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NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP Staff Sgt. Ron Babcock, left, talks to North Shore News reporter Surj Aattan Thursday about the suspected murder of North Vancouver
resident Lynn Duggan. Police are seeking public assistance to locate a missing sports bag, similar to the one shown, which was taken from Duggan's apartment.

NV RCMP investigation of Duggan disappearance slowed by lack of evidence

But Babcock admitted that the

that police recently identified a

searching Jor a unique sports bag

POLICE HAVE identified a suspect in the disappearance
of a “orth Vancouver woman, but say they cannot lav
charges or release further details until more evidence is

police are at a disadvantage.
“H's extremely difficule when

found missing from Duggan’s
apartment.

suspect in Duggan’s disap-
pearance, but could offer no ad-

gathered.

But one North Vancouver
RCMP official said police have
very few clues. He rates the case
of the suspected murder of 34-
year-old Lynn Marie Duggan as
one of the more difficult ones the
local Mounties have tackled
because there is no body.

A sports bag found
from Duggan’s upartment may
prove to be a key in her disap-
pearance.

Duggan,

missing

who worked in’ the

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

photo department of the London
Drugs outlet on Lonsdale Avenue
in North Vancouver, went missing
from her apartment at 705-1415
St. Georges Ave. sometime after
{0 p.m. on June £6.

North Vancouver RCMP Staff
Sgt. Ron Babcock said Thursday

ditional information.

Babcock said the family and
friends of Duggan are offering a
$25,000 reward for information
leading to the arrest and convic-
tion of the person or persons
resporsible for Duggan's apparent
death.

Police: distributed posters
throughout the Lower Mainland
Thursday showing a photograph
of Duggan and a photograph of a
shower curtain missing from Dug-
gan’s apartment.

Babcock said

police ure alsa

The large nyton sports bag is
teal, pink and light grey in color.
The bag has a four-inch (10 cm)
logo with the words ‘Kelloggs
Special K tronman Canada”’ on it.

Babcock said there are only
about 40 similar sports bags with
the same logo in B.C.

He said that police believe the
missing sports bag was used to
carry some of the other missing
items out of Duggan’s apartment.

Twelve police investigators are
assigned full-time to the Duggan
case.

you don't have a body. You're
working from the reverse end.
“That (apartment suite) setting

alone tells us a lot about the
murder. It is rare not to have a
body. There was an attempt made
to clean it (apartment suite) up
and hide what took place.

“t's difficult to put this case
together. The scene is always very
important. The way the scene was
left, it deprived us of gathering a
lot of evidence,”’ he said Thurs-
day.