Lana Patricia Derrick was 19 when she vanished while visiting family in Terrace, British Columbia, over the Thanksgiving weekend of 1995. A forestry student from the Gitanyow First Nation who studied at Northwest Community College in Houston, she arrived at her parents’ home on Friday, October 6 and spent the evening out with friends. The last confirmed sighting was about 3:00 a.m. on October 7 when she stopped at her stepsister Clarice’s to pick up money and invite her to a party.

About a month later a witness reported seeing Lana at a Petro-Canada in Thornhill, just across the river from Terrace, at roughly 3:30 a.m. that same morning and said she got into a blue car with two men; the witness later underwent hypnosis and composite sketches of the two men were released in early 1996. Security footage from the gas station had been taped over, and the initial police response was reportedly delayed, which family and community members say hindered the early investigation.

The case is part of the RCMP’s E-PANA task force and remains open. If anyone saw Lana that night, knew her movements in Terrace, or recognizes the composite descriptions of the two men, please come forward with information.