On August 10, 2000, a woman who looked to be in her late thirties walked onto the Arthur Laing Bridge in Vancouver, BC. It was a warm, sunny day; she wore a heavy tweed green and black overcoat. She climbed over the guard rail and fell onto Southwest Marine Drive.

On Saturday, August 28, 1999, 19-year-old Jason MacCullough was shot in the back of the head while walking home in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. His murder is considered to be a completely random act of violence.

Marshal Iwaasa was 26 years old when he was last seen on November 17, 2019. A week later, his burned out truck was found in the backcountry of Pemberton, BC. I spoke with Marshal’s sister, Paige Fogen, to learn more about Marshal and his family’s search for answers.

In August 1996, 34-year-old Bruce Royale Berthelot walked out of his family’s home in Leamington, Ontario, and disappeared. He had been struggling with bipolar disorder and may have travelled west.

Stacy Lucien “Luke” DiLenardi had lived in Sudbury his entire life. Three months after starting a new job in Sault Ste. Marie, Stacy went to buy cigarettes during lunch. He never returned.

He called himself “Brian” and went by “Dave.” He had neat brown hair, blue eyes, and looked to be in his early 20s. He said he was from Ontario, but he might have had ties to the Atlantic region. He enjoyed Stephen King novels, high end cars, and discussing politics.

In 2004, Corey Shane Braun was 24 years old. He lived and worked in Fort St. John, B.C., as an oil field operator for Penn West. In November, nearly four hours away from home, he disappeared after attending the company’s Christmas party.

On the morning of August 28, 1973, 36-year-old Amelie McArthur was seen driving away from her home in Taylor, British Columbia.

Barbara Chapman lived with her two children in a home north of the village of Frankford. On the morning of January 23, 1984, while she prepared breakfast for her two children, someone was waiting.

Claire Gagnon was just 16 years old when she was murdered on May 24, 1970 in Dieppe, New Brunswick.

On his 28th birthday, Landry Ntwari left his home in Burlington, Ontario, and went to the Fallsview Tourist Area of Niagara Falls. For reasons unknown, it was his sixth trip to the city since October.

On January 27, 1997, 36-year-old Maria Giovanna Evangelista called her mother with some news. She was going to California. Ten days later, she vanished.

It was a Friday night on November 25, 2005. Melissa had just finished visiting her mother when she started the graveyard shift in the most violent city in Canada.

Yves Jodouin was the third of four children. At 16 years old, he was a budding artist and comic book collector, described by those who knew him as polite and well-liked. At only 4’9”, his already small stature was compounded by his struggles with Anorexia Nervosa.

On Friday, March 17, 1978, 30-year-old Bonnie Thomas drove across the border to go to a dance in Calais, Maine. She never made it home.

Leah Sousa was barely 13 years old when she fell asleep on the couch at her family’s home in Cumberland Beach, Ontario. It was Labour Day weekend in 1990. Sometime after midnight, someone broke in while her family slept.

Delia Adriano was last seen alive when her fiancé dropped her off at her home in Oakville on Sept. 26, 1982. Six weeks later, her body was discovered near Milton, ON.