Early Sunday morning, a sleepy Andrea Patrick opened her door to an officer from the local RCMP. After being told that her 22 year-old brother, Ian Bush, was dead, the first question was, "How is he dead? Was it a motor vehicle accident?" The officer's reply was, "All we can say is he's dead."

After 8 months, with no more news from the RCMP, the Bush family would have to seek a way to gather information on their own.

Frantic calls to and from friends revealed that Ian had been taken into custody during a Houston Luckies hockey game. Standing outside with an open beer, he had been asked for his name by a new officer in town. When Ian gave a false name, the other attending officer said that it was not his name and Ian was arrested for obstructing a police officer. That was about 9:30 pm on Saturday, October 29, 2005.

The family also learned that Ian had gone peacefully with the officers for his ride to the local detachment. But by about 10 pm, Ian was dead.

A friend of Andrea's, who had taken criminology courses, insisted the family get themselves a lawyer. She recommended Howard Rubin, of Vancouver. Four months after the incident happened, Rubin was able to inform the family that Ian had died from a single, close range shot to the back of his head.

It would take even more months before the family learned the bullet never exited.