Sex offender linked to woman’s disappearance dies in B.C., 28 years into sentence
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MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA – A violent sex offender who was also suspected in the disappearance of a woman in 1993 has died in a British Columbia prison where he had been serving an indeterminate sentence imposed 28 years ago.
Correctional Service Canada says in a release that Daniel Robert Dow died while incarcerated at the Mission Institution, although no cause of death was released.
Dow, who was 68, had been serving an indeterminate sentence that started in March 1998 after he was convicted of beating and choking a woman unconscious while also threatening to kill her child.
Police also named him as a suspect in the disappearance of 20-year-old Sherri McLaughlin in Kamloops, B.C., in 1993, although Dow never admitted involvement and did not co-operate with investigators.
McLaughlin’s body was never found, but police linked Dow’s vehicle to the woman’s damaged bicycle.
Dow had several previous convictions for violent sexual assault and was out on parole when McLaughlin disappeared.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 25, 2026.