{"id":159831,"date":"2024-08-28T18:57:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T22:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=159831"},"modified":"2024-08-28T18:57:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T22:57:51","slug":"cat-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/cat-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"From Wayback Wednesday!: Joan Lawrence | Sponsored by Jamie Lockwood, broker\/owner of Sutton Group Muskoka Realty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"it-s-wayback-wednesday-sponsored-by-jamie-lockwood-broker-owner-of-sutton-group-muskoka-realty\"><strong>Wayback Wednesday, sponsored by Jamie Lockwood, broker\/owner of Sutton Group Muskoka Realty!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/08\/Jaime-Lockwood.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/08\/Jaime-Lockwood-300x125.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/08\/Jaime-Lockwood-630x263.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/08\/Jaime-Lockwood.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This shed, discovered by the OPP in 1998, was rented by Joan Lawrence from the Laan family for more than $600\/month. She disappeared just weeks after the discovery. (OPP photo)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2024\/08\/joan-lawrence-opp-shed-muskoka.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159832\" style=\"width:1093px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mystery of the disappearance of Joan Lawrence (also known as the cat lady) in the late 1990s and several other seniors from the former Cedar Pines Lake Christian Retirement Home, run by the Laan family on Highway 518 just north of Huntsville, has never been solved. The OPP suspects they were murdered, although their bodies were never recovered. According to documents obtained by a joint investigation between the Fifth Estate and CBC, one of the residents, possibly Lawrence, had complained to police about the conditions of the home. When the OPP investigated, one of the most startling discoveries they made was this 8&#215;10 shed where Lawrence, who had become rather fond of cats and looked after about 30 of them, had been living. She was being charged more than $600\/month to live in this decrepit shed with her cats on one of the Laan properties. It was not insulated and had no plumbing. Shortly after the discovery in 1998, Lawrence would go missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See more Wayback Wednesday photos <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/category\/lifestyle\/wayback-wednesday\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/southmuskoka.doppleronline.ca\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler-sign-up-for-our-free-email-digest-local-news-in-your-inbox-three-times-per-week\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayback Wednesday, sponsored by Jamie Lockwood, broker\/owner of Sutton Group Muskoka Realty! 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