![]() ![]() 22 bullet leads were extracted from what was left of the skulls. 22 casings were recovered which allowed a ballistic match to the weapon, just as. The murder scene was located through information from locals who’d seen the family camped at Bear Creek. Forensic analysis determined they’d been shot in the head with a. The bodies were so consumed that they were eventually interred together in one child-sized casket. In the back seat were the incinerated remains of the four adults and, in the trunk, were the two girls. ![]() On September 13, the Johnson family car was found burned in a clearing off a mountainside logging road, thirteen aerial miles from Bear Creek. ![]() This was long before the day of cell phones and email. It spread across central British Columbia as their known destination was only somewhere in the Wells Gray area, which is huge. The families were reported missing on August 23, 1982, when Bob Johnson failed to show up for work. The Bentleys arrived with a truck and camper to house the adults. The Johnsons drove up by car and pitched a tent for the girls. They rendezvoused for a summer vacation at the remote wilderness recreational area (300 miles northeast of Vancouver and 465 miles northwest of Calgary) and picked a secluded camp spot at the old Bear Creek prison site. The victims were grandparents George Bentley, 66, and Edith Bentley, 59 parents Bob Johnson, 44, and Jackie Johnson, 41 and daughters Janet Johnson, 13, and Karen Johnson, 11. The motive for the murders and what actually happened is beyond disgusting. Thirty-three years ago this week, six members of the Johnson and Bentley families – three generations – were savagely slaughtered by a sick bastard who’d stalked them for days while they camped at Wells Gray Park in central British Columbia, Canada. ![]()
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