David Shearing : The Wells Gray Park Murders

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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When a family of 6 went missing while camping at the Wells Gray Provincial park, authorities had no clue what had happened to them. That was, until the name David Shearing continued to come up in their investigation.

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0:00.0	Six family members set off on a two-week-long camping trip in one of the largest recreational
0:06.6	parks in British Columbia, but they never returned home.
0:10.8	A large-scale search party found no sign of the missing family.
0:15.4	It was as if six people, their camper and their ten-foot boat had simply vanished into
0:20.9	thin air.
0:22.4	This is Monsters.
0:48.3	Bob Johnson had been excited about his vacation for months.
0:52.0	He'd taken a rare two weeks of time off from work, which he planned to spend camping
0:56.5	with his two daughters, his wife Jackie and her parents.
1:00.4	On August 2, 1982, Bob and Jackie packed up their car with 13-year-old Janet and 11-year-old
1:06.6	Karen strapped into the backseat and set out towards their destination.
1:11.4	The camping trip was taking place in Wells Grey Park, one of the largest recreational
1:15.8	areas that British Columbia had to offer, full of opportunities for fishing, hiking and
1:21.2	sightseeing.
1:22.6	On their drive, Bob and Jackie had arranged to meet up with Jackie's parents, Edith and
1:27.3	George Bentley.
1:29.0	Edith and George had recently retired and they were lifelong campers who jumped at any
1:33.2	opportunity to spend time outdoors.
1:36.2	The Bentley's were going to bring their most cherished recent purchase along, a 1981
1:41.4	Ford camper special, complete with a small aluminum boat mounted on top.
1:46.9	The day that Bob was supposed to return to work came around, but there was no sign of
1:51.2	him.
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