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Relative Begs Secret Letter-Writer To Reveal Self To Solve Arson That Killed Three BC Women And Baby

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 05 Feb, 2015 02:34 PM

SURREY, B.C. — A family member of three women and a baby killed in a Prince Rupert, B.C., apartment arson 25 years ago is pleading for an anonymous letter writer to help solve the cold case.

Lorraine Rochon is appealing through the RCMP to the person who sent a note to her family four years ago that investigators now say could move them towards solving the quadruple homicide.

Rochon's mother, Helga, her two sisters Sherri and Pauline, and her 7-month-old niece, Kimberly, died in the blaze that engulfed a store and the top-floor apartment suite on Feb. 5, 1990.

RCMP Supt. Ward Lymburner says police know the fatal fire was the second attempted arson at the building in three months, but he declined to give more details about the fire or about the letter.

Rochon says her family wants the person responsible to know they won't give up the quest for closure, and that her message to the public is that no piece of information is too small to bring forward.

She says if the arsonist didn't intend for anyone to be hurt or die, they should know only the truth will set them free from their guilt.

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