WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:04.839 Hello friends, Steve Stockton here with you. Welcome to our 2 00:00:04.919 --> 00:00:09.279 latest episode. Today, we're going to take a look that's 3 00:00:09.279 --> 00:00:15.640 some mysterious unsolved Canadian disappearances. Now Canada, with its breathtaking 4 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:19.440 wilderness and captivating beauty, has also been a backdrop to 5 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:24.920 inexplicable vanishings that continue to baffle investigators, families, and communities. 6 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:29.359 As we embark on this exploration, we will uncover stories 7 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:33.240 that defy explanation, leaving us with more questions than answers. 8 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:46.479 Join me, let's walk and see. First up, we have 9 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:51.759 the case of Aaron Derbyshire. Aaron Derbyshire disappeared on September thirtieth, 10 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:55.200 two thousand and six, when he was twenty two years old. 11 00:00:55.799 --> 00:01:01.119 Is originally from Colowna, British Columbia. On September twenty nine, 12 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:04.599 Aaron went to the Level nightclub with his friends. The 13 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:08.640 club was formerly known as Splash's Nightclub and is located 14 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:13.760 at two seventy five Leon Avenue in Kelowna. At one am, 15 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:16.599 Aaron's friends left the club to watch a fight while 16 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:22.000 he stayed inside. He hasn't been seen since. Aaron's cousin, 17 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:26.519 Nicole Hamlin, was interviewed by Info News. According to her, 18 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:28.439 she and her brother had planned to meet up with 19 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:30.920 Aaron on the night he disappeared, but he did not 20 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:34.599 reply to their text messages. Aaron was reported missing when 21 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:38.200 he failed to attend a planned rafting trip on the 22 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:40.879 night in question. There was no record of any money 23 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:45.200 being withdrawn from Aaron's account. Additionally, the cameras at Level 24 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:48.319 nightclub were not functioning, meaning there was no footage of 25 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:53.400 him leaving the establishment. Despite interviewing nearly three hundred individuals, 26 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:57.760 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have not received helpful information 27 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:02.439 regarding Aaron's potential whereabouts. Aaron, a young man with a 28 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:05.799 promising future ahead of him, had recently graduated from civil 29 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:10.280 engineering at o'canagan College. He was in a loving relationship 30 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:13.280 with his girlfriend and had plans to get married to her. 31 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:16.719 It was highly unusual for Aaron not to return home, 32 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:19.680 and there seemed to be no apparent motive for anyone 33 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:23.599 to harm him. Aaron is described as a Caucasian male, 34 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:27.560 standing around five foot ten inches tall, weighing one hundred 35 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:30.759 and sixty pounds, with curly brown hair and blue eyes. 36 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:34.000 On the day of his disappearance, he was wearing a 37 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:38.159 dark blue, possibly plaid pattern, button up shirt and dark jeans. 38 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:42.800 Anyone with any information regarding Aaron's whereabouts has asked to 39 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:47.719 contact the Kelowna RCMP at two five zero seven six 40 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:51.919 to two thirty three hundred, or you could remain anonymous 41 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.360 by calling crime Stoppers at one eight hundred two two 42 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:59.680 two eight four seven seven. If you provide helpful information, 43 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:02.360 you could be eligible for a cash reward of up 44 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:07.000 to two thousand dollars. Next, we have the case of 45 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:11.599 Michael Donahey. Michael Wayne Donahey was born on May twelfth, 46 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:16.560 nineteen eighty six, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. On March 47 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:20.039 twenty fourth, nineteen ninety one, when Michael was only four 48 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:23.759 years old, he disappeared from the playground at Blanchard Park 49 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:27.879 Elementary School in Victoria, BC and has never been seen since. 50 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:32.080 Michael was last seen around twelve thirty pm that day 51 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:35.520 while playing at the playground as his mother, Crystal, was 52 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:38.879 participating in a women's football practice and his father was 53 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:43.639 a spectator. Shockingly, he disappeared from right under their noses, 54 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:47.360 and no witnesses to his disappearance have ever been identified. 55 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:51.680 Michael's disappearance triggered one of the most extensive police investigations 56 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:56.080 in Canadian history. Even now, over eleven thousand tips have 57 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:59.759 been received by the RCMP. The case was a significant 58 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:03.080 news story for several years and was supported across Canada 59 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:06.759 and the United States. Despite a large number of tips 60 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:10.199 received and a reward of one hundred thousand Canadian dollars, 61 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:12.800 the police have yet to find any concrete leads in 62 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:16.759 the case. On the day that Michael disappeared, his family 63 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:19.959 went to Blanchard Elementary School for his mother, Crystal's flag 64 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:24.480 football practice. Michael wore a blue hooded jacket, a teenage 65 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.439 mutant Ninja Turtle's T shirt, rugby pants, and blue sneakers. 66 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:32.199 When they arrived at the school around twelve thirty pm, 67 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:35.120 Michael requested his mother's permission to go to the playground, 68 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:38.199 which was located near the field where the football practice 69 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:41.839 was taking place. Cristel had a gut feeling that something 70 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:44.439 was off, but she still let Michael walk alone to 71 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:47.959 the playground. She instructed him to wait there until his father, 72 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:52.240 Bruce came to get him. However, when Bruce arrived at 73 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:56.959 the playground, Michael was nowhere to be found. Concerned around 74 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:00.519 fifty people began searching for Michael, while his parents notified 75 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:05.120 the police. During that time, the investigation into Michael's disappearance 76 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:07.959 became one of the biggest in Canadian history and remained 77 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:11.480 as one of the largest today. Since Michael vanished so 78 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:15.160 quickly from a public area, the police classified his case 79 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:18.920 as an abduction rather than a missing person case. As 80 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:21.920 a result, all the detectives from the Victoria Police Department 81 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:25.680 were called in to investigate and resolve the case. Hundreds 82 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:28.759 of tips came in every hour across British Columbia and 83 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:32.560 North America during that time. They had to be written 84 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:36.639 on carbon paper and sorted out manually. The police believed 85 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:38.399 that the case might have been solved if they had 86 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:42.879 video surveillance, DNA and a computer system to sort out tips. 87 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:47.240 Detectives investigated known predators and interviewed anyone who was in 88 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:51.240 the area around the time Michael went missing. However, they 89 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:54.920 couldn't gather much information except for a witness report that 90 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:57.800 mentioned a man in his late forties or early fifties 91 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:02.079 with a brown van seen near the place. One month 92 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:05.800 after Michael's disappearance. The police attempted to recreate the incident 93 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:08.920 at Blanchard Elementary using a brown van, but they were 94 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:13.120 unable to generate any new leads. In two thousand and six, 95 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:16.199 there were reports of a young man resembling Michael who 96 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:18.800 had been living in the interior of British Columbia since 97 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:22.839 nineteen ninety. However, DNA testing confirmed that the man was 98 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:28.279 not Michael. In early two thousand and nine, police in Milwaukee, 99 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:31.920 Wisconsin discovered a missing person poster of Michael at the 100 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:35.000 home of sixty t Roo of Vernon Sites, who confessed 101 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:37.600 to psychiatrist that he had harmed a child in nineteen 102 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:40.920 fifty nine, when he was twelve years old. Sites was 103 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:45.279 later found and deceased by Milwaukee police, apparently from natural causes. 104 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:49.160 In twenty eleven, the police received a tip about a 105 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:54.600 man in Chase, BC who resembled Michael. Again, DNA testing 106 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:59.439 later confirmed he was not Michael. In twenty thirteen, a 107 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:02.839 post was on message board to the official Vancouver Cannuck's 108 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:05.279 website by a user who claimed that the police were 109 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:08.920 about to conduct a DNA test. Officials required a blood 110 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:12.160 sample from a man in Surrey, BC, whom they suspected 111 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:16.480 might be Michael. However, on September ninth, after the completion 112 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:20.120 of DNA testing, the Victoria PD confirmed that the surreyman 113 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:24.720 was not Michael. In twenty twenty, a TikTok user claimed 114 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:26.560 to have found the shirt that Michael was wearing when 115 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:30.160 he disappeared. The shirt was a rare teenage mutant Ninja 116 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:34.560 Turtles shirt found underwater. Michael's family reached out to the 117 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:37.879 TikToker after seeing the shirt, only to realize that it 118 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:40.319 was not the same shirt that Michael was wearing when 119 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:44.800 he disappeared. Many Victoria residents recalled the day of Michael's 120 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:48.600 disappearance as a loss of innocence for the city. Fears 121 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:52.360 and concerns about child abduction quickly began to rise among parents, 122 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:58.319 children and schools in the months after the disappearance. Michael's mother, Crystal, 123 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:02.279 became an advocate for missing in British Columbia and has 124 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:06.879 served as the president of Child Fine BC. In two 125 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:10.879 thousand and two, Crystal outwardly supported the RCMPS called to 126 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:14.519 introduce an amber alert system in the province. She believed 127 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:16.480 that her son would have been found if such a 128 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:20.800 program had existed in nineteen ninety one. Since then, the 129 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:24.680 system has been implemented in most regions of Canada. The 130 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:28.319 Esquimault community hosts an annual charity event called the Michael 131 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:32.080 Donahe Keep the Hope Alive Fund Run. The event is 132 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:36.480 organized by Michael's sister, Caitlin, to raise funds for child fine. 133 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:41.399 In twenty twenty one, Victoria Police released an h progressed 134 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:45.360 sketch of Michael at an online tip portal. Since nineteen 135 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:49.120 ninety one, over ten thousand tips have been received, according 136 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:54.039 to Police Constable Cam McIntyre. In twenty twenty three, Michael's 137 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:56.759 family took to Facebook to say there'd been some posts 138 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:59.919 by someone claiming to be Michael, adding some people may 139 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:04.080 have even been contacted directly of the supposed online impostor. 140 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:08.320 We can confirm he is not, the family wrote. We 141 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:10.919 are working closely with the police to ensure he gets 142 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:14.360 the help he needs. Please do not engage in conversations 143 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:17.559 with him, and most importantly, please do not send him 144 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:20.679 money as he was requesting. Thank you for your compassion. 145 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:25.559 We're all involved. As of twenty twenty four, Michael's case 146 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:29.600 remains open, with both the police and Michael's family remaining 147 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:34.759 hopeful for an ultimate resolution. Anyone with any information regarding 148 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:38.799 Michael's disappearance or whereabouts as asked to police, contact the Victoria, 149 00:09:38.919 --> 00:09:43.279 BC Police Department at two five zero nine ninety five 150 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:47.720 seven sixty five four and reference case number ninety one 151 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:53.440 DASH one three or nine. Next, we have the case 152 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:58.240 of Emma Philipoff. Emma Philipoff was born on January sixth, 153 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:02.720 nineteen eighty six. She went missing on November eighth, twenty twelve, 154 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:05.799 when she was twenty six years old. She was last 155 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:09.360 seen in from the Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia. 156 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:13.039 In the fall of twenty eleven, Emma came to Victoria 157 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:17.279 from Perth, Ontario. She briefly worked at the Redfish Bluefish 158 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:21.960 seafood restaurant in Victoria's Inner Harbor. However, the job was seasonal, 159 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:25.559 which led Emma to quit on October thirty one, twenty twelve. 160 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:30.200 She promised her colleagues that she would return in the spring. Emma, 161 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:33.000 who police believed was preparing to move back to Ontario, 162 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:35.879 hired a tow truck on November twenty one to tow 163 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:39.960 her nineteen ninety three Mazda MPV to the Chateau Victoria 164 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:43.879 parking garage. Emma's family was unaware that she'd been staying 165 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:46.480 on and off at the Sandy Merriman House Women's shelter 166 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:51.879 since February. On November twenty three, security footage captured Emma 167 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:56.480 at the Victoria YMCA. She entered, left and entered again 168 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:01.960 multiple times, possibly to avoid someone outside. Before she went missing, 169 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:05.879 Emma had called her mother in Ontario multiple times, asking 170 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:09.440 if she could come back home. Her tone would dramatically 171 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:14.159 shift during each conversation. During their last call, Emma's mother 172 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:16.919 discovered that Emma had been staying at the Sandy Merriman House, 173 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:19.759 and she promptly arranged to fly out to see her. 174 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.519 Emma's last words to her mother were quote, I don't 175 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:26.960 know how I can face you end quote. Her mother 176 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:29.879 arrived at the Sandy Merriman House around eleven pm on 177 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:33.840 the twenty eighth. On November twenty eight, Emma was seen 178 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:35.960 in a video captured by a seven to eleven store 179 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:39.679 on Government Street. She was purchasing a prepaid cell phone 180 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:42.639 and appeared hesitant while leaving the store, as if she 181 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:46.600 was checking the street outside. Later, Emma returned to the 182 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:49.600 seven eleven and bought a prepaid credit card worth two 183 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:53.840 hundred dollars. According to reports, she left the Sandy Merriman 184 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:58.559 House around six pm on that same day. After that, 185 00:11:59.159 --> 00:12:01.399 Emma held attack and asked to be taken to the 186 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:05.159 Victoria International Airport. However, she could not pay the fare 187 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:07.840 and had to exit the cab although she had the 188 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:13.480 two hundred dollars prepaid card. Emma was spotted walking barefoot 189 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:16.759 in front of the Infras Hotel. A person named Dennis 190 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:19.440 Quay called nine one one to report that the woman 191 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:23.519 was in severe distress outside the hotel. When the Victoria 192 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:26.559 police arrived, they spoke to Emma for forty five minutes 193 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:30.080 and took her name. They released her after determining she 194 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:34.200 was not a threat to herself or anyone else. However, 195 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:37.080 no one reported seeing her after eight pm that night 196 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:42.039 until her report surfaced in June twenty eighteen. Later that evening, 197 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:45.720 the police met Emma's mother at Sandy Merriman House, and 198 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:50.200 by midnight, Emma was classified as a missing person. On 199 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:54.000 September twenty eighth, twenty twelve, Emma was last seen near 200 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:57.039 the Infras Hotel in Victoria between seven to fifteen pm 201 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:01.679 and eight pm. Victoria police had interviewed her before she disappeared. 202 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:06.720 Her read nineteen ninety three Mazda MPV, which contained almost 203 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:11.559 all her belongings, such as her passport, library card, digital camera, clothes, 204 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:16.200 a pillow, assorted ornaments, a laptop and recently barred library books, 205 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:20.159 was found in the Chateau Victoria parking lot. Is believed 206 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:23.080 that she had been using the van as storage. She 207 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:26.080 had spoken to Chateau Victoria staff at seven am on 208 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:30.639 the morning of her disappearance. At first, the police announced 209 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.840 that Emma was quote last seen with friends several blocks 210 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:39.440 away on Verdett Avenue between Blanchard and Quadra Streets end quote. 211 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:42.720 The investigators followed over two hundred leads but found very 212 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:47.240 little information. Although most evidence indicated that Emma was planning 213 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:49.679 to return to her home in Ottawa, there was no 214 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:54.639 concrete proof that she ever left Victoria. Additionally, the cell 215 00:13:54.679 --> 00:14:00.279 phone she bought was never activated. According to reports, credit 216 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:02.600 card belonging to Emma was discovered near the Wan de 217 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:05.679 Fuca Community Center, which is located north of where she 218 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:09.200 went missing. The card was found by a stranger who 219 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:12.440 used it to buy cigarettes. The police traced the purchase 220 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:17.159 made by the stranger in twenty thirteen, Emma's disappearance was 221 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:20.320 featured on an episode of the television program The Fifth Estate. 222 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:24.240 Emma wrote poems about her time in Victoria. None of 223 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:27.600 them indicated that she was being stalked, even though some 224 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:30.559 of them did suggest that she was depressed. Experts who 225 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:33.000 appeared on the Fifth Estate said the writing did not 226 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:37.279 have the hallmarks of self harm. According to Emma's mother, however, 227 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:40.919 the Sandy Merriman staff claimed that Emma quote required both 228 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:46.080 physical and medical intervention end quote. The Campbell River Courrier 229 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:50.639 Islander newspaper reported in May twenty fourteen, the Gastown, Vancouver 230 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:54.120 business owners Joel and Laurie Sellen witnessed a man in 231 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:56.879 a green shirt throwing out a twenty five thousand dollars 232 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:00.519 missing person's reward poster for Emma in their store. The 233 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:03.360 Parrot reported that the man said, quote, it's one of 234 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:06.960 those missing person posters, except she's not missing. She's my 235 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:10.240 girlfriend and she ran away because she hates her parents. 236 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:15.240 End quote. The owners immediately called the police. In twenty seventeen, 237 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:19.000 Emma's case was also profiled on the podcast The Vanished. 238 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:22.679 In June twenty eighteen, a man reported that he had 239 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:25.600 picked up a young woman matching Emma's description in nearby 240 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:29.519 Esquimaux on the morning following her disappearance. The woman seemed 241 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:32.639 distressed and her behavior matched that of Emma. As a 242 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:35.159 result of this report, a search of the View Royal 243 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.399 area of Victoria was organized in December twenty eighteen. Despite 244 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:43.360 the search, no additional clues were found. However, another search 245 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:46.799 was planned for twenty nineteen in hopes of finding new leads. 246 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:50.480 In twenty twenty, Emma's disappearance was featured on the night 247 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:54.519 Time podcast. This series includes interviews with her mother, Shelley, 248 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.559 and many of her closest friends. On November twenty ninth, 249 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:01.200 twenty twenty one, which this was the ninth anniversary of 250 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:04.519 her disappearance, the police released some additional images of Emma 251 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:06.919 and also some pictures of the art she created in 252 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:10.720 hope of generating new leads. In November twenty twenty two, 253 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:13.879 the police shared an aged progression photo of Emma, again 254 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:18.600 aiming to create fresh leads. In November twenty twenty three, 255 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:22.399 a new initiative to find the Green Shirt Man was launched, 256 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:25.879 including a police sketch of the man. In twenty fourteen, 257 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:30.200 he was caught on security camera at a Gastown, Vancouver store. Earlier, 258 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:32.559 he told another store owner that the woman in the 259 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:35.879 fine Emma poster who's holding was not missing and that 260 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:39.679 she was his girlfriend. The store owner immediately called the police. 261 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:43.840 Victoria Police now wished to contact the man. As of 262 00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:48.440 twenty twenty four, Emma remains missing. Emma's described as a 263 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:52.200 Caucasian female, standing five foot five inches tall and weighing 264 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.519 about one hundred pounds. She has medium to light brown 265 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:58.879 hair and brown eyes. When last seen, she was wearing 266 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:02.600 cameo pants, a knitted hat, and carrying an orange purse. 267 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:07.759 Anyone with any information regarding him's disappearance or whereabouts is 268 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:11.279 asked to contact the Victoria Police Department non emergency line 269 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:15.400 at two five zero nine ninety five seven sixty five 270 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:20.240 four for your local police department. Information can also be 271 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:25.599 submitted anonymously as a Crime Stoppers tip. Next, we have 272 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:30.200 the case of Nicole Morin. Nicole Louise Morn was an 273 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.480 eight year old girl born on April oneh nineteen seventy seven. 274 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:36.440 She was the only child of Arthur and Jeanette Morin, 275 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:39.079 who had been married for twelve years before her birth 276 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:42.519 In July nineteen eighty five. Nicole lived with her mother 277 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:45.200 in a penthouse apartment on the twentieth floor in the 278 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:49.279 Ectobicoke borough of Toronto, while her father lived in Massagua. 279 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:53.440 Nicole was enjoying her summer vacation from Wellsworth Junior School, 280 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:56.279 where she was in the third grade. Nichole was a 281 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:59.720 cheerful child who enjoyed spending time with her friends. On 282 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:04.400 July thirty, nineteen eighty five, at approximately ten thirty am, 283 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:07.599 Nicole went to the lobby to collect the mail. She 284 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:09.960 then returned to her apartment to prepare for a planned 285 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:13.160 swim date with a friend. The pool was located at 286 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:16.640 the back of their building complex. Before leaving her apartment, 287 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:19.319 she spoke to her friend via the intercom and said 288 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:22.400 she would meet her in the lobby shortly. Nicole left 289 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:25.400 her apartment around eleven am wearing a peach colored one 290 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:29.119 piece bathing suit, a green hair band, and red canvas shoes. 291 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:32.599 She carried a plastic bag containing a white T shirt, 292 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:36.119 green and white shorts, suntent lotion, a hair brush, a 293 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:40.000 peach colored blanket, and a purple beach towel. After fifteen 294 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:42.920 minutes Nicholl's friend buzzed her apartment to asked why she 295 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:46.559 had not met her yet. Nicholl's mother, Jeanette, who was 296 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:49.160 busy taking care of small children in their daycare group, 297 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:51.839 assumed that Nicole had gone to the pool alone and 298 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:54.559 was playing with other children at the back of the complex. 299 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:57.519 She did not call the police to report Nicole missing 300 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:01.960 until around three pm. The police. This investigation initially involved 301 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:05.039 active searches and canvassing all the apartments in the complex. 302 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:08.759 On the first day, the police set up roadblocks around 303 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:11.759 the building and used vehicles with public address systems to 304 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:15.519 alert the neighborhood residents about the missing child's description. The 305 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:18.279 police knocked on every door in Nicoll's four hundred and 306 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:21.279 twenty nine unit complex and entered apartments even if no 307 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:24.240 one answered the knock. After a woman who lived in 308 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:27.559 the building identified Nicole from a photograph, the police determined 309 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:31.839 that Nicole had traveled down the elevator and entered the lobby. However, 310 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:35.599 no other evidence was found regarding Nicole's whereabouts from there. 311 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:39.680 The following day, more officers from the Toronto Police Service 312 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:42.799 were deployed to assist in the search. A police drive 313 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:47.599 net including mounted equestrians, marine units, helicopters and foot patrols 314 00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:50.880 started scouring the area near the apartment building and Highway 315 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:54.240 twenty seven. Tracking dogs were also brought in to explore 316 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:58.160 the buildings, underground garages, utility rooms, storage units, and some 317 00:19:58.319 --> 00:20:02.680 pump rooms. Baber remembered seeing an unidentified blonde woman with 318 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:05.720 a notebook on the floor of Nicole's apartment building about 319 00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:09.400 forty five minutes before her disappearance. The police tried to 320 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:11.759 find her as a potential witness, but they could not 321 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:15.119 identify her and no one came forward claiming to be her. 322 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:18.880 Over nine hundred residents from the neighborhood participated in the 323 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:22.880 search for Nicole. The newly established Toronto Crimestoppers took on 324 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:25.880 the case as their first significance. They offered a one 325 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:30.359 thousand dollars reward, created posters, and produced a video reenactment 326 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:33.440 of Nicole's last known movements, which aired on television a 327 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:37.480 few weeks later. The Toronto Star published six thousand copies 328 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:40.400 of a poster that displayed Nicole's picture and the phone 329 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:44.960 number of the Metro Toronto Police. Additionally, the Toronto Police 330 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:48.000 created three thousand copies of a watercolor sketch of Nicole, 331 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:52.200 which were distributed to police departments, post offices, and local stores. 332 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:56.119 Staff Sergeant Madeline Treader said the search for Nicole was 333 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:59.359 quote the largest or a missing person in Toronto police 334 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:03.119 history end quote. The police formed a twenty member task 335 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:06.799 force that worked tirelessly for nine months, investing twenty five 336 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:11.640 thousand hours in pursuing leads. By November, the questioned around 337 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:15.839 six thousand individuals. The first year of the investigation cost 338 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:20.079 an estimated one point eight million dollars. Additionally, the police 339 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:23.359 offered a one hundred thousand dollars reward for Nicole's safe return, 340 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:29.319 which remains valid today. Police cleared all family members and acquaintances. 341 00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:33.079 An unexplained note was found in the apartment, which Nicole 342 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:36.000 had written in pencil a few months earlier, stating quote, 343 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:40.119 I'm going to disappear end quote. Police were unsure of 344 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:43.079 the significance of what Nicole had written, as kids that 345 00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:48.200 age often write all sorts of things, authority, said Art Moran. 346 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:52.039 Nicole's father defied the police advice and raised funds to 347 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:54.759 hire a private investigator to search for his missing daughter 348 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:58.559 in both Canada and the United States. Even left his 349 00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:01.039 job to set up an office to aid in the search. 350 00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:05.359 After Nichol's disappearance, Art moved back in with Jeanette, but 351 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:09.519 they eventually separated in nineteen eighty seven. Janette also tried 352 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:12.559 to locate her daughter by consulting a psychic in Calgary. 353 00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:17.200 In two thousand and one, Toronto Crimestoppers circulated an agent 354 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:19.960 Hans picture Nicole via the Internet to more than one 355 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:24.640 thousand crime Stoppers programs in seventeen countries. The picture depicted 356 00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:28.920 her as a woman in her mid twenties. Childfind Ontario 357 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:31.559 has also worked to keep public awareness of the case 358 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:35.559 alive by displaying Nicole's picture, physical description, and agent hands 359 00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:40.319 photographs on electronic screens and s gas stations, billing envelopes 360 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:43.759 from Rogers Cable and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 361 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:47.440 Toronto Transit Commission display screens, and on the back of 362 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:51.640 transport trucks. In two thousand and four, researchers for a 363 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:56.319 Belgian organization announced that they attentively matched photographs from Nicoles 364 00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:58.920 seen on a Canadian police website with pictures on a 365 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:02.880 Dutch website. It advocates for missing and exploited children using 366 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:07.440 biometrical analysis. The researchers claimed a strong resemblance between Nicole 367 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:11.640 and a child in zandfort. Several video reenactments of Nicole's 368 00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:14.839 last movements have been produced, including a re enactment for 369 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:18.759 gta's Most Wanted in two thousand and seven. On the 370 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:22.240 twenty ninth anniversary of her disappearance. In twenty fourteen, the 371 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:26.200 Toronto Police Video Unit made another reenactment, which was also 372 00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:30.880 screened at Max convenience stores throughout Ontario. In twenty fifteen, 373 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:34.960 the Toronto Police organized a five k run called Nicole's 374 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:38.559 Run in honor of the thirtieth anniversary of her disappearance. 375 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:42.319 The event included a candlelight vigil at Centennial Park in 376 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:45.200 a Tobacoke. The purpose of the run was to raise 377 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:48.119 awareness of the case and collect donations for the Canadian 378 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:52.000 Center for Child Protection, which operates a missing Child website. 379 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:54.960 The run was successful in raising three thousand dollars in 380 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:59.200 donations for the cause. In twenty nineteen, the Toronto Police's 381 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:02.400 Missing Person Unit released an agent hands picture of Nicole 382 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:05.720 on the thirty fourth anniversary of her disappearance, showing what 383 00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:08.759 she may have looked like in her early forties. In 384 00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:11.400 twenty twenty, a woman came forward and claimed that she 385 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:13.720 had spotted Nicole at a nearby park on the day 386 00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:16.799 her disappearance. The witness was only twelve years old at 387 00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:18.880 the time and was asked why she had waited so 388 00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:21.759 long to come forward. She explained that the man she 389 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:24.559 saw when the coal had also harmed her before, so 390 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:27.559 she was afraid to report the lead. The police showed 391 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:30.960 interest in this lead and investigated the park with cadaver dogs. 392 00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:34.039 They excavated an area where the dogs detected a hint, 393 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:37.279 but their persistent efforts have yet to lead them closer 394 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:41.400 to uncovering what happened to Nicole. Art Moran, speaking to 395 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:45.119 The Toronto Star in twenty ten, said quote, when Nicole disappeared, 396 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:47.960 honestly believed we would be able to find her. I 397 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:50.559 cannot help but keep my hope that she will service 398 00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:55.839 again one day. Nicole's mother, Jeannette, passed away in two 399 00:24:55.920 --> 00:25:00.160 thousand and seven. Despite years of investigations and thousands of leads, 400 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:03.960 no physical evidence has been uncovered to solve the disappearance. 401 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:07.559