Shane Smith

In the summer of 2020, 20-year-old Shane Eric James Smith vanished in Calgary. He was last seen on June 6, and within days police believed he had been shot and killed by a friend at a southeast Calgary residence. In the weeks that followed, the Calgary Police Service charged Ian Charles Abercrombie with homicide, and two others with offences related to the handling of Shane’s body, which has never been recovered . Abercrombie later pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death and indignity to a human body in connection with Shane’s death — a conviction that left many feeling the sentence didn’t match the loss. Shane’s family, friends, and volunteers have spent years searching the Bow River and surrounding areas , desperate for answers and for the chance to lay Shane to rest. In this episode, we speak with Shane’s sister, Cassandra , about who Shane was, the painful search for his remains, and the emotional toll of a case that still leaves far more questions than closure. PLEASE READ: Some TNTC+ episodes may be released publicly in the future. TNTC+ subscribers will always get first access. -- Music Composed by: Sayer Roberts - // shorturl.at/mFPZ0

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Shane Smith is an episode from True North True Crime by truenorthtruecrime.

This episode is 52:45 long.

This episode was published on Feb 5, 2026.

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