Investigation Team Members

Kerri holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, and is a proud coach for the Special Olympics. At a very young age, Kerri was mistaken by a stranger as a missing child called Lila.

Growing up she realized just how many "Lila's" were out there and has continued to follow local missing person cases ever since. Kerri joined the Please Bring Me Home team in 2021.

Kerri is passionate about helping people regardless of their disadvantages and understands how important it is that those who have gone missing are never forgotten.

Julie has a background in Criminology and Corrections working in both young offender and adult institutions.

She joined PBMH in August 2020 after a volunteer search she was involved with in Sudbury for a local missing teen.

“Becoming an investigation Team Member for PBMH has been one of the best decisions I have made, working with families that are looking for their loved ones, sharing their pain has been an absolute eye opening experience.”

Julie is passionate about helping others regardless of the outcome and she is all for bringing closure to families of the missing loved one.

Lee Hanlon, a Private Investigator since September 2012, owns and operates a PI/Consulting business, Securus Research in the Fraser Valley, specializes in Human Trafficking, Sex Crimes, Criminal Harassment, Cold Cases, and Missing Persons Investigations.

Lee served 16 years in the CF Army ResF and was a paralegal for 8 years. Prior to pursuing a career as a PI, Lee was a uniform security guard for 10 years, and specialized as a Tactical Security Guard in Bar and Event/Special Event Security.

Lee is also a Security Training Consultant as well as a Criminologist Consultant. Lee, has extensive academic studies in Criminology, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology, and Law, with a thematic option in Law Enforcement Foundations, as well as extensive experience as a Role Player for Law Enforcement Tactical Training Scenarios.

Lee also holds a 3rd Degree (Sandan) Black Belt in Karate and is an NCCP certified Karate Sport Coach, and has taken 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place in the west coast (Canada/US) tournament circuit.

Lee has a heart for justice for victims of crime and their families.

This is why he joined the PBMH volunteer investigations team.

Angela Heino, has been a Registered Nurse for nearly two decades, and she has over a decade of training and experience as an educator in both health care and post-secondary settings. She has worked in three Canadian provinces across various clinical areas and spent several months volunteering overseas with a community development NGO in eastern Uganda.

She holds a BA in Psychology from Simon Fraser University, a BNSc from Queen's University and a MSN from UBC. The focus of her graduate studies was the exploration of women's pain experiences in relation to pressing health concerns and the need for creating trauma-and-violence informed and culturally safe environments for clients, families, and health care providers alike.

Angela has pursued additional education in forensic sciences and completed courses on human remains recovery and the forensic assessment and evaluation of patients/victims of non-intentional and intentional injuries in 2022. She received her Forensic Nurse Death Investigator microcredential [FNDI-MC] in 2023.

She has worked as a subject matter expert and as a consultant on research projects pertaining to trauma, gender-based violence, chronic pain, substance use health, and stigma. Currently, she works as permanent full-time Faculty at BCIT and as the Decolonizing Lead in the BSN program.

Angela has served on the PIRS Board of Directors as a volunteer since Fall 2019 supporting newcomer, immigrant and refugee women and their families in the BC Lower Mainland.

She joined PBMH in July 2023 out of a heartfelt desire to help find answers for the families and loved ones of missing persons.

Brigitte Levesque had dedicated her knowledge to Katrina Blagdon and her dear family. March 2022, Brigitte met this amazing family that was missing their loved one. She couldn’t resist and realized she needed to help!

She started putting up posters and then joined any up coming searches. While making a bond with the family she decided to not only join the searches but going out daily with Katrina Blagdon’s parents, being close to her family it took Brigitte’s heart for a spin after Katrina was located on May 4, 2022. Brigitte realized she needed a break from the heart felt trauma. Once she took that break with everything she had learned, she decided to join the Please Bring Me Home organization of March 2023.

After joining she realized this is exactly where she needs to be to help bring closure to families. Brigitte is very thankful for all the experience she came in with but also learned so much from the wonderful people, she has met along the way!

“Big thank you to my first case partner, her direction and being there when I needed to unload has been huge. I have gained a really amazing person in my life and so for that I THANK YOU Kerry.”

Brigitte’s goal is to learn and gain experience along this terrible journey but in hopes to deliver closure to many families. “Thank you PBMH for entrusting me to help with these important cases for the families who are missing their loved ones.

Kandace has an intensive background in criminology and social work. She is a licensed private investigator with compassion for missing persons, their families and public safety.

Kandace has worked extensively in the criminal justice system with offenders, marginalized and vulnerable populations, MMIWG2S/MMIP, the mental health sector, a liaison with law enforcement and sex trafficking.

Kandace specializes in interviewing and investigations, case management, de-escalation, and trauma response. Kandace is a licensed drone operator and owns a trained protection K9.

At present, Kandace is working towards a Master’s Degree in Forensic Criminology.