Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal

Son of New South Wales police chief and his American girlfriend slain during road trip in Canada


Two homicide victims found in western Canada are the son of a high-ranking Australian police official and the young man’s American girlfriend, Canadian police said.

The bodies of Lucas Robertson Fowler, a 23-year-old Sydney native, and Chynna Noelle Deese, 24, from North Carolina, were discovered Monday along a remote stretch of highway in northern British Columbia province, the police said in a statement late Friday.


Fowler had settled in British Columbia, local news media said, but the pair had been traveling extensively. Deese’s family told U.S. media that the couple had embarked on a road trip through Canada.






Investigators remain in the area and have asked anyone who visited nearby camping sites or Liard Hot Springs, a popular stopping point some 20 kilometers (12 miles) from where the couple were discovered, to contact authorities.

The RCMP said that the area is “popular with nature enthusiasts and tourists.”

