The Lamrock case is what the RCMP call a cold case, meaning it isn’t on the active front burner. But it isn’t one that permanently collects dust either. When the major crime unit has down time, the case is pulled out. And in his travels Cpl. Parsons says people will often raise the Lamrock case in conversations.
Over the years investigators have travelled to Ontario and Alberta to question individuals. And there’s been lots of people who have been given the polygraph.
Cpl. Parsons admits from the beginning there has never been an outright suspect or person of interest. But there have been a lot of individuals who have raised suspicion, and some still continue to do so.
Cpl. Parsons says they follow up on all tips that come in. But more often than not, it’s the same cast of characters that they’ve already investigated. And given the passage of time, the police say, there is always the possibility that whoever killed Lamrock is dead by now. Although there is nothing to suggest a person acted alone.
Still, one thing that surprises Cpl. Parsons is that the presence of a reward in the case hasn’t helped to push the case closer to being solved. The Lamrock case is one of many included in the Nova Scotia Department of Justice’s Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program, with a $150,000 reward on the line for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person(s) responsible for Lamrock’s death.
“There’s enough people that you’d think if they knew something and they knew there was a $150,000 carrot dangling in front of them, you’d think they’d bite on it,” he says.
Because it’s really the public that is going to help the police solve this case, if it ever is solved. The truth is, says Cpl, Parson, if a murder is not solved within two to six months of its occurrence, it’s hard, albeit not impossible, to crack the case.
Stabbing was ruled as the cause of death in the Lamrock case, and a violent stabbing at that, which leads police to believe that her killer could have been someone she knew.
Meanwhile, Lamrock’s sister still thinks back to the last time she saw her sister. It’s not a pleasant memory. All there was were bones in a box at the funeral home. So instead Lloyd focuses on other memories she has of her sister.
“I just want to say she’s never forgotten,” she says, hoping that one day there will be justice for her sister Ann.
Do you have information about this case?
If you have information about the Mary Ann Lamrock case, you can contact the Yarmouth rural detachment office at 742-9106, the Southwest Nova Major Crime Unit at 742-6839 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. People can also contact the Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program at 1-888-710-9090 or visit the N.S. Department of Justice’s website.
