Immaculate Basil

Status:

Open

Jurisdiction:

Fort St James (RCMP)

Missing From:

Fort St. James, British Columbia

Summary:

Immaculate "Mackie" Mary Basil is an indigenous Canadian woman who went missing early on Friday, June 14, 2013, near the Kuz Che Indian Reserve, 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of Fort St. James in British Columbia, Canada, aged 27. A mother of one from the Tl'azt'en Nation, her son was just five years old at the time of her disappearance. She was last seen around the Kuzche Reserve near Fort St. James, and an extensive search failed to find her.

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Circumstances of Disappearance:

Basil attended a house party on Thursday, June 13, 2013, in Tachie. It is not public knowledge who also was at the party that night, or how many people were there, but Vanessa Joseph believes that it was mostly Basil's cousins. One cousin Keith, and a man named Victor, who was known to Vanessa, were also there. The party was at a house that was a 20-minute walk from Basil's house. She was alone for much of the night and after midnight, she left with Victor and her cousin Keith, who haven't made public what happened. According to the RCMP's report to the family, Victor and Keith reported that they were riding in a white truck with Basil the night of the disappearance. Sometime early on June 14, 2013, the truck that Keith, Victor, and allegedly Basil, were traveling in got into an accident on Leo Creek Forest Service Road between Tachie and Kuzche, near a place called "16 kilometer." At about 10 am on Friday, June 14, 2013, Victor was seen walking down the street in Tachie wearing clothes that were wet up to his chest. Vanessa, Joseph, and Ron witnessed this in front of Ron's house. After learning that the truck that Victor was driving was in an accident near Kuzche, Vanessa considered it odd that Victor would be back in town so soon, on foot. No one revealed to the family that Basil left the party with Keith and Victor until after police interviews on 18 June 2013, when the RCMP disclosed this to the family.

Additional Details:

According to relatives, the family did not hear much from the RCMP in the first year after she went missing, though the RCMP issued a press release to the public on the third anniversary of Mackie's disappearance. The RCMP took part in the search effort for about a week after 18 June 2013. They used dogs, and there was a hailstorm and unfavorable rainy weather on the weekend of 22 June 2013. Extensive ground and air efforts were made in the days after Basil's disappearance, carried out by numerous search-and-rescue organizations, RCMP air services, relatives, and locals. A four-day extensive search was conducted by RCMP, search and rescue teams and volunteers from the Tlaz'ten First Nation. According to news reports, community members scoured the Tachie River area and searched old logging roads within a 20-kilometer radius. Both Victor and Keith were given polygraph tests. The RCMP reported to the family that both men were cooperative. They were also interviewed by a forensic psychologist. The psychologist's report to the family stated that they found nothing suspicious. None of the items that went missing with Mackie were ever found. In 2016, her older brother, Peter Basil, asked the chief and council of Tl'azt'en First Nation to post a $20,000 reward for any information about her disappearance. The reward money hasn't led to any breaks in the case. As of October 2025, Immaculate Basil's disappearance remains unsolved, with no arrests or charges filed in the 12 years since June 14, 2013. The Fort St. James detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police continues to classify the case as active, though without publicized breakthroughs following initial searches and witness interviews.

Case Last Updated:

Jun 08, 2026