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Without justice, the site says, the family holds only “the painful knowledge of how her life ended and the fact that no one has been held accountable.”

The website was launched Tuesday as an additional effort by the force to crack 113 unsolved homicides that have stacked up over the past 40 years. The eight cases online span between 1981 and 2008, while the force plans to add more over time.

“We just want to breathe some life back into these cases,” Deputy Chief Adam Palmer told reporters, explaining he hopes the clickable files, maps and photographs refresh memories.

“Get them to recall things they may have been uncomfortable talking about at the time — either witnesses who may have seen something or heard something … but now with the passage of time, they realize they may not be in any peril or it may be the time to step forward and do the right thing.”

The other cases involve six women and two men, and include details about the death of 61-year-old Cathy Berard, who was assaulted and left on the grounds of an east Vancouver high school in 1996. Another reveals that an anonymous letter was sent to police confessing to the killing of Danielle Larue in 2002. Her body has never been found.

Families of the victims support the website approach, said Palmer, which the force believes could garner tips from a large public audience. Often a small lead, perhaps chatter along the grapevine, could be all that’s necessary to re-activate a case, he said.