Strange Canadian Disappearances

Join Steve as he looks at some strange and mysterious disappearances from Canada.

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Episode Transcript

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Hello friends, Steve Stockton here withyou. Welcome to our latest episode.
Today, we're going to take alook at some mysterious unsolved Canadian disappearances.
Now Canada, with its breathtaking wildernessand captivating beauty, has also been a
backdrop to inexplicable vanishings to continue tobaffle investigators, families, and communities.

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As we embark on this exploration,we will uncover stories that defy explanation,
leaving us with more questions than answers. Join me, let's walk and see.
First up, we have the caseof Aaron Derbyshire. Aaron Derbyshire disappeared
on September thirtieth, two thousand andsix, when he was twenty two years

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old. Is originally from Colowna,British Columbia. On September twenty nine,
Aaron went to the Level nightclub withhis friends. Club was formerly known as
Splash's Nightclub and is located at twoseventy five Leon Avenue in Kelowna. At
one am, Aaron's friends left theclub to watch a fight while he stayed

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inside. He hasn't been seen since. Aaron's cousin, Nicole Hamlin, was
interviewed by Infoe News. According toher, she and her brother had planned
to meet up with Aaron on thenight he disappeared, but he did not
reply to their text messages. Aaronwas reported missing when he failed to attend
a planned rafting trip on the nightend question. There was no record of

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any money being withdrawn from Aaron's account. Additionally, the cameras at Level nightclub
were not functioning, meaning there wasno footage of him leaving the establishment.
Despite interviewing nearly three hundred individuals,the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have not received
helpful information regarding Aaron's potential whereabouts.Aaron, a young man with a promising

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future ahead of him, had recentlyhe graduated from civil engineering at o'canagan College.
He was in a loving relationship withhis girlfriend and had plans to get
married to her. It was highlyunusual for Aaron not to return home,
and there seemed to be no apparentmotive for anyone to harm him. Aaron
is described as a Caucasian male,standing around five foot ten inches tall,

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weighing one hundred and sixty pounds,with curly brown hair and blue eyes.
On the day of his disappearance,he was wearing a dark blue, possibly
plaid pattern, button up shirt anddark jeans. Anyone with any information regarding
Aaron's whereabouts has asked to contact theKilowna RCMP at two five zero seven sixty

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two thirty three hundred, or youcan remain anonymous by calling crime Stoppers at
one eight hundred two two two eightfour seven seven. If you provide helpful
information, you could be eligible fora cash reward of up to two thousand
dollars. Next, we have thecase of Michael Donahey. Michael Wayne Donahey

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was born on May twelfth, nineteeneighty six, in Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada. On March twenty fourth,nineteen ninety one, when Michael was
only four years old, he disappearedfrom the playground at Blanchard Park Elementary School
in Victoria, b C and hasnever been seen since. Michael was last
seen around twelve thirty pm that daywhile playing at the playground as his mother,

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Crystal, was participating in a women'sfootball practice and his father was a
spectator. Shockingly, he disappeared fromright under their noses, and no witnesses
to his disappearance have ever been identified. Michael's disappearance triggered one of the most
extensive police investigations in Canadian history.Even now, over eleven thousand tips have

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been received by the RCMP. Thecase was a significant news story for several
years and was apported across Canada andthe United States. Despite a large number
of tips received and a reward ofone hundred thousand Canadian dollars, the police
have yet to find any concrete leadsin the case. On the day that
Michael disappeared, his family went toBlanchard Elementary School for his mother, Crystal's

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flag football practice. Michael wore ablue hooded jacket, a teenage mutant Ninja
Turtle's T shirt, rugby pants,and blue sneakers. When they arrived at
the school around twelve thirty pm,Michael requested his mother's permission to go to
the playground, which was located nearthe field where the football practice was taking
place. Cristel had a gut feelingthat something was off, but she still

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let Michael walk alone to the playground. She instructed him to wait there until
his father, Bruce came to gethim. However, when Bruce arrived at
the playground, Michael was nowhere tobe found. Concerned around fifty people began
searching for Michael, while his parentsnotified the police. During that time,
the investigation into Michael's disap appearance becameone of the biggest in Canadian history and

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remained as one of the largest today. Since Michael vanished so quickly from a
public area, the police classified hiscase as an abduction rather than a missing
person case. As a result,all the detectives from the Victoria Police Department
were called in to investigate and resolvethe case. Hundreds of tips came in
every hour across British Columbia and NorthAmerica during that time. They had to

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be written on carbon paper and sortedout manually. The police believed that the
case might have been solved if theyhad video surveillance, DNA and a computer
system to sort out tips. Detectivesinvestigated known predators and interviewed anyone who was
in the area around the time Michaelwent missing. However, they couldn't gather
much information except for a witness reportthat mentioned a man in his late forties

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or early fifties with a brown vanseen near the playground one month after Michael's
disappearance. The police attempted to recreatethe incident at Blanchard Elementary using a brown
van, but they were unable togenerate any new leads. In two thousand
and six, there were reports ofa young man resembling Michael who had been

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living in the interior of British Columbiasince nineteen ninety. However, DNA testing
confirmed that the man was not Michael. In early two thousand and nine,
police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin discovered amissing person poster of Michael at the home
of sixty t roo Vernon Sites,who confessed to psychiatrist that he had harmed
a child in nineteen fifty nine whenhe was twelve years old. Sites was

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later found deceased by Milwaukee police,apparently from natural causes. In twenty eleven,
the police received a tip about aman in Chase, BC who resembled
Michael. Again, DNA testing laterconfirmed he was not Michael. In twenty
thirteen, a post was made onmessage board to the official Vancouver Cannuck's website

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by a user who claimed the policewere about to conduct a DNA test.
Officials required a blood sample from aman in Surrey, BC, whom they
suspected might be Michael. However,on September ninth, after the completion of
DNA testing, the Victoria PD confirmedthat the Surrey man was not Michael.
In twenty twenty, a TikTok userclaimed to have found the shirt that Michael

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was wearing when he disappeared. Theshirt was a rare teenage mutant Ninja turtle's
shirt found under water. Michael's familyreached out to the TikToker after seeing the
shirt, only to realize that itwas not the same shirt that Michael was
wearing when he disappeared. Many Victoriaresidents recalled the day of Michael's disappearance as

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a loss of innocence for the city. Fears and concerns about child abduction quickly
began to rise among parents, children, and schools in the months after the
disappearance. Michael's mother, Crystal,became an advocate for missing children in British
Columbia and has served as the presidentof Child find In two thousand and two,

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Crystal outwardly supported the RCMP's call tointroduce an amber alert system in the
province. She believed that her sonwould have been found if such a program
had existed in nineteen ninety one.Since then, the system has been implemented
in most regions of Canada. TheEsquimault community hosts an annual charity event called
the Michael Donahey Keep the Hope AliveFund Run. The event is organized by

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Michael's sister, Caitlin, to raisefunds for child fine. In twenty twenty
one, Victoria Police released an hprogressed sketch of Michael and an online tip
portal. Since nineteen ninety one,over ten thousand tips have been received,
according to Police Constable Cam McIntyre.In twenty twenty three, Michael's family took

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to Facebook to say there'd been someposts by someone claiming to be Michael,
adding some people may have even beencontacted directly of the supposed online impostor.
We can confirm he is not,the family wrote. We are working closely
with the police to ensure he getsthe help he needs. Please do not
engage in conversations with him, andmost importantly, please do not send him

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money as he was requesting. Thankyou for your compassion. We're all involved.
As of twenty twenty four, Michael'scase remains open, with both the
police and Michael's family remaining hopeful foran ultimate resolution. Anyone with any information
regarding Michael's disappearance or whereabouts as askedto please contact the Victoria, BC Police

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Department at two five zero nine ninetyfive seven sixty five four and reference case
number nine one dash on three wardnine. Next, we have the case
of Emma Philipoff. Emma Philippoff wasborn on January sixth, nineteen eighty six.
She went missing on November eighth,twenty twelve, when she was twenty

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six years old. She was lastseen in front the Empress Hotel in Victoria,
British Columbia. In the fall oftwenty eleven, Emma came to Victoria
from Perth, Ontario. She brieflyworked at the Redfish Bluefish seafood restaurant in
Victoria's Inner Harbor. However, thejob was seasonal, which led Emma to

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quit on October thirty one, twentytwelve. She promised her colleagues that she
would return in the spring. Emma, who police believe was preparing to move
back to Ontario, hired a towtruck on November twenty one to tow her
nineteen ninety three Mazda MPV to theChateau Victoria parking garage. Emma's family was
unaware that she'd been staying on andoff at the Sandy Merriman House Women's shelter

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since February. On November twenty three, security footage captured Emma at the Victoria
YMCA. She entered, left andentered again multiple times, possibly to avoid
someone outside. Before she went missing, Emma had called her mother in Ontario
multiple times, asking if she couldcome back home. Her tone would dramatically

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shift during each conversation. During theirlast call, Emma's mother discovered that Emma
had been staying at the Sandy MerrimanHouse, and she promptly arranged to fly
out to see her. Emma's lastwords to her mother were quote, I
don't know how I can face youend quote. Her mother arrived at the
Sandy Merriman House around eleven pm onthe twenty eighth. On November twenty eighth,

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Imo was seen in a video capturedby a seven to eleven store on
Government Street. She was purchasing aprepaid cell phone and appeared hesitant while leaving
the store, as if she waschecking the street outside. Later, Emma
returned to the seven eleven and boughta prepaid credit card worth two hundred dollars.
According to reports, she left theSandy Merriman House around six pm on

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that same day. After that,Emma held a taxi and asked to be
taken to the Victoria International Airport.However, she could not pay the fair
and had to exit the cab althoughshe had the two hundred dollars prepaid card.
Emma was spotted walking barefoot in frontof the Infras Hotel. A person

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named Dennis Quay called nine one oneto report that the woman was in severe
distress outside the hotel. When theVictoria Police arrived, they spoke to Emma
for forty five minutes and took hername. They released her after determining she
was not a threat to herself oranyone else. However, no one reported
seeing her after eight pm that nightuntil her report surfaced in June twenty eighteen.

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Later that evening, the police metEmma's mother at Sandy Merriman House,
and by midnight, Emma was classifiedas a missing person. On September twenty
eight, twenty twelve, Emma waslast seen near the Infras Hotel in Victoria
between seven to fifteen pm and eightpm. Victoria police had interviewed her before

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she disappeared. For red nineteen ninetythree mos MPV, which contained almost all
her belongings, such as her passport, library card, digital camera, clothes,
a pillow, assorted ornaments, alaptop and recently barred library books,
was found in the Chateau Victoria parkinglot. Is believed that she had been
using the van as storage. Shehad spoken to Chateau Victoria staff at seven

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am on the morning of her disappearance. At first, the police announced that
Emma was quote last seen with friendsseveral blocks away on Verdett Avenue between Blanchard
and Quadra Streets end quote. Theinvestigators followed over two hundred leads but found
very little information. Although most evidenceindicated that Emma was planning to return to

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her home in Ottawa, there wasno concrete proof that she ever left Victoria.
Additionally, the cell phone she boughtwas never activated, according to reports,
A credit card belonging to Emma wasdiscovered near the Juan de Fuca Community
Center, which is located north ofwhere she went missing. The card was

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found by a stranger who used itto buy cigarettes. The police traced the
purchase made by the stranger In twentythirteen, Emma's disappearance was featured on an
episode of the television program The FifthEstate. Emma wrote poems about her time
in Victoria. None of them indicatedthat she was being stalked, even though
some of them did suggest that shewas depressed. Experts who appeared on the

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Fifth Estate said the writing did nothave the hallmarks of self harm. According
to Emma's mother, however, theSandy Merriman staff claimed that Emma quote required
both physical and medical intervention end quote. The Campbell River Courrier Islander newspaper reported
in May twenty fourteen the Gastown,Vancouver business owners Joel and Laurie Sellen witnessed

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a man in a green shirt throwingout a twenty five thousand dollars missing person's
reward poster for Emma in their store. The parent reported that the man said,
quote, it's one of those missingperson posts, except she's not missing.
She's my girlfriend and she ran awaybecause she hates her parents. End
quote. The owners immediately called thepolice. In twenty seventeen, Emma's case

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was also profiled on the podcast TheVanished. In June twenty eighteen, a
man reported that he had picked upa young woman matching Emma's description in nearby
Esquimaux on the morning followed her disappearance. The woman seemed distressed and her behavior
matched that of Emma. As aresult of this report, a search of
the View Royal area of Victoria wasorganized in December twenty eighteen. Despite the

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search, no additional clues were found. However, another search was planned for
twenty nineteen in hopes of finding newleads. In twenty twenty, Emma's disappearance
was featured on the Nighttime podcast.This series includes interviews with her mother,
Shelley, and many of her closestfriends. On November twenty ninth, twenty

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twenty one, which was the ninthanniversary of her disappearance, the police released
some additional images of Emma and alsosome pictures of the art she created in
hope of generating new leads. InNovember twenty twenty two, the police shared
an aged progression photo of Emma,again aiming to create fresh leads. In
November twenty twenty three, a newinitiative to find the Green Shirt Man was

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launched, including a police sketch ofthe man. In twenty fourteen, he
was caught on security camera at aGastown, Vancouver store. Earlier, he
told another store owner that the womanin the fine Ma poster who was holding
was not missing and that she washis girlfriend. The store owner immediately called
the police. Victoria Police now wishedto contact the man. As of twenty

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twenty four, Emma remains missing.Emma's described as a Caucasian female, standing
five foot five inches tall and weighingabout one hundred pounds. She has medium
to light brown hair and brown eyes. When last seen, she was wearing
camo pants, a knitted hat,and carrying an orange purse. An he

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went with any information regarding him's disappearanceor whereabouts as asked to contact the Victoria
Police Department non emergency line at twofive zero nine nine five seven sixty five
four for your local police department.Information can also be submitted anonymously as a
crime Stoppers tip. Next, wehave the case of Nicole Morin. Nicole

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Louise Morn was an eight year oldgirl born on April oneh nineteen seventy seven.
She was the only child of Arthurand Jeanette Moron, who had been
married for twelve years before her birth. In July nineteen eighty five, Nicole
lived with her mother in a penthouseapartment on the twentieth floor in the Ectobicoke
borough of Toronto, while her fatherlived in Massagua. Nicole was enjoying her

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summer vacation from Wellsworth Junior School,where she was in the third grade.
Nicole was a cheerful child who enjoyedspending time with her friends. On July
thirty, nineteen eighty five, atapproximately ten thirty Amniole went to the lobby
to collect the mail. She thenreturned to her apartment to prepare for a
planned swim date with a friend.The pool was located at the back of

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their building complex. Before leaving herapartment, she spoke to her friend via
the intercom and said she would meether in the lobby shortly. Nicole left
her apartment around eleven am wearing apeach colored one piece bathing suit, a
green hair band, and red canvasshoes. She carried a plastic bag containing
a white T shirt, green andwhite shorts, suntent lotion, a hair

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brush, a peach colored blanket,and a purple beach towel. After fifteen
minutes, Nicholl's friend buzzed her apartmentto asked why she had not met her
yet. Nicole's mother, Jeanette,who was busy taking care of small children
near daycare group, assumed that Nicolehad gone to the pool alone but was
playing with other children at the backof the complex. She did not call

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the police to report Nicole missing untilaround three pm. The police investigation initially
involved active searches and canvassing all theapartments in the common. On the first
day, the police set up roadblocksaround the building and used vehicles with public
address systems to alert the neighborhood residentsabout the missing child's description. The police

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knocked on every door in Nicholl's fourhundred and twenty nine unit complex and entered
apartments even if no one answered theknock. After a woman who lived in
the building identified Nicole from a photograph, the police determined that Nicole had traveled
down the elevator and entered the lobby. However, no other evidence was found
regarding Nichole's whereabouts from there. Thefollowing day, more officers from the Toronto

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Police Service were deployed to assist inthe search. A police drive net including
mounted equestrians, marine units helicopters andfoot patrols started scouring the area near the
apartment building and Highway twenty seven.Tracking dogs were also brought in to explore
the buildings, underground garages, utilityrooms, storage units, and some pump
rooms. A neighbor remembered seeing anunidentified blonde woman with a notebook on the

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floor of Nicholl's apart artment building aboutforty five minutes before her disappearance. The
police tried to find her as apotential witness, but they could not identify
her and no one came forward claimingto be her. Over nine hundred residents
from the neighborhood participated in the searchfor Nicole. The newly established Toronto Crimestoppers
took on the case as their firstsignificance. They offered a one thousand dollars

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reward, created posters, and produceda video reenactment of Nicole's last known movements,
which aired on television a few weekslater. The Toronto Star published six
thousand copies of a poster that displayedNicole's picture and the phone number of the
Metro Toronto Police. Additionally, theToronto Police created three thousand copies of a

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watercolor sketch of Nicole, which weredistributed to police departments, post offices,
and local stores. Staff Sergeant MadelineTreader said the search for the coal was
quote the largest or a missing personin Toronto police history end quote. The
police formed a twenty member task forcethat worked tirelessly for for nine months,
investing twenty five thousand hours in pursuingleads. A November had questioned around six

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thousand individuals. The first year ofthe investigation cost an estimated one point eight
million dollars. Additionally, the policeoffered a one hundred thousand dollars reward for
Nicole's safe return, which remains validtoday. Police cleared all family members and
acquaintances. An unexplained note was foundin the apartment, which Nicole had written

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in pencil a few months earlier,stating quote, I'm going to disappear end
quote. Police were unsure of thesignificance of what Nicole had written, as
kids that age often write all sortsof things, authority, said Art Moran.
Nicole's father defied the police advice andraised funds to hire a private investigator

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to search for his missing daughter inboth Canada and the United States, even
left his job to set up anoffice to aid in the search. After
Nicole's disappearance, Art moved back inWithete, but they eventually separated In nineteen
eighty seven. Janette also tried tolocate her daughter by consulting a psychic in
Calgary. In two thousand and one, Toronto Crimestoppers circulated an Agent Hans picture

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Nicole via the Internet to more thanone thousand Crimestoppers programs in seventeen countries.
The picture depicted her as a womanin her mid twenties. Childfind Ontario has
also worked to keep public awareness ofthe case alive by displaying Nicole's picture,
physical description, and Agent Hans photographson electronic screens and s gas stations,

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billing envelopes from Rogers Cable and theCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto Transit
Commission display screens, and on theback of transport trucks. In two thousand
and four, researchers for a Belgianorganization announced that they attentively matched photographs from
Nicole seen on a Canadian police websitewith pictures on a Dutch website that advocates

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for missing and exploited children. Usingbiometrical analysis. The researchers claimed a strong
resemblance between Nicole and a child inZantport. Several video reenactments of Nicole's last
movements have been produced, including areenactment for gta's Most Wanted in two thousand
and seven. On the twenty ninthanniversary of her disappearance. In twenty fourteen,

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the Toronto Police Video Unit made anotherreenactment, which was also screened at
Max Convenience stores throughout Ontario. Intwenty fifteen, the Toronto Police organized a
five k run called Nicole's Run inhonor of the thirtieth anniversary of her disappearance.
The event included a candlelight vigil atCentennial Park in the Tobacoke. The

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purpose of the run was to raiseawareness of the case and collect donations for
the Canadian Center for Child Protection,which operates a missing Child website. The
run was successful in raising three thousanddollars in donations for the cause. In
twenty nineteen, the Toronto Police's MissingPersons Unit released an age enhanced picture of
Nicole on the thirty fourth anniversary ofher dissipate appearance, showing what she may

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have looked like in her early forties. In twenty twenty, a woman came
forward and claimed that she had spottedNicole at a nearby park on the day
her disappearance. The witness was onlytwelve years old at the time and was
asked why she had waited so longto come forward. She explained that the
man she saw when the coal hadalso harmed her before, so she was
afraid to report the lead. Thepolice showed interest in this lead and investigated

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the park with cadaver dogs. Theyexcavated an area where the dogs detected a
hint, but their persistent efforts haveyet to lead them closer to uncovering what
happened to Nicole. Art Moran,speaking to The Toronto Star in twenty ten,
said quote, when Nicole disappeared,honestly believed we'd be able to find
her. I cannot help but keepmy hope that she will service again one

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day. Nicole's mother, Jeanette,passed away in two thousand and seven.
Despite years of investigations and thousands ofleads, no physical evidence has been uncovered
to solve the disappearance. At thetime her disappearance, Nicole was four feet
tall and weighed fifty one pounds.She has brown hair and brown eyes.

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Anyone with any information regarding Nicole's disappearanceor current whereabouts is asked to contact the
Toronto Police at four one six eightzero eight twenty two hundred, or you
can call Crime Stoppers anonymously at oneeight hundred two two two eight four seven
seven. And finally, the caseof Lisa Marie Young. Twenty one year

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old Lisa Marie Young was born onMay fiveth, nineteen eighty one, in
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.She was the eldest child and only daughter
of Don Young and Marlene Joanne Martin. She had two younger brothers, Brian
and Robin. Lisa had a closerelationship with her family. Her mother described
her as a hard working and independentwoman with a strong personality and inner strength

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that was truly remarkable. Dallas Hully, an acquaintance of Lisa and the last
person to hear from her, describedher as outgoing, confident, and bubbly.
He further said that her ara madeher stand out at a gathering or
a party. Lisa was a fitnessenthusiast and a vegetarian who enjoyed rollerblading at
the waterfront. Lisa and her roommateused to live in an apartment building on

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Barren's Road next to her parents.However, at the time of Lisa's disappearance,
her father was helping her move intoa new apartment in northern Nanaimo,
which she was very excited about.Lisa was getting ready to start a job
at a call center within two daysof her disappearance. She had plans to
pursue higher education become a television sportsbroadcaster. On June twenty nine, two

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thousand and two, Lisa left herparents house at eleven pm to go to
a night club with several friends.Her parents found it strange since Lisa had
a busy schedule for the week.Lisa and Hully were invited to a house
party by a man who offered thema ride in his red, older model
Jaguar. They accepted the offer andwent to the party. Later, they

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went to the second house party inthe Cather's Lake area of Nanaimo. When
Lisa became hungry, the driver offeredto take her to get some food.
At around four thirty am, Lisacalled Holy's cell phone. In the interview,
Holly said quote it was Lisa onher cell phone. She said,
Dallas I don't know what's going on. This guy won't bring me back.
We're sitting in a driveway on BowenRoad and he won't bring me back.

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She added, I'm bored. I'mgetting mad. End quote. The final
signal from Lisa's cell phone was traiceto the Departure Bay area of Nanaimo on
July one, two thousand and two. Lisa's parents failed to hear from her.
At first, they thought it waspossible Lisa was too busy to answer
her cell phone, but grew concernedwhen Lisa's former roommate visited to ask about

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her whereabouts. After calling every phonenumber in her phone book, Lisa's parents
contacted the RCMP detachment in Nanaimo.Lisa's parents were initially told to call when
she'd been missing for over forty eighthours. However, an RCMP officer came
over to the young's household later thatevening to ask questions and get a photograph
of Lisa. Lisa's mother did notinitially tell the police that Lisa was Indigenous

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because she was afraid that the reportwould not be taken seriously due to stereotypes.
A few days later, the RCMPtold Lisa's parents that their Serious Crime
Unit was investigating her disappearance. Policeconcluded that foul play was likely involved,
and several searches were conducted in remoteareas in and near Nanaimo, revealing nothing.

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On July three, two thousand andtwo, Lisa's family contacted the local
media. The following day, thestory was on the front page of the
Nanaimo Daily News. The story wasin the news in Victoria the next day
and province wide by the following week. Lisa's father's employer printed thousands of missing
person posters, which the company's deliverydrivers distributed to businesses across Vancouver Island.

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Within days, posters were visible atmost island stores and businesses. Lisa's extended
family and First Nations members put upa reward of eleven five hundred dollars for
information about the case. In lateJuly two thousand and two, police questioned
the driver of the Jaguar. TheRCMP took Lisa's mother to a short meeting

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with the driver. She later statedthat she asked the man to tell her
where her daughter was, and hereplied, quote, I can't. I'm
sorry. I don't mean to disrespectyour family end quote. The man was
eventually released and no charges were broughtforth. Police later stated, quote the
driver, like many others involved inthis file, is simply a person of

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interest end quote. The Jaguar waseventually located, seized by the RCMP for
inspection, and later released. Itwas determined that the car was owned by
the driver's grandmother, who subsequently soldthe vehicle and threatened to sue overtalk that
could implicate her grands in the disappearancebetween July and December two thousand and two.

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Dissatisfied with police efforts on the case, Lisa's grandfather organized the tribal Search
and Rescue into several massive search effortsand multiple locations in Nanaimo and other communities.
Search teams comprised up to thirty volunteersand divers who searched a reservoir at
Colliery Dam Park. Searches occurred betweenJuly and December two thousand and two,

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and in the spring and summer oftwo thousand and three. The family contacted
Lisa's bank and cell phone provider anddetermined that the account had funds but no
activity. The final signal from Lisa'sphone was sent from the Departure Bay area
of Nanaimo. After Lisa went missing, her extended family received calls from unknown

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numbers. Within two weeks, thecallers claimed to have found Lisa's remains in
Landsville, a nearby town. TheRCMP later confirmed that similar rumors had appeared
on various online chat sites. Aweek later, new rumors service that Lisa's
remains had been found in Ladysmith,another nearby town. In August two thousand

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and three, the RCMP issued astatement refuting these claims as faults. They
explained that these rumors were causing muchdistress for Lisa's family. In two thousand
and three, a one year vigilwas held for Lisa. After that,
Lisa's mother was contacted by psychic ChristineBrandt. Brandt provided some new information that
led Lisa's family to ask Terry Tomand Andrew Jackson to search the reservoirs at

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Colliery Dam Park. The park islocated between Nanaimo Lakes Road and Harewood Mines
Road. A private dive team conducteda subaqueous search at the park on July
twenty five, two thousand and three. The owner and staff of Jungle Cabaret
generously donated a considerable amount of cashto the search fund. Additionally, they

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offered to provide the use of abill bill board near Petroglyph Park to support
the cause. In two thousand andthree, another billboard was installed on the
side of the Foundry pub. Anannouncement came in May two thousand and nine
that a crime Stoppers reenactment video wouldbe produced jointly by Crime Stoppers and Shaw
TV. Nanaimo RCMP spokesman Constable GaryO'Brien said, quote, we're hoping somebody

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may remember something. We're hoping itgenerates discussion end quote. For several months,
beginning in December twenty nineteen, billboardadvertising space was rended alongside the Island
Highway near Nanous Bay with prominent signagestating Lisa Marie Young missing brown eyes by
four tattoo flower band on right armcalled Nanaimo RCMP. Funding for the rental

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and signage was raised through private salesof beaded Red Dress pins and earrings,
handmade by volunteers of the Little RedDress Project. In December twenty twenty,
the RCMP in Nanaimo conducted searches.The search has occurred at two locations in
Nanaimo and part of the Morel NatureSanctuary. One of the locations searched was
a residential property adjacent to Morrel Sanctuaryin less than two hundred meters away from

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Colliery Dams Upper Reservoir. In Junetwenty twenty one, the Nanaimo RCMP hosted
a press conference on the front stepsto quote provide an update on the status
of the Lisa Marie Young missing Personinvestigation end quote. RCMP Corporate Marcus Muntner
reported that based on new and historicalinformation, numerous searches for RELEASA took place,

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utilizing ground penetrating radar and a policedog, and he said additional searches
at undisclosed locations were planned. InFebruary twenty twenty two, an anonymous American
donor offered a US fifty thousand dollarsreward for information. RCMP Constable Hailey Pinfold
said, investigator quote hope this mightbe enough to encourage some people to bring

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those final pieces forward end quote.Police have stated that they believed that finding
Lisa's remains would be the break theyneed and call the reward offer significantly important.
Despite receiving fifteen thousand documents and hundredsof witnesses in Lisa's file. Police
have made no rests in connection toher disappearance. Lisa is described as an

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Indigenous female five foot four inches tall, one hundred and fifteen pounds, with
brown hair and brown eyes. Shewas last seen wearing a black shirt,
skirt, boots, and a silverhooped necklace. Anyone with any information regarding
Lisa's disappearance or whereabouts is asked tocontact the Coquitlam RCMP at six zero four

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nine four five one five five zero. Well, friends, there you have
it. What do you think ofthese mysterious unsolved Canadian disappearances? As always,
I look forward to your comments,but please keep it friendly and respectful.
Until we meet again. Be goodto yourselves and each other. Stay

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safe out there. As for me, I'll see you a little further on
down the trail. I'm Steve Stocktonand I'll talk to you next time.
And please tell your animals I saidhi,