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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.
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Historical & Recent Missing Persons Cases
Loretta Ann FRANK (1988)
Loretta Ann Frank disappeared sometime in late 1988 or early 1989 in Whitehorse, Yukon.
Explore other Canada Unsolved Cases
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nick and Lisa Masee were set to discuss a $10 million business deal with an investor at Trader Vic’s in downtown Vancouver on August 10, 1994. The next morning, Lisa made two phone calls. They were never heard from again.
At 14 years old, Adam O’Brien was the oldest. Trevor was 11, and Mitchell was just a few weeks shy of his 5th birthday. On the day their father kidnapped them, Mitchell was feeling sick; their mother, Diana, had tried to keep him home.
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.
In April of 1984, a group of children playing near the banks of the Seine River in Winnipeg, Manitoba, discovered the body of a baby boy, buried in a shallow grave. Who was Baby Innocence?
On the morning of August 28, 1973, 36-year-old Amelie McArthur was seen driving away from her home in Taylor, British Columbia.
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.
Claire Gagnon was just 16 years old when she was murdered on May 24, 1970 in Dieppe, New Brunswick.
Dean Mortensen was a student at the University of Alberta when he vanished after a night out in January of 1992. Aside from his hat—discovered weeks later—no trace of Dean has ever been found.
On October 17, 1982, Clayton played a few hands of poker with friends after finishing his shift at Abbotsford Taxi Ltd. When it ended, he left to drive home. Hours later, someone saw a passenger in his vehicle.
In Calgary, the rumours of a serial killer began with the 1991 murder of 16-year-old Jennifer Janz – but hers was not the first.
In December of 1991, Rebecca Boutilier became a mother. On February 12, 1993 – when Rebecca was 20 and her son was 15 months old – she disappeared. Her body was found one month later, next to a busy road in Calgary.
Like so many other young women in the Calgary area, Jennifer Janz never had the chance to come home. Her murder was only the start.
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.
In February of 1975, 14-year-old Barry “Rocky” Fiddler left his home in Waterhen Lake First Nation, north of Meadow Lake in Saskatchewan. Where he was headed is unknown, but his family never saw him again.
Sometime between 11 p.m. on August 6, 2017, and 9:30 a.m. the next morning, 17-year-old James Candy crawled out of his bedroom window on his family’s farm in Vegreville, Alberta, and disappeared.
In 1988, 19-year-old Loretta Frank visited her family in Watson Lake. She said she was unhappy in Whitehorse and wanted to move back to Watson Lake. Concerned about the lack of resources in Watson Lake to treat Lora’s schizophrenia, her family disagreed with the idea.
Lora returned to Whitehorse. Her family never saw her again.
The offer was too good to be true.
On Tuesday, August 1, 1989, Ronnie Jack left the First Litre Pub in Prince George, British Columbia, feeling hopeful. Someone at the bar that night had offered to help.
The disappearance of the Jack family is the first and only of its kind in Canadian history.
Dana Zelic disappeared sometime in the early morning of August 30, 1999, from her mother's east end Hamilton apartment. She left everything behind. Despite several sightings over the years - and a mysterious phone call - her whereabouts remain unknown.