fresh face: . 15 ® North Van designer awarded grant: | 16 Weather Monday: Mainly cloudy High 20°C, low 10°C. NEWS Photo Gindy ‘Goodman JULIE DUGGAN is overcome by grief as she listens to her father, Merv Duggan, conduct an emotional press conference on Emotions spill over at press conference as Duggan family organize North Van search THE PAST two years of extreme men- tal anguish suffered by the family of Lynn Duggan surfaced dramatically on Thursday as Mery Duggan, the father of the North Vancouver murder victim, broke down in tears ata press conference table set up near the Seymour Demonstration Forest. By Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter Lyan Duggan, 34, was. murdered in’ her North Vancouver apartment across from the RCMP detachment on June 17, 1993. Her skull was found one yeur fater near the Seymour Demonstration Forest. No one has been charged in eennection with Duggan’s death. The Duggan family believes Lynn’s killer has been able to enjoy life while they have lived in torment. ; So help me Gad, we are going to get him.” said an emotional Duggan before. getting up and composing himself away from television cameras and reporters. Lynn: Duggan’s sisters, Cheryl and Julic, along with other family members were equally upset and crying. They stood among the media representatives, some of whom dabbed their tears. ; Duggan could not get through the press con- ference despite supportive pats on the shoulder from Chris Simmonds and Chuck Cadman, two other parents whose children have been mur- dered in acts of senseless violence. Thursday's press conference was a prelude for Saturday's search of the demonstration for- est area for items missing from Lynn Duggan’s apartment. The items are believed crucial to the murder investigation, After Mery Duggan got up, Chris Simmonds moved into his chair and spoke. “Tthink what Merv has just displayed to you ‘allis our private moments. Unfortunately now and again, itcomes out in public,” he said. Simmonds’ daughter Sian, 19, was mur- dered in a contract killing paid for by the fami- ly's doctor, Josephakis Charalambous, Simmonds is now the B.C, chairman of vic- tim-rights’ group called CAVEAT (Canadians Against Violence Everywhere Advocating its Termination.) oy i He said everyone was supporting the Duggan family so that the case can be resolved. Thursday. Merv Duggan broke down as he spoke about his murdered daughter, Lynn. “And they can put their daughter in a proper grave where they can visit and pay the proper respects to her and they can start to rebuild,” said Simmonds. “They are far more worth saving than any criminal.” Merv Duggan told the News that the support he has received from CAVEAT and other. vic- tim-rights advocates has made a fot of differ- ence in how he handles his pain and anger over his daughter's murder. “For the first 18 months, I thought my job and my family’s job was to just to go into our home and shut the doors,” said Merv Duggan. “Since joining CAVEAT nothing but good things. have happened. The support and unity these peopl have for victims of crime is shown | here today,” he said. Merv Duggan said his family has not griev- ed for Lynn yet. ; : : “We have had a lot of bawling periods. but { think the day that we have a. final: interment then then we can grieve.” he said. oe Other victim advocates at the press confer- ence included Dave Flather and Bob Celig. Flather’s father, Verne Flather, was shot and killed in front of his North Vancouver home in 1992. _ Celig, a Surrey resident, said his daughter was murdered 24 yeurs ago. : Said Merv Duggan, “We are not giving up ull we get this guy.” ;