HIGHWAY OF TEARS

HIGHWAY OF TEARS
(Lakshay Raja)

Twenty six year old Gloria Moody was last seen alive on October 25, 1969. Her body was found in woods near ‘Highway 16’ (Canada). Twenty years old Madison Scott vanished on the same highway on May 28, 2011. Sixteen other women (mostly between 15 to 25) have either gone missing or died mysteriously in these forty two years (1969 - 2011) in a section of this highway that stretches along 724 km. 

Eighteen possible murders in forty two years, known to be the highway of tears, the figure is claimed to be more than thirty by some. Seven bodies still haven't been discovered and the mystery of any women or girl hasn’t been solved over these four decades.

Madison Scott is the recent one to disappear. She and a group of fifty others partied, close to Hogback lake near highway 16 on May 28, 2011. That fateful night, Madison’s friends had left her alone near the lake, completely alone. There were people that were going to stay up with her. But one by one, everyone packed up and left. Everyone, but Madison.

There have been posters and boards all along or near the highway, with the stories of disappearances. There’s been forests and lakes and what not, all around and finding the bodies seem next to impossible. 

How could a serial killer of 1969, barely able to walk properly, if alive, possibly disappear somebody in 2011? There has been no community living in around the forest. 

The highway has never been closed down.