investigations cbc news more missing women on the highway of tears. discovery of a body by the time wendy ratte vanished, at least 15 women had either gone missing or been found dead somewhere along this highway. word was a serial killer was on the loose. for me as a reporter, it became sickening after a while to hear the police issue another release that another girl had gone missing. had wendy become highway victim number 16? her abandoned van wasn t far from the highway. you couldn t not look at it as a possibility. it s another woman gone missing in unsubstantiated ways. for some, that s all that s needed. in many ways it s perfectly valid. but as reporter frank peebles dug into the story, he found another so far unsubstantiated theory making the rounds around town. i know that the police spend a lot of time thinking about and investigating the jones theory.