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VICTIM’S DEATH REMAINS UNRESOLVED – Allan Waugh, 69, was found dead in his Whitehorse home on May 30, 2014. Photo courtesy RCMP

Unsolved crime has been hard on man’s family

Someone knows what happened to Allan Waugh, and Yukon RCMP Major Crimes is asking that person to come forward.

By Amy Kenny on December 13, 2016

Someone knows what happened to Allan Waugh, and Yukon RCMP Major Crimes is asking that person to come forward.

Waugh, 69, was found dead in his Whitehorse home on May 30, 2014.

He had lived in the McIntyre subdivision.

His death has been investigated as a homicide. Few details have been released since the crime occurred, 2 1/2 years ago now.

Dawn Waugh, one of Allan’s children, said today the waiting is hard, but the family is grateful for the support they’ve received since 2014.

“We’re a private family and we’ve had to share with the media, share online, and it is difficult,” she told the Star.

“It’s hard on the entire family. The kids, all of us, thinking about our dad and, you know, we miss him and that alone is difficult, but we are just continuing to look for answers.”

Last year, the Waugh family led 50 to 100 people on a march through the Kwanlin Dün village, hoping to inspire those in the city to speak up about anything they might have known about the murder.

In the coming weeks, Waugh’s family members will be postering the community and handing out flyers.

Dawn said the family is never informed of the nature of any tips, nor even whether tips come in.

Still, they organize marches and poster campaigns.

There is a hashtag on twitter (#justiceforalwaugh) and a facebook page called In Loving Memory of Al Waugh.

All of this is done in the hopes their efforts might get through to people who have information about their father, Dawn said.

Anyone with information can contact the RCMP at 667-5555.

People can also contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (online at www.crimestoppersyukon.ca), or the Kwanlin Dün tips line at 867-456-8477.

Both tip lines grant anonymity.

Comments (4)

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Doug on Dec 19, 2016 at 11:09 am

@jc. Not exactly. Well actually not at all.
The only time "time served" comes into account is when someone has been arrested and is remanded or kept in custody in a jail throughout the trial. If the suspect is in jail for 5 months during the trial and the sentence is 5 months...that can be time served because technically he already served that amount of sentence in jail.
If it takes 10 years to solve a crime and make an arrest that time does not come off the persons sentence at all...that would and does make no sense.

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jc on Dec 13, 2016 at 9:33 pm

Remember, the longer it takes to solve the crime the shorter the sentence will be for the perp. I believe the judges call it "time served".

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My sympathies and my outrage go to this family on Dec 13, 2016 at 4:19 pm

Wow, 2.5 years and no leads? This man was murdered and it happened in Kwanlin Dun--where is our hope that some of the these murders will get solved? The fella who was murdered over in Porter Creek--we've heard nothing about that either. Mr. Waugh's family is patiently waiting--the rest of the Yukon should not--we need to be outraged that we are not being informed as to how these murders are being solved (or not, apparently) So sorry for the Waugh family--you deserve better than this.

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rosemary on Dec 13, 2016 at 3:24 pm

#Justice4AllanWaugh

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