The Pemberton Incident - An Unsolved Mystery

In November of 2019 a group of hikers would stumble upon a disturbing sight in the Canadian back country. It was a burned out car with various items strewn about. After contacting authorities the truck would lead to a missing man Marshal Iwaasa. Where after some time the items found at the scene would also later be linked to a second missing person, Daniel Reoch.

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[UponThisAltar]

It really cannot be overstated how... weird some of the Canadian backcountry can be. I'm from the B.C Interior and have been a hunter since I was old enough to shoot. In the last 20 years I've found six abandoned vehicles, a buried storage container, two pot grow-ops, and by far the creepiest was finding a pair of boots, an empty backpack, and one used shotgun casing just sitting on a rock halfway up a mountain about 15km from the nearest backroad. All of that isn't counting the dozens of run ins with predatory wildlife. It's beautiful land but it demands you respect it or you may not be going home.

[piedpiper]

Mans put more effort into the video than the cops did into investigating two missing persons.

[savannar]

I lived in Pemberton when they found Marshal’s truck and I know there is so much more to this story than officials are letting on. There is something nefarious going on in that area and it is being ignored or covered up. I always had an uncomfortable feeling living there, I didn’t have that safe “small-town” feeling

[billalumni]

The RCMP seems like the laziest police force ever.
'You want to do the investigation or go watch curling, eh?'
'Ya, he musta just wandered off into the forest'.
'Yep, makes sense, case closed'.

[anneg.]

The fact that the police were so reluctant to even consider the possibility of a crime is immensely suspicious

[swagathan]

I'm fascinated that "removing the steering column of a car in the middle of the woods" was seen as a normal, unsuspicious activity by the RCMP. I actually asked a friend of mine who's really good with cars about this, and he said that it would not be easy to remove a steering column in the woods without tools.

[ItsAmaliaB]

I would like to mention that according to a post made by the Varsity Outdoor Club, during the renovations of the Brian Waddington Hut, whose roof collapsed due to an excess buildup of snow, Marshal's truck was cut up and removed via helicopter on or before October 15th of this year and is no longer out in the woods. Any evidence of its abandonment has been cleaned up and removed as well, and the trail is back to normal. A little disappointing, since no answers are now able to come of it, as the truck was sent to a scrapyard and is presumably being disposed of entirely.

[Mangs]

*Here's my theory on what happened.*

Daniel and Marshal had both gotten tangled up with the wrong crowd, and eventually got themselves into a criminal organization or gang trafficking drugs.

I think it's feasable that Daniel and Marshal didn't know each other, but they may have been part of the same organization. Marshal may have driven the long journey to traffic drugs for the organization either for money, or to pay off his debt. The fact that he visited a storage facility, a known place to store such substances, is indication of this.

I believe both men were struggling with substance abuse. Due to this, they had gotten indebted to this organization and probably owed them a lot of money. Proof of this is clear. Daniel had his hand crushed with a hammer in retaliation (typical behavior from criminals wanting money), but much more telling is the night in the pub where the two men were spotted with a third party.

The shady guy sitting in the car was most likely a guy higher up in the organization. He was there to collect money. That night in the pub was most likely him having a meeting with the two boys telling them that their final debt is due. In desperation, Daniel attempted to withdraw money he didn't have from an ATM.

The fact that Daniel said "I think he's going to kill us" was probably a plea for help. He knew he was on his last legs if he couldn't pay the money he owed, but what could he do? If he got the woman involved, she would most likely have gotten killed as well.

That night, the boys probably failed to pay their debt for the final time, and their punishment was their lives. This third party, maybe with additional backup, killed the boys, disposed the bodies somewhere they will never be found, and drove the car to a remote location to throw police of the trail. Before torching the car, he searched through it, maybe looking for any drugs or other valuables that may have been hidden in it. After setting fire to it he stayed around to wait for the flames to die down, but shortly after it did, he noticed the hikers approaching, so he went into hiding. He stayed in the woods until they were gone, and came back to make sure there were no evidence left behind, then he left.

A criminal organization being involved would also explain why some parties are worried for their own safety, like that one guy who deleted his comments and said he couldn't divulge information. There might very well be a powerful drug organization operating in the area, known to certain locals. This would also explain why a LOT of people seem to go missing in that region. Maybe this organization is so influental that it even has the ability to manipulate police, which would explain the weird behavior from law enforcement.

Just a theory of course, but this is what my instincts are telling me.

[makeritualnoise]

man you weren't joking about putting time in to learning the 3d stuff. this was absolutely gorgeous, and an interesting (and frustrating) story was made all the more intriguing and engrossing by your visuals. great job!!!

[JaceReboot]

Canadian here, can confirm our police agencies coast to coast are basically Barbrady from South Park… standing over a clear crime scene saying “move along people nothing to see here”… and it’s absolutely infuriating and insulting because like one we pay for this with tax money and two we definitely deserve better “protection” if they wanna justify existing….

[justnow]

This screams drug trafficking. And yes both seemed to be connected

[josephprendergast]

One thing I picked up from this was the car still had burning smoke fumes when the tourists found it abandoned meaning the fire took place very recently and the moved items suggests to me that the area was being carefully watched. The whole scene just gives off a very dreary scary feeling. Its like something out of a horror movie.

[ddcasemusic]

I'm Canadian and this situation is pretty typical of the RCMP. I also do lots of hiking and find weird, unsettling things all the time. It's crazy how much wilderness is out here...how many unsolved cases are out here...

[MarkusManon]

The 3D graphics on this video are phenomenal though, great work

[jakef.]

Law enforcement won't investigate because there is no evidence of foul play... They can't find any evidence because they refuse to investigate.
An absolutely insane catch-22. My heart goes out to the family. It seems law enforcement are part of a cover up.

[micheljavert]

I’m fascinated at how the authorities were of the opinion that there either wasn’t anything strange about the truck site, or it was strange but not so strange that it needed looking into. Ol’ boy scattered his belongings, smashed all his electronics, removed his steering column, and then immolated his freshly paid-off vehicle before walking into the woods to die. Nothing out of the ordinary. Must happen every other month up there.

[mentvltrillness]

The picture that's been painted is terrifying. Truck taken to the middle of nowhere (a truck he somehow paid off) and torched with a missing steering wheel. A "scary dude" reportedly seen with both at the same time, having power over the both of them. And the scene supposedly having signs someone might've been burned alive. Sounds like someone knew what they were doing, professional even. I doubt either missing man will ever just reappear.

[rog]

It’s well known that law enforcement doesn’t care about the indigenous people in Canada. It’s criminal how they treat the missing/murdered indigenous cases. It’s exactly how they treat missing or murdered working girls. They don’t give an it! One less in their eye. So frustrating and sad. Great video.

[cecilkeith]

There's nothing more frightening than seeing, plainly, how the law only cares about your well-being if it has some value. If you're a "nobody" you just get forgotten in paperwork.

[bastonneknight]

I worked in a warehouse with some guys from a reserve way out in the back country. They joke about it, but you could tell they were afraid of the place. Told me you didn't go out at night unless you had to because people would go "missing" in the night.