After Lindsay Buziak was murdered 16 years ago, her family and supporters once again demanded justice for the slain woman during a walk through Greater Victoria on Friday (Feb. 2).
Buziak was a 24-year-old real estate agent who was stabbed more than 40 times while showing a Gordon Head area home to what she thought were prospective buyers.
The case remains unsolved 16 years later.
“It’s super important that this walk takes place every year,” said Lindsay’s father Jeff Buziak. “I think a good reminder to authorities right from the premier right down to the local mayor and certainly the police here at Saanich that there are conspirators and killers of Lindsay Buziak at large in the community. A young woman at work was viciously murdered, and nothing has been done about it.”
Friday’s event marked the 14th annual walk as participants made their way from the Saanich Municipal Hall to the B.C. legislature.
The past 16 years have been excruciating for Jeff, who continues to reckon with losing his wonderful daughter to a murder that remains unsolved. The walk is always difficult, but the 68-year-old father who lives in Calgary returns to lead the Capital Region procession every year.
“It just tears me apart, it eats away at me and it’s slowly killing me,” said Jeff. “So I look at this as doing something about it and trying to accelerate this whole process of solving a murder. That’s become a very frustrating enterprise for me.”
The annual call for justice started when Buziak told a couple of friends he was going on a healing walk following his daughter’s death. Eventually, the walk turned into a bigger event that garnered attention and supporters.
“If I get one person that comes and walks with me, I’m super grateful. The turnout is fabulous as far as I’m concerned,” Jeff said about this year’s gathering.
Jeff Buziak getting ready for his 14th annual walk to memorialize his daughter Lindsay. Her brutal murder remains unsolved. pic.twitter.com/4ByF5yQpQH
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As a woman who recently finished post-secondary school and now works in the city, Olivia Egen empathizes with Jeff and hopes his daughter can get justice.
“I do work alone a lot of the time and want to feel safe in the place of work. That’s a huge thing, especially as being a female, you really want to feel safe,” said Egen, a Victoria resident who took part in the walk.
“Hopefully we can continue the movement, and hopefully we get some answers to put some ease into the minds of the people who are still here with us.”
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