Bowen Island mystery brings homicide investigators back
There has been much speculation about what happened to her and Global News has learned that the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was back on the island this week.
The disappearance of 17-year-old Jodi Henrickson from Squamish has remained a nearly two-decade-long mystery on Bowen Island. Speculation about her fate has persisted, with Global News reporting that the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) returned to the island this week. Henrickson's ex-boyfriend, Gavin Arnott, was outside an Alberta courtroom this week on an unrelated matter when asked about the new police search near his family's property on Bowen Island.
Arnott stated, "There's nothing to implicate me, the circumstances surrounding my involvement. I know that there’s nothing that’s going to tie me to it, so it’s not really anything to bother me." Henrickson vanished after a house party on Bowen Island in June 2009, and she has never been found, with no charges laid. Her brother, Rob Henrickson, expressed the need to know the truth, stating, "Justice for me and my family is understanding what happened to Jodi.
Right now, we have absolutely no idea what happened to Jodi that night." IHIT Sgt. Freda Fong confirmed that investigators did not locate Jodi Henrickson's remains and that a dedicated team is committed to exhausting every lead. The search was initiated after a film crew's cadaver dogs detected something in the same area previously searched in November 2024, but no further details were released.
The latest police search has provided a glimmer of hope for Henrickson's devastated family, urging anyone with information to come forward.
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