In the late summer of 1991, a 25-year-old woman named Nancy Ann Clark, also known as Nancy Ann Greek, vanished from the streets of Victoria, British Columbia. On the evening of August 22, 1991, she was last seen around midnight near the intersection of Broughton and Gordon streets. At the time of her disappearance, Nancy was a mother to two young daughters, one was eight years old and the other was just eight months. Friends and family described her as a caring mother, making her failure to return home the following day deeply uncharacteristic and alarming. When she was last seen, she was wearing a white tube top, a black satin jacket, off-white harem pants, and black high-heeled shoes, and she was carrying a grey purse.
For years, Nancy's case remained a troubling mystery, one of several unsolved disappearances in the region. She was known to be involved in the sex trade in Victoria, a fact that placed her in a position of increased vulnerability.
Despite this, those who knew her maintained that she would not have willingly abandoned her children. The investigation into her disappearance continued, but with few leads, her family was left with unanswered questions and the pain of not knowing what had become of her. The passage of time did little to erase the hope for answers or the grief of her absence.
A significant and heartbreaking development in Nancy's case came years later, connecting her disappearance to one of Canada's most notorious serial killers. In 2006, police confirmed that Nancy Ann Clark's DNA was discovered on the pig farm of Robert Pickton in Port Coquitlam. This discovery tragically linked her fate to the dozens of other women whose remains or DNA were found on the property. The RCMP's Missing Women's Task Force, which was investigating the numerous cases of missing women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, informed the Victoria police and Nancy's family of the positive identification. While Robert Pickton was charged with the murders of 26 women, the discovery of Nancy's DNA provided a devastating, albeit partial, answer to her family's long search. The case of Nancy Ann Clark serves as a somber reminder of a dark chapter in British Columbia's history and the many lives tragically cut short.Last Seen: Aug 22, 1991
