In the early morning of March 4, 1993, an individual delivering newspapers contacted emergency services to report an active apartment fire. Vancouver Fire Department personnel were subsequently dispatched to the scene, where they discovered the remains of 28-year-old tenant Jillian Blatchford Fuller after extinguishing the flames. The victim's death was found to be a homicide, and that her apartment was set ablaze in an attempt to conceal the crime. Fuller had last been seen alive at the Fraser Arms Hotel (a bar inside the Rock Cellar Pub) by a waitress working there. The waitress told investigators that Jillian had made contact with a man that evening, and the two agreed to meet up later at her apartment. This individual has not since been identified, but is considered an important person of interest.
