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MISSING PERSONS
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1. Cases will be updated as information becomes available through interviews with families and friends of the missing persons featured on this site. Check back often.
2. The goal of this page is to provide an extensive, accessible reference for vital, accurate case information for as many Canadian Missing Persons cases as possible to help their loved ones who continue to search for answers.
3. Photos and details have been compiled from various official sources (i.e. government and law enforcement agencies, newspapers, journals, or family members) and are used for educational purposes only.
4. In some cases, information varies between missing persons profiles provided by an agency and other sources where the case is discussed (i.e. historical newspaper data). Each case contains all information from official agencies, and any discrepancies in information between agencies and other sources will be noted.
Historical & Recent Missing Persons Cases
David Wieler NEUFELD (1992) - Toronto, ON
On September 21, 1992, David Neufeld, Peter Bentzen and Kenneth Vaughan were seen for the last time in Toronto, Ontario.
Tim Marcel VILLEMAIRE (2001)
Tim Marcel Villemaire - also known as Timmy - has been missing since 2001 from Cambridge, Ontario. He may have been showing signs of schizophrenia at the time of his disappearance.
Canada Unsolved Cases - Ontario
On August 24, 1981, Eric Larsfolk, 14, and John McCormick Jr, 15, were last seen driving a field car on the McCormick farm in Caledon, Ont. For the past 40 years, the Larsfolks have tirelessly searched for Eric, while others have fought to keep the truth buried. Podcast coming fall 2021.
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.
Tatianna Cuevas was 5 years old when she was abducted by her father John/Juan “Carlos” Varga Cuevas. They were last seen in Togo, West Africa, on August 4, 2018. Tatianna is turning eight years old this August. Where are they? #HelpFindTatianna
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.
On October 3, 1996, 42-year-old Audrey Desjardins disappeared after dropping off a friend/co-worker in Welland, Ontario. There has been no sign of Audrey or her 1985 Ford Crown Victoria since.
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.
Pamela Harvey was looking for a new start when she moved to Sudbury, Ontario. When she disappeared in 1978, she left behind a young son and countless questions about how - and why - she vanished.
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.
Toronto Police are appealing for information about the historic disappearance of 15-year-old Nancy Liou, last seen in 1999, along with that of Richard David Marlow (age 9, 1944), Helga Kaserer (age 13, 1960) and Amber Carrie Potts Jaffary (age 16, 1988).
On the evening of Saturday, April 7, 2007, a 32-year-old figure skating coach looked outside of her home in Mount Hope, in Hamilton, Ontario, and noticed an odd object “sitting perfectly” at the end of her driveway.
4,024 km. If you believe the story, that’s how far 19-year-old Mary Frances Gregory was from her home in Parry Sound, Ontario, when she disappeared.
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.
Lucas Shortreed never saw it coming. The car that struck the 18-year-old from behind on a dark country road - as he walked home to Fergus, from a party in Alma - left his lifeless body on the gravel, surrounded by shards of glass and vehicle debris.
On October 26, 2006, a man harvesting dogwood plants in a marsh in Bowmanville, ON, discovered the skeletal remains of a woman with no hair and no clothes. The boggy field was the closest stop off the eastbound exit of Hwy. 401.
The year Justin Pollari disappeared, there were 66,994 reports of missing children in Canada; 53,434 of those were classified as runaways.
In May of 1982, Terry Zubko was admitted as a patient at the North Bay Psychiatric Hospital on Highway 11 North. He disappeared 46 days later.
On June 17, 2009, a hiker walking near the Trans-Canada Highway discovered the body of a woman in a small blue one-person tent, in a wooded area along the Winnipeg River, in Kenora, Ontario.
Christine Ziomkiewicz had an ordinary Friday evening on June 23, 1978. The 27-year-old lab technician at Queen’s University went shopping, spoke to a neighbour, and went inside her apartment with groceries. By morning, she was gone without a trace.
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.
In 1983, two teenage girls disappeared from Oakville, Ontario. Despite many tips over the years - and a promising sighting in 1987 - investigators have never been able to locate Jan Stonehouse and Darlene Tucker.