Realtor’s murder chilling
February 06, 2008
Agent cancels showings in wake of death
Real estate agent Jasmine Parsons isn’t showing any properties in the next couple days.
At 22, Parsons is two years younger than fellow real estate agent Lindsay Buziak, who was murdered Saturday after being called to show an upscale house in Gordon Head.
“It’s a really scary thing,” Parsons said.
Though Parsons didn’t know Buziak well, the two young women had spoken on a few occasions.
“She said we were so much alike in so many ways,” Parsons said. “She had everything going for her.
“I got the impression that she was a really sweet girl.”
Buziak and Parsons were two of Victoria’s youngest real estate agents.
A former co-worker who worked with Buziak was shocked to hear of the murder.
“Everybody is very surprised,” said Bryan Wooley, who worked with Buziak at Maverick Real Estate Corporation until August 2007. “She was a nice girl and we enjoyed working with her. It’s a shock to find out what happened.
“She was very lively and bright and always happy.”
A Facebook group dedicated to Buziak’s memory counted nearly 800 members as of Monday. Friends, colleagues and acquaintances posted comments on the group site to honour the young Realtor.
“All I can think of is Lindsay’s infectious smile and caring personality and cannot understand why (she was killed),” Teresa Vatne wrote on Facebook.
Amanda MacDonald left a personal message for Buziak. “Buzzer, you always have been and always will be a ray of sunshine, love you and will miss you forever,” she wrote on Facebook.
Family members gathered Monday at Buziak’s mother’s home in West Saanich, but chose not to make a statement. Her aunt spoke slowly and quietly as she declined to comment on the tragedy.
Teachers and other staff at Buziak’s former high school, Reynolds secondary, were upset as well. A counsellor came to the school at 7 a.m. Monday to help staff deal with the news, said principal Alana Charlton.
Teachers who remember Buziak “are feeling really shaky right now,” Charlton said. “It’s kind of a shock.”
Buziak’s death is Greater Victoria’s first murder of 2008.
She was called to show a house for sale at 1702 De Sousa Pl. on Saturday afternoon.
Her dead body was found inside the house that evening.
Saanich police arrived on scene shortly after 6 p.m., Saturday after receiving a 911 call asking them to check on someone at the house.
Colleagues who worked with Buziak at Re/Max Camosun Realty’s West Shore office were instructed not to comment on the incident.
Jeff Buziak, Lindsay’s father, flew from Calgary to Victoria Sunday to be with the rest of the family, including Lindsay’s mother Evelyn Reitmayer and sister Sarah.
ecardone@saanichnews.com
– with files from
Roszan Holmen

My work is very similar to Lindsay's. I go to new clients homes, alone. People I don't know. I have often thought of my safety.