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Natanis Merasty Missing: What Happened to the 24-Year-Old Woman?

Natanis Merasty: Missing from Edmonton, Alberta

Case Summary from Canada's Missing

File number: 2025024076 : Case summary below is a paraphrase of information published by Canada's Missing.

Natanis Merasty, 24, travelled from Saskatchewan to Edmonton, Alberta, on Friday, May 2, 2025. She stayed at the Continental Inn on Stony Plain Road with a group of individuals. In the early morning hours of Monday, May 5, 2025, Natanis left the Continental Inn. Edmonton Police Service later released surveillance footage showing her movements that morning, including her arrival at a nearby 7-Eleven at approximately 2:55 a.m.

Natanis has not been in contact with her family since that time. Police consider her disappearance suspicious.

Missing Person

Be careful with assumptions about stills taken from video footage. In this image, she does look sad or distressed. However, stills can lead to false impressions like that. An inference that she was sad or distressed may or may not be true.

Name: Natanis Merasty
Age at disappearance: 24
Birthdate range based on age: May 6, 2000 – May 5, 2001. Canada's Missing lists her birth year as 2001.
Gender: Female
Bio group: Indigenous (Peter Ballantyne Indian Reserve)
Height: 175 cm (5 ft 9 in, another source says 5'"8)
Weight: 77 kg (170 lb, another source says 180 pounds)
Build: Medium
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown, long
Last known location: 7-Eleven at 156 Street and 107 Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta.
Date last seen: Monday, May 5, 2025, at approximately 2:55 a.m., based on surveillance footage from the 7-Eleven.
Backpack: Black, cross-body
Jewelry: Stud earrings
Jewelry: Silver, aluminum or stainless-steel necklace
Pants: Black leggings
Shirt: Grey and black, with black long sleeves
Shoes: White Nike brand
Scars: Self-harm scars on the legs and arms
Tattoo: Possible cross tattoo on either forearm
Tattoo: Left hand: rose and vine with the initials "DJM"

Timeline

The following timeline is based on information released by the Edmonton Police Service and reported by Global News on July 18, 2025.

An important distinction should be made between Natanis herself and her vehicle. The May 5 surveillance footage establishes Natanis's presence at the Continental Inn and 7-Eleven. Later entries concern reported sightings or movements of her vehicle and do not establish that Natanis was inside it.

Monday, May 5, 2025 — 1:22 a.m.: Natanis is captured on CCTV at the Continental Inn, 16625 Stony Plain Road, Edmonton. She is observed driving away in her 2007 black Hyundai Tucson with Saskatchewan licence plates.
Monday, May 5, 2025 — approximately 1:30 a.m.: Natanis's vehicle returns to the Continental Inn.
Monday, May 5, 2025 — 2:37 a.m.: Natanis's vehicle leaves the Continental Inn again.
Monday, May 5, 2025 — approximately 2:55 a.m.: Natanis is captured on CCTV at a 7-Eleven at 156 Street and 107 Avenue in west Edmonton. She leaves the store at approximately 2:55 a.m. This is the last reported surveillance-camera sighting of Natanis.
Monday, May 5, 2025 — later: Natanis's vehicle is reported in the Edmonton, Sherwood Park, Buck Lake, Nordegg and Lake Louise areas.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025: The vehicle travels through British Columbia.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025: The vehicle travels by ferry to Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Friday, May 9, 2025: Natanis is reported missing by her family to the RCMP in Saskatchewan after they had not heard from her for four days.
Saturday, May 10, 2025: The vehicle returns to the Edmonton area.
Monday, May 12, 2025: The vehicle is observed west of Lloydminster. Police later stated that the vehicle was still black on this date.
Thursday, May 15, 2025: Natanis's vehicle is found abandoned on James Smith Cree Nation in east-central Saskatchewan. By this point, the vehicle has been repainted silver.
Thursday, May 22, 2025: Edmonton Police Service takes over the investigation.

Online speculation:
There are theories about the vehicle, the Vancouver Island trip, the repainting, who might have been driving, and why the vehicle ultimately appeared on James Smith Cree Nation.

The hotel provided security footage to the RCMP, according to hotel management's response to a review I read for The Continental Inn. The review does not specifically name Natanis Merasty, but I am confident that it pertains to her.

Last seen on 7-11 Footage
"Last seen on 7-11 footage" is more common than you might think. 7-11s are open 24 hours, and they are open during the clandestine hours of night, as sometimes the only businesses that are open in an area.

Furthermore, 7-11s are typically heavily cammed. They also have inexpensive products, which will make them popular at any time of day or night. Furthermore, 7-11s are also usually very well located at important intersections or along highways.

As a night owl myself, I can also state that 7-11s often have dodgy people loitering in them or around the entrances at night. The following is "take it or leave it" because this is opinion only, but 7-11 parking lots, entrance ways, bathrooms, or counter space are places where you find, let's say, less trustworthy people in the shadow of night.

Emma Fillipoff, Nick Stevens, Zachary Vidal, and Alexis Ware are people who are or were missing where 7-11 footage was either their last sighting or the footage was, at least, among their final known footsteps. If you follow missing persons cases, watch how often 7-11 footage pops up. In fact, 7-11 clerks who work the night shifts probably see quite a lot.

Natanis Merasty's Vehicle

Natanis was driving a 2007 black Hyundai Tucson with Saskatchewan licence plates while she was in Edmonton. It's not clear who is driving the vehicle when it is spotted outside of Edmonton.

AI-generated likeness of a 2007 black Hyundai Tucson. Likeness only. — AI-generated likeness of a 2007 black Hyundai Tucson. This image is not Natanis

This is a still of the actual vehicle. Plate says 286 NTX. Taken from APTNNews.

Questions About the Vehicle Route

The publicly available information does not provide an exact route between every reported location where the vehicle is noted to have been. The route from the Edmonton area to Nanaimo that the vehicle took is therefore incomplete. The reported locations also pertain to the vehicle's movements.

In my opinion, one unusual aspect of the movement is from Sherwood Park through Buck Lake and Nordegg toward Lake Louise. This is not necessarily the most direct route from the Edmonton area toward the Lower Mainland. Other possible routes exist, including routes through Jasper and Kamloops or south through Calgary.

Speculation: One possible explanation is that the driver deliberately avoided some of the major highway corridors. If that were the case, minimizing public exposure could have been one possible reason. However, there is no public evidence establishing that the driver was attempting to avoid detection, and this should be regarded only as my hypothesis.

Another possibility is that the route was determined by circumstances that are not publicly known. The available timeline does not identify who was driving the Tucson during the later sightings, nor does it establish why the vehicle travelled through those particular areas. I think amateur investigators working on this mystery could document any highway closures in western Canada during the relevant time frame, particularly if that was between Sherwood Park and greater Vancouver.

Possible Route Through the Rockies

If the vehicle travelled from Nordegg toward Lake Louise, one possible route would have taken it west on the David Thompson Highway toward Saskatchewan River Crossing and then south toward Lake Louise through Banff National Park. This is only one possible reconstruction; the published police timeline does not provide the exact roads used, just vehicle locations.

The unusual nature of the reported route is worth noting, but there may be explanations that are not publicly known. I do have expertise on western Canada as a former author of a travel guide for the region. Additionally, I have worked in Nordegg, Jasper, Banff, and Canmore, and know the highways well.

Vehicle on Vancouver Island

The published timeline says the vehicle travelled by ferry to Nanaimo on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, and that the vehicle was back in the Edmonton area on Saturday, May 10, 2025. The public reporting does not provide the exact time of the May 10 Edmonton-area sighting. Consequently, the exact date on which the vehicle left Vancouver Island cannot be established from the published timeline alone.

When did the vehicle leave Vancouver Island?

Possible ferry-departure window: May 7, May 8, May 9, or, theoretically, May 10. May 10 is heavily constrained because the vehicle was already reported back in the Edmonton area that day. There are similar constraints on the vehicle leaving Vancouver Island on May 7 because that is the day the vehicle arrived there. In my assessment, May 8 or May 9 appears more plausible, but this is an inference.

Several ferry routes could theoretically have been used to leave Vancouver Island, including Nanaimo (Departure Bay) to Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo (Duke Point) to Tsawwassen. Other, less likely possibilities also exist, like the island-hopper route from Crofton to Tsawwassen via Salt Spring Island. Also, there is a route from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert. The publicly available case information does not identify the ferry terminal or sailing used by the vehicle.

Speculation: In my opinion, if the driver was intentionally choosing less direct routes, it would be premature to assume that the most geographically efficient ferry route was used. The unusual mainland route described above is one reason the precise ferry route should not be assumed without additional evidence.

It is also important not to confuse the vehicle's movements with Natanis's whereabouts. The fact that the Tucson reached Vancouver Island and subsequently returned to Alberta does not establish that Natanis accompanied it on either journey.

What Is Known — and What Remains Unknown

Natanis was captured on surveillance footage at the 7-Eleven at approximately 2:55 a.m. on May 5, 2025.
Her vehicle was subsequently observed in multiple locations across Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
The vehicle travelled by ferry to Nanaimo on May 7.
Between May 7 and May 10 inclusive, the vehicle took a ferry off of Vancouver Island.
The vehicle was back in the Edmonton area on May 10.
The vehicle was observed west of Lloydminster on May 12.
The vehicle was found abandoned on James Smith Cree Nation on May 15. It had been repainted and was now silver.
The public timeline does not establish who was driving the vehicle during its later movements.
The public timeline does not establish Natanis's whereabouts after her last confirmed surveillance sighting.
The exact method investigators used to reconstruct every vehicle sighting has not been publicly explained in the sources cited here.

Hotels in Nanaimo: Call to Action for Employees

In my opinion, a possible lead may still exist in Nanaimo. People who work at budget hotels or motels may wish to check whether their property recorded the Saskatchewan licence plate belonging to Natanis Merasty's 2007 Hyundai Tucson around May 7th, 8th, and 9th, in 2025. If the plate appears in a registration card, parking or vehicle record, then that information could potentially help establish where the Tucson was during its time on Vancouver Island. Any potentially relevant record should be preserved and handled delicately rather than altered or discarded, and provided directly to the appropriate investigators.

Registration cards and similar documents may contain personal information, so they should not be photographed, published online or shared publicly; they should be handled confidentially and turned over to investigators through an appropriate channel.

This is a still of the actual vehicle. Plate appears to say 286 NTX. Taken from APTNNews.

Case Information

Canada's Missing case reference: 2025024076
Edmonton Police Service case: CA250409080
Missing from: Edmonton, Alberta
Last confirmed sighting: Monday, May 5, 2025
Reported missing: Friday, May 9, 2025

Official Sources

Michael Dunahee, Missing Since 1991, and Norma's 2022 Account: A New Theory

By: Shane Lambert
Original time of writing: March 10th to 17th, 2025

Michael Dunahee's Disappearance: Toward a New Hypothesis

Michael Dunahee, a four-year-old boy from Victoria, British Columbia, vanished without much of a trace on March 24th, 1991. On the day of his disappearance, which was a Sunday, he was playing at a playground near Blanshard Elementary School. This was during a family outing, his parents were nearby, and the father was participating in a sports match that his mother watched.

Unraveling Canada’s Most Infamous Missing Child Mystery

The case is one of the enduring unsolved mysteries in Canada that involves a missing person. I would call it Vancouver Island's most famous case, perhaps only rivaled by the more modern case of Emma Fillipoff. Each case does extend beyond localities. In particular, the disappearance of Michael Dunahee might be the most famous unsolved case, perhaps even in Canadian history.

But despite exhaustive efforts, the case remains unsolved, and over three decades have passed. Over the years, countless tips and witness accounts have emerged.

This includes a tip from an elderly woman named Norma. In 2022, she emerged as an eyewitness to the abduction of Michael Dunahee, and perhaps her recollection offers a potential clue to what transpired that day back in March of 1991.

Eyewitness Breakthrough: Norma’s Shocking 2022 Revelation

Norma, who was 81 years old in 2022, would have been in her early 50s at the time of the abduction. She believes she saw part of what happened near Blanshard Elementary School that day.

In 2022, she recounted her memories of a young woman grabbing a blonde, blue-eyed boy wearing colorful pants by the arm. This does match the description of Michael Dunahee, including the clothes that he wore. Norma said the young woman took Michael across Wark Street toward a back alley. Additionally, Norma described a brown van, beige on top and darker below, which she linked to the event.

Clues Under Hypnosis: Digging Into Norma’s Memory

Authorities took her account seriously, which I think was the right to do. In my opinion, when a case is cold, then it only makes sense to treat someone seriously if they offer an eyewitness account unless given a reason not to.

On that matter, Norma underwent hypnosis to recall specific details, such as the van’s license plate, as part of the investigation. However, if she ever knew the plate, this was not a detail that she was able to reveal.

In this article, the woman Norma claims to have seen will be called "Mystery Woman." Furthermore, this article will proceed as though Norma's account of what she saw is genuine and that the boy being led away was, in fact, Michael. Importantly, this is a detail that isn't absolutely authenticated but I think that's the best way to proceed in the absence of any other leads in this otherwise cold case.

The Tackle That Changed Everything: Norma’s Recall

I took the following statements of Norma's from a CityNews article (March 8th, 2022/Hana Mae Nassar). They are believed to pertain to the Michael Dunahee abduction. They include the Mystery Woman and another figure, who I will call The Man in the Van.

	Exact Quote	Paraphrase & Relevance
1	“I would hate to have to pass on and not know where that child is. It’s just not right. That poor little boy. And that’s my fault too, because I didn’t know what was happening,” she said.	Paraphrase: Norma feels guilty and desperate to know Michael’s fate, blaming herself for not recognizing the abduction at the time. Relevance: Establishes her emotional stake and motivation for coming forward 30 years later, framing her as a regretful witness.
2	“I’m driving down Wark Street and I see this young lad running kitty corner, across the park there, the front lawn. And then I see another one running right behind him and I said, ‘Oh boy, I better watch those kids.' The little one at the front ran across the street. She — the person behind him — was running and she dove at him and she grabbed him by the legs and pulled him down. So she tackled him just like playing football. And he went down hard. And I thought 'little bums', you know, kids, right?,” she recalled of that day, noting what she remembers still haunts her 30 years on.	Paraphrase: Norma claims she saw a boy running, chased, and tackled by someone she initially thought was a kid, only realizing later it was serious. Relevance: A potential core eyewitness account of the abduction, describing the physical act she believes involved Michael.
3	“So she gets up and grabs the little guy by the arm and she marches him across in front of me on Wark Street,” she recalled.	Paraphrase: The woman stood up, took the boy by the arm, and led him across the street in front of Norma’s car. Relevance: Details the next step of the abduction, showing control over the boy and movement toward a specific direction, critical for tracing events.
4	“I looked at the boy and he had blonde hair, blue eyes, and he was being pulled. He had these bright coloured pants on like different colours, blues and yellows and reds,” Norma said.	Paraphrase: Norma noticed the boy had blonde hair, blue eyes, and colorful pants as he was being dragged. Relevance: Matches Michael Dunahee’s description (blonde, blue-eyed, colorful clothing), strengthening her claim of witnessing him specifically.
5	“Then they started to walk down King and I looked over and there was a back alley type thing over there. And there was this brown van, it was parked there. The guy was standing on the outside, holding his driver’s door open looking at the situation. The side door was flung open and there was a brownie coloured blanket hanging out of the van,” she continued.	Paraphrase: They walked toward King Street, where Norma saw a brown van with a man by the driver’s door and an open side door with a blanket hanging out. Relevance: Introduces the van and a second suspect (The Man in the Van), suggesting a planned abduction with a getaway vehicle, a key lead in the case.
6	“One of the reasons I moved was because of that, because I couldn’t drive down Bay Street and go past Wark. I couldn’t go down King Street. It was a nightmare in my head. I couldn’t do it. It’s haunting me because I didn’t do something about it. I didn’t help that little guy.”	Paraphrase: Norma moved away because the memory of not helping the boy haunted her whenever she drove near the abduction site. Relevance: Highlights the psychological toll on her, reinforcing her credibility as a witness deeply affected by what she saw, and her inaction as a lingering regret.

The Van Debate: Chevy or Ford in Michael’s Abduction?

The presence of a brown van is interesting. This is a topic that I looked at in another blog post on this website a few years ago. I published that post before Norma arose as a potential eyewitness.

But there was another witness, one who was ten years old, who drew a picture of a van that she claimed Michael went into. In my opinion, the picture the child drew resembles a 1981 Chevrolet P30 Grumman Step Van. According to modern artificial intelligence, my guess on the van was likely right.

However, the CityNews article that recounts Norma's memory shows a vehicle that is meant to resemble the one she saw. This picture would more likely depict a Ford Econoline Van from the mid-1960s.

A Ford Econoline looks different than a 1981 Chevrolet P30 Grumman Step Van. But this is a matter that can be sidestepped.

I don't know whose account to go with, the account of a 10-year-old who drew a picture pretty fresh from memory or the account of an 81-year-old remembering details from more than 30 years prior. For the sake of proceeding, I will consider the van to be real and part of the abduction and set aside the debate of the year, make, and model.

Why an Old Van Spells Trouble for This Case

Regardless, of which model you go with, an interesting point arises.

The abduction of Michael Dunahee took place in 1991. But the newest of the vehicle models is possibly from 1981 with the Econoline possibly being much older.

That suggests that the owner owned the vehicle for quite some time, discounting second-hand purchases. Either vehicle is the type of vehicle that does not provide clear visual access to the back area. I think that would make them more attractive to those planning clandestine activities.

Mystery Woman Unveiled: A Rare Female Abductor?

One thing that really stood out to me with Norma's abduction depiction is the age of the Mystery Woman. Firstly, Norma felt that she was looking at another child. However, when she got a closer look at the Mystery Woman, she came to the opinion that she was looking at a young woman, aged 18-25.

When dealing with non-family abduction, there are not many known child abductors who fit this description. Throwing out custody battle abductions between parents, the prototype of a child abductor in Canada is a man in his 30s or 40s. The Mystery Woman is much younger and a different sex than what is typical.

Stats vs. Reality: Does Gender Flip the Script?

As for official studies, one study known as "Abducted then Murdered Children: A Canadian Study" from 2016 analyzed 93 cases of non-family abduction in Canada. The study found that 92% of the abductors were male. The Mystery Woman does not fit the typical profile of an abductor -- but yes, there is that 8% to think about.

The Mystery Woman's demographics have always struck me as odd. Since Norma originally thought the Mystery Woman was a child, my thoughts have always taken me toward the lower end of the age range, that being an 18-20-year-old. A female abductor is rare in Canada but, using that range, an 18-20-year-old woman abducting a child by herself is even more rare.

The Missing Link: Why Women Rarely Abduct Alone

When it comes to studies involving crimes, there is a major limitation: lots of crimes simply don't enter the statistical records. But one driving force behind abductions is the male sex drive. That could explain why we see more men as abductors than women.

In the time I had to prepare this blog post, I couldn't find a case of a woman aged 18-25 acting alone in child abduction. This suggests that it is either extremely rare or not publicly reported on as much. My research is largely digital so some relevant cases might not be digital yet. But in researching this, I used AI extensively and nothing turned up.

Yet, close examples or near examples are out there. News searches for terms like "young male child abductor Canada," "18-25 male abductor Canada," and "teenage male child abduction Canada" yielded cases such as Nicole Shanks. She abducted a baby in 2021 but she was 32 years old (Woman who snatched 8-day-old baby found not criminally responsible/CBC News article/March 17th, 2022).

Another case involved a 56-year-old woman abducting a child from a babysitter in 2021 (Steinbach RCMP locate abducted child RCMP news), far outside the age range I was looking for. I do think there is probably an example out there of an 18-25-year-old female abducting a child while acting alone in Canada. But, if that example is out there, it evaded my research.

The Man in the Van: A Dark Puppet Master?

That it's extremely difficult to find an example is all that's relevant to me. It led me to an assumption, which I am going to put in the "Take it or leave it" category, a simple assumption, admittedly problematic, and not supported by concrete evidence -- and yet probably correct in my opinion.

In the case of Michael Dunahee, in my opinion, there is a man in the van. This would be the same man and van that Norma recounted.

Getting back to the Ford Econoline Van or Chevy Step Van, there is probably a man sitting in it who has control over the Mystery Woman. He is supervising and managing the abduction, which is all his brainwave. He is using the Mystery Woman as a buffer. If things go wrong, The Man in the Van is going to hightail it and let the Mystery Woman deal with the authorities on the matter.

Stockholm Syndrome Twist: From Villain to Victim

If she is only 18-20 years old, then my guess is that the Mystery Woman is a former child abductee herself. Even if she is older, then she could be.

I would guess that The Man in the Van kidnapped her sometime after 1981, the year of the vehicle that I have presumed to be a Chevy Step Van. The Mystery Woman has been brainwashed since being abducted, she had all kinds of mental problems in 1991, and those problems probably include Stockholm Syndrome.

This syndrome, Stockholm Syndrome, is a psychological phenomenon where hostages or victims of a crime develop a bond with their captors, often displaying sympathy, loyalty, or even affection toward them despite the danger or abuse they endure. The term originated from a Norrmalmstorg bank robbery in 1973.

In that robbery, Jan-Erik Olsson attempted to rob Kreditbanken, taking four employees hostage after police intervened. Over six days, the hostages—Birgitta Lundblad, Elisabeth Oldgren, Kristin Enmark, and Sven Säfström—were held in the bank's vault. Some of them expressed trust in their captors, fearing police tactics more, and even requested the police to leave.

Stockholm Syndrome: Abduction Cases

The bonds are hard to understand but could simply be part of human evolution, like everything else about us. It might be to the general advantage of a captive to find his/her captor endearing because it might pay to be on that person's good side while in their custody.

Stockholm Syndrome has been used more broadly in the decades since the bank robbery in Sweden. Anyone captive might develop it, even in contexts outside of hostage situations. I think the Mystery Woman is a former child abductee who developed Stockholm Syndrome after coming under the custody of her abductor. I think that's why she is out tackling a kid and luring him toward a van with a man waiting. This is something that women aged 18-25 don't normally otherwise do.

Real-Life Parallels and Variance in Abductee Behaviors: Stayner and Hearst Connections

I didn't find a known example of an abducted child later helping his/her own abductor perform a subsequent abduction. However, I do know of a near-example: Steven Stayner, an American example.

A pedophile named Kenneth Parnell abducted Steven Stayner, who was seven years old at the time, in 1972. Parnell raised Stayner as his own child until 1980.

Around then, Parnell had solicited Stayner’s help in abducting another child but this is where there is a change. Stayner refused to help, Parnell abducted another child anyway, and then Stayner took that child, Timothy White, to the authorities. This led to everything unraveling for Parnell

The example connects to The Mystery Woman and The Man in the Van, as I've hypothesized them because it's a real-life example that shows that an abductor might solicit help from a former abductee.

Star Tribune. March 3rd, 1980.

Patty Hearst Example

I did find another example in the USA that is worth looking at (clipping on marginal is from June 12th, 1974 edition of Garden City Telegram.

Patty Hearst was 19 years old when the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) abducted her in February 1974. Between that time and her arrest in 1975, she aided the SLA as they committed their crimes.

Her defense argued she developed Stockholm Syndrome, she was convicted anyway, and she spent time in prison before Jimmy Carter commuted her. In 2001, Bill Clinton granted her a full pardon. Her case remains a notable example of abduction and the psychological complexities that resulted.

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Profiling the Mystery Woman: Who Is She Really?

Attribute	Details
Sex	Female
Age	18-25 (as of March 24th, 1991) (presumed based on Norma's account); my inclination is that The Mystery Woman is 18-20.
Birthdate Range	March 25th, 1966 - March 24th, 1973 (calculated based on her estimated age on the date of Michael Dunahee's abduction, using Norma's description); March 25th, 1970 - March 24th, 1973 if she is 18-20.
Role	Suspected abductor of a boy, presumably Michael Dunahee; by eyewitness account. She has been described as tackling Dunahee and to have ushered him away from the Blanshard Elementary School playground.
Additional Context	Seen heading toward a beige and brown van, which I have assumed to be either a Ford Econoline Van or a P30 Grumman 1981 Chevy Step Van (unconfirmed).
Psychological Note	May have Stockholm Syndrome, resulting from being abducted and raised by her abductor, presumably The Man in the Van.

Could She Be Out There? An Appeal to the Mystery Woman

There are missing girls in Canada that fit the birthdate range. I've looked at them but decided not to start listing names because this is all speculative. But I do think an appeal is worth making, even if The Mystery Woman is not firmly grounded in anything except Norma's account. My reasoning is simply that it couldn't hurt.

If the reader is The Mystery Woman, then I think there will be public sympathy for you if you were a child abductee yourself. There was public sympathy for Patty Hearst, even though she participated in crimes.

If you, The Mystery Woman, are reading this, then I would think that you could contact the police and reveal what you know, maybe even after preparing a statement with a lawyer. In doing so, two unsolved missing child mysteries might be solved.

Next Steps: Norma’s Role

Then there's Norma, the witness. If it has not been done already, I think she should look at the pictures of missing girls in Canada who were born between March 25th, 1966, and March 24th, 1973 to see if any of them resembled The Mystery Woman at all.

This is actionable without much effort. As stated, I don't want to start listing missing children with birthdates that overlap with The Mystery Woman's because of the false hope it could create.

I don't want to oversell my opinion. I realized every time I made an assumption, there was a chance that I went down a rabbit hole with no rabbit in it. But I still think this angle is worth being a part of the theories regarding Michael's disappearance in a case that is cold and has drained police budgets.

Marlene Yvonne Abigosis -- Missing Since January 1st, 1984*

Missing Person: Marlene Yvonne Abigosis

Details from a government source (might be paraphrased): Marlene Abigosis was last seen in March of 1984 in the downtown east side of Vancouver. Marlene was engaged in a high-risk lifestyle. Marlene was known to work near the docks, and clients who owned boats would take Marlene with them on trips to Washington State and Vancouver Island.

Last contact: March 27th, 1984 (Tuesday), according to date-of-death at family tree at Ancestry; I believe the use of January 1st in some reporting may only be due to using the first day of the year as a placeholder

Last location: Vancouver, British Columbia

Age when Marlene Yvonne Abigosis disappeared: 26 (Canada's Missing says 27 years old, but that appears to be wrong) (DOB: November 23rd, 1957, according to her Ancestry family tree profile)

Sex: Female

Height in inches: 66

Weight in pounds (lbs): 119

Ethnicity: Aboriginal/Indigenous

Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: Click the hashtag to see all of the "missing and murdered aboriginal women" profiled at this site

Hair color: Black and wavy shoulder-lengthed hair

Eye Color: Brown

Scar or distinctive characteristic: Nothing found

Link to Government Source (Canada's Missing): 2014001708 (right click to open)

Online discussion page: Marlene Yvonne Abigosis (right click to open)

BMI means body mass index. It is meant to describe someone's healthy body weight relative to the individual's height. It is only food for thought because it does not account for all body types.

Marlene Yvonne Abigosis had a BMI of 19.21. This means that she was at a healthy weight by BMI standards at the time of her disappearance.

Commentary and Research

By: Shane Lambert

Original time of writing: February 11th, 2025

Has Marlene Yvonne Abigosis been found?

In regard to the missing person, Marlene Yvonne Abigosis, the Canada's Missing website states that she frequented Vancouver's downtown east side. This is one of the most notorious areas of Canada in terms of clandestine activity and public safety. The epicenter of the area is East Hastings Street, where is crosses with Main Street.

This is the area that serial killer Robert Pickton frequented. However, Marlene's 1984 disappearance date is still several years earlier than when it is thought that he started disappearing prostitutes from the area.

It is stated that Marlene Abigosis had a high-risk lifestyle. That is normally associated with prostitution, substance abuse, and/or dangerous associations (ie. people who use drugs or are involved in the trade).

It is also said that she sometimes went in boats with clients to Vancouver Island and Washington State. Unfortunately, this does make you wonder a client disappeared her in water.

Ironing Out Some Details

The missing person does appear in a family tree at Ancestry (paywalled). Her parents were Frank Abigosis and Vitaline Lillian Abigosis, both passed on. Marlene Abigosis is also treated as deceased in the family tree as of March 27th, 1984. She was 26 years old at the time, making her age at her Canada's Missing profile a little bit off.

This missing person does not really have a significant presence in the online databases I looked at (Ancestry and Newspapers.com). She was part of a huge family with scores of siblings. Perhaps a family member can shed some light on her last months before her disappearance in the comments section.

She did appear in some newspapers in 2002, but this well after her disappearance event. Furthermore, the following blurb contains information not supported by those that maintain her family tree. As often the case, it's not clear which source to go by.

Vancouver Sun, July 26th, 2002.

When January 1st appears in a missing person report, it is normally just a result of someone using the date as a placeholder or to bypass a field that must be entered. It would usually mean the MP disappeared sometime that year. The family tree specifies March 27th, 1984, as her date of death, presumably her date of disappearance too. Also, her family tree says she was originally from Manitoba, not Saskatchewan.

Jesokah Adkens: Missing from Sooke, BC Since Sept 2001

Missing Person: Jesokah Adkens

Details from a government source (might be paraphrased): Jesokah was last seen at approximately 21:30 hours. It was thought that she was going to take a transit bus back to the village of Sooke, where her residence was located. By my research, this would have been a short trip.

Last contact: September 26th, 2001 (Wednesday), seen at 9:30pm.

November 10th, 2001. Times Colonist.

Last location: Sooke, BC near Sooke Road, which appears as BC Highway 14 or Juan De Fuca Highway on modern maps. In newspaper coverage, it says she was last seen "heading" to a bus stop outside Saseenos Elementary School, which is near where she went to high school. Furthermore, these buildings were not far from her home.

After researching the case, I would say Sooke Road around Saseenos Elementary School and Edward Milne Community School is where she was last seen. I did notice that the newspaper coverage of her last known location toggled between her last being seen walking to a bus stop or standing at a bus stop. Perhaps it's a small difference. There is a memorial that appears on Google Maps at 6072 Sooke Road in the westbound lane that marks her last-known location (use old dates for Google Maps if its overgrown in modern times).

October 9th, 2001. The Province,

Yet, another source says she was last seen hitchhiking, which is ominous. However, I do think that this source, posted below, got the information wrong.

October 12th, 2001. Times Colonist.

Age when Jesokah Adkens disappeared: 17

DOB: May 1st, 1984

Sex: Female

Height in inches: 65

Weight in pounds (lbs): 88 pounds according to Canada's Missing but described as 110 pounds in a media article. That is a huge discrepancy but I think if anyone is cross-referencing this to a Jane Doe, use the 110-pound measurement. A weight of 88 pounds at a height of 5'5" would be a person whose weight could be viewed as unhealthily low.

Times Colonist. October 27th, 2001.

Ethnicity: White/Caucasian

Hair color: Blonde, long and straight

Eye Color: Blue

Scar or distinctive characteristic: Scar on her chin, under her lip

Link to Government Source: 2001008160 (right click to open)

Websleuths discussion page: Jesokah Adkens (right click to open)

Clothing: According to a newspaper source, she was wearing a light-blue shirt (called a fleece top in one source), dark blue jeans, and running shoes when she disappeared. Another source says she was wearing a black bomber-styled pullover jacket, her shirt featured The Doors, and her shoes were black.

Parents: Clayton or Clayten and Jocelan Adkens

Commentary and Research

By: Shane Lambert

Original time of writing: February 4th, 2025

Has Jesokah Adkens been found?

Jesokah Adkens went missing on September 26th, 2001. She has not been found since that time. This is a case that received quite a bit of newspaper coverage, both shortly after her disappearance and then in the years that followed.

The Times Colonist, Victoria's newspaper on Vancouver Island, published the first newspaper article that I could find on October 3rd, 2001. It headlined that police suspected foul play in her disappearance. There were several details from this newspaper article that I will bullet point below:

Jesokah was in Grade 11 at Edward Milne Community School.
She went missing from a bus stop just down the street from her high school (in front of Saseenos Elementary School).
She lived in the 6600 Block of Sooke Road (another source says she lived on Kaltasin Road but this didn't make sense to me; I don't see the need to take a bus or hitchhike to that road based on where she was last seen).
The newspaper article said she lived with a roommate (female), which I found a little strange due to the MP's age (ie. she was a minor). But Adkens had moved out of her original home.
The police made statements that suggested that she was not a runaway or suicidal. All of her ID and credentials were at her home. I found this very credible and relevant because I think the police generally have a tendency to label a teenager as a runaway or suicidal to take pressure off of their search efforts.
A tracking dog yielded no clues.
The bus driver was interviewed but said nothing that helped.
She had a boyfriend and there was a recent "quarrel" but that was described as normal. Another source said the boyfriend was not a suspect.

There are two bus stops outside of Saseenos Elementary School on modern Google Maps. However, the street-cam updates for the area only go back to June 2009. The modern bus stops were not present in 2001.

Presumptively, Adkens was waiting for a bus in the westbound lane as that would have been the one taking her home (which would have been a short ride). There is a memorial for her last-known location (48.38739149685625, -123.6908089900206). Toggle between the years at Google Maps if you have trouble finding it.

There was no police apathy in the early days of this case. I found a statement on October 4th, 2001, stating that they were treating her disappearance as a homicide until they had reason not to (Sgt. Don Brown qtd. in The Province). This same article states that she was "heading" to a bus stop, as opposed to being stationary at it, when she was last seen. However, another article on October 6th says she was waiting at the bus stop when she was last seen.

Adkens had a probation officer.
She had dinner with a male friend (called her boyfriend in the November 10th, 2001 Times Colonist) the night she disappeared. Another source, says she had dinner with three friends that night. The name of the restaurant and location would be a good tidbit to have.
Adkens had a hitchhiking habit.

Conflicting Reports and Case Insights: Jesokah Adkens Missing Person

One thing that I really noticed with this case is that there were different descriptions of what she was doing when last seen. One source says she was at a bus stop, another says she was walking to a bus stop, and yet another says she was last seen hitchhiking. But the only thing definitive was that she was last seen on Sooke Road around Saseenos Elementary School and her high school, Edward Milne Community School, at about 9:30pm after dining out.

In newspaper coverage from 2019, Jesokah was described as someone who kept dangerous associations, involving street people and drug users/dealers. Furthermore, this article (May 22nd, 2019 Times Colonist) says that Jesokah received a benefits payment on the day she disappeared but it was never used.

Modern news link: Times Colonist, September 26th, 2021

Stated that the bus driver who worked the night she disappeared was interviewed but was not able to provide any details.
An October 1st, 2025, news article contained no new information about the case at CHEK News

Very Similar Case: Vancouver Island Disappearance of Carmen Robinson

Roughly 28 years earlier, a woman disappeared from nearby Victoria on Vancouver Island in a case with some stark similarities. The time gap between Adkens' disappearance and this former case is large but I felt that it should be mentioned.

The case of Carmen Robinson involves a 17-year-old caucasian blonde woman who was last seen at a bus stop. The age, sex, ethnicity, hair color, hair length and style, and case details involving a bus stop do match up between the two cases.

Furthermore, the two locations, Sooke and Victoria, are in the same part of Vancouver Island. The distance between where Robinson was last seen and Adkens is a half-hour drive according to modern Google Maps and fewer than 30 kilometers in space. Lastly, both young women went missing fairly late in the evening as they attempted to travel home.

One difference between the two cases is that Adkens was last seen going to a bus stop or waiting for a bus at a bus stop (depending on which source you go with). Conversely, Robinson was last seen alighting a bus at a bus stop.

Carmen Robinson's case at Missing Person's Commentary.

28 years between the events is a long time. Yet, it could be the same person responsible for both disappearances. I felt that the cases could be mentioned together as food for thought as reading about the disappearance of Adkens did remind me of the disappearance of Robinson for the reasons mentioned.

The Van That May Have Taken Michael Dunahee: Could It Be a 1981 Chevrolet P30? Artificial Intelligence Weighs In!

Missing person: Michael Wayne Dunahee

Last-contact date: March 24th, 1991 at about 1230pm; reports surfaced in 2022 of a woman named Norma seeing him twice later that day. It's hard to know what to treat as accurate in situations like these, but the 1230pm time is not disputed.

Updated theory as of March 2025: New Blog Post

Last seen: Victoria, British Columbia on Vancouver Island

It is not disputed that he was at the Blanshard Elementary School playground. The school is no longer there but was at 950 Kings Road and the now-gone playground is on the southwest side of the lot. I would say these Google Maps coordinates are close to the abduction point: 48.437708, -123.360528. Street views on Google Maps only go back to 2009.

The second sighting is taken much more lightly. But it would place him in the custody of a woman 18-25 at a back alley near Wark Street, a little later in the day. Wark Street is a very short road in Victoria extending just two blocks from north to south (Google Maps: Wark Street's northern tip). Wark Street forms a T-intersection at the school on Kings Road.

Link to Government Source: Canada's Missing

Ethnicity/Race: White

Sex: Male
Age at time of disappearance: 4 years old
Hair: Blonde, short
Eye color: Blue
Height and weight at the time of disappearance: 3'0" and 51 pounds
Clothing: White Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shirt, colorful rugby pants, blue canvas sneakers, blue cloth jacket with red lining and red cuffs.

Not the actual clothes.Grok's response to my request for an image of the clothing as described above.

Michael Dunahee: One of Canada's Best Known Missing Person's Cases

Few missing person cases in Canada's history have generated as much lasting interest as the case of Michael Dunahee. If you, the reader, are among the contingent of people who will undoubtedly look back at the case in March, when the anniversary comes, remember to take a moment to look at the composite sketches and the drawing of the van that Michael was thought to have been lured into.

A young child (ten years old) said she saw Michael go into a vehicle. This is a witness whose insight into what happened that day can be debated. Children are frivolous and they never make great witnesses. However, there were multiple witnesses who claimed that they saw the brown van, according to a 2022 news article (Hana Nae Nassar/March 8th, 2022/CityNews).

In fact, the Wikipedia page for Michael's disappearance says that there were no witnesses. I think that shows that some discount the child-witness.

In mentioning it, I am not saying it should be taken as fact, but, for me, I think that the child-witness should still be mentioned as food for thought and awareness. So many years have passed since the disappearance that there can't be any harm in keeping an open mind.

Thu, Mar 24, 2011 – 1 · Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com

Child's Drawing of the Suspect Vehicle

The picture of the van that the young girl drew does not look like that common of a vehicle model. The drawing of the van looks like a small bus or a vehicle that would be used for services like airport transfers.

By my research (from 2021), the vehicle would resemble the Chevrolets in the "P30" and/or "step van" series. These vehicles were on the road in 1991 and seemed to go back several decades with new models hitting the market perhaps annually.

The following is an enlargement of the picture that the girl drew.

The full-length door on the side is the biggest clue as to the model in my opinion. While I couldn't find a great non-copyrighted photo, I recommend that the reader go to Google Images and search for "Chevrolet P30 step-van" and then look at the models from 1991 and prior. My top guess for the year, make, and model would be a 1981 Chevrolet P30 Grumman Step Van.

Grok 'Thinks' It IS a 1981 Chevy Step Van

In 2025, I ran the picture through Grok, which is X's artificial intelligence. When I asked what vehicle it was, Grok first stated that it was a 1991 Chrysler Town and Country Minivan. However, I think I had inadvertently limited it to 1991 when I said it was a 1991 drawing.

I decided to ask directly if the vehicle was a Chevrolet Step Van and got the following answer:

"Based on the analysis, the drawing is most likely of a Chevrolet Step Van, possibly from the mid-20th century, given its boxy shape, three-side-window configuration, and wood-like appearance, which may reflect artistic shading or custom features. While other vehicles like minivans or station wagons were considered, the utilitarian design and forward-control layout align most closely with a step van. This identification reflects the era's use of step vans for delivery and the possibility of custom modifications, fitting the drawing's 1991 creation date as a nostalgic or artistic representation."

For the record, my opinion that it was a Chevy Step Van predated my entry into Grok by four years as the original publication date is February 13th, 2021 for this blog post. I also asked if it was a 1981 Chevrolet P30 Grumman Step Van, which has been my top guess for the last four years, and Grok answered in the affirmative.

"Based on the analysis, the drawing is most likely of a 1981 Chevrolet P30 Grumman Step Van, possibly with custom features like additional windows, given its boxy shape, three-side-window configuration, and wood-like appearance, which may reflect artistic shading or modifications. While other vehicles like minivans or station wagons were considered, the utilitarian design and forward-control layout align most closely with a step van. This identification reflects the era's use of step vans for delivery and the possibility of custom modifications, fitting the drawing's 1991 creation date as a nostalgic or artistic representation."

As a control, I asked if the drawing was of a Volkswagen Beetle, an airplane, or a school bus. Grok answered in the negative, an indicator that the software behind the AI is not just spitting out answers in a biased way. Instead, Grok suggested that it was a step van or minivan.

"Based on the analysis, the drawing is most likely not a Volkswagen Beetle, an airplane, or a school bus. It seems to depict a van or small truck, possibly a step van or minivan, with a boxy shape, two windows, and a wood-like appearance, which doesn't align with the typical features of the given options. An unexpected detail is that the drawing might represent a customized vehicle, not fitting standard categories, which wasn't among the choices but fits the description better."

I'm not sure what the wood-like appearance meant, except that the color is brown. AI is always just food for thought. File it under "take it or leave it" but I think the chance that the vehicle is of a Chevy Step Van should be noted by anyone interested in this case.

Real-life Footage or Photos of Chevy Step Vans

As far as usable photos go (ie. the photographer allows his/her photo to be used), I found the following. Firstly, I embedded a video below of a 1982 model from Youtube.

The picture below is of a 1997 Chevrolet P30. This is a model that came into the market several years after Dunahee's 1991 disappearance. It was hard to find a user-friendly picture of the models that I wanted to use, which is why I used the 1997 model.

But the earlier models had that long door that you see in the child's drawing. I think it's that feature that is most credible in the drawing, along with the color of the vehicle. The disappearance happened in the early afternoon, and color is easier for the human eye to detect at midday.

Furthermore, the front windows are viewable when taking a side-longed view of the vehicle. This is the kind of vehicle that you might expect to be camperized, used as a food truck, or used for roadside lodging. To me, it suggests that the person who abducted Dunahee was transient or lodged in campgrounds RV parks.

Wikipedia photo by Mr. choppers.

There was an alleged Dunahee sighting in New Jersey in the weeks after Michael disappeared. A shopper at a convenience store named Harry Krusch claimed he saw Michael on April 4th, 1991 in a place called Maple Shade, New Jersey.

An article with the composite sketch of the man who was allegedly in Michael's company is below. I will say that I never really thought much of this alleged sighting of Michael. However, it's also important to remain open-minded. Note, that the composite sketch involved with this alleged sighting is of a black man while the former sketch was of a white person.

Tue, Apr 16, 1991 – Page 21 · Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) · Newspapers.com

Author: Shane Lambert (Facebook profile)

Twitter: @UncoolNegated (Twitter)

Pinterest: Missing Person Board
Original Time of Writing: February 13th, 2021

All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

I am not a Private Investigator, however, I am currently studying to be one as of February 2021.

Website hashtag: #MPCSL

Emma Fillipoff Missing in Canada Since 2012 -- Victoria, Vancouver Island

Author: Shane Lambert
Original time of writing: December 22nd, 2020

Emma Fillipoff is a missing person, Vancouver Island's best-known case of the last decade. Perhaps the case of Michael Dunahee is a higher-profile case from the same area, however, his case is much older. Emma has been missing since as far back as November 28th, 2012, although there is a chance that she was seen a day after that.

Emma Fillipoff picture Thu, Dec 13, 2012 – 4 · Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com

Missing Person: Emma Fillipoff
Last seen: November 28th, 2012 by police officers or the next day at 515am by another witness.
Location: Near The Empress hotel in Victoria, BC on Nov 28, 2012 in the evening OR in the View Royal area of Victoria the next day (Craigflower Road and Admirals Road near a Petro Canada station). I do consider the latter to be a credible sighting.
Height: 5'5"
Weight: slim build
Hair: long, blond/brown
Clothing: camouflage pants, carrying an orange purse
Age: 26 years old at the time of her disappearance

Early Journalism Coverage

The following article is the first one I found in the Victoria Colonist regarding Emma Fillipoff's disappearance. The article doesn't suggest much concern and just contains basic details. The one that follows is much longer and shows an increase in concern for the missing woman.

Emma Fillipoff Fri, Nov 30, 2012 – 4 · Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com

Emma Fillipoff Thu, Dec 13, 2012 – 4 · Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com

Possible sighting

A man who only identified himself as William believes that he saw Emma Fillipoff in the early hours of November 29th, 2012. This man didn't come forward with this information until 2018, out of fear that being the last person to see Emma alive would make him a suspect in her disappearance. In truth, that is a valid concern.

According to William, Emma was distraught, she jumped out in the road as he drove, she seemed to be concerned about something that he could not see, and he dropped her off at Craigflower Road and Admirals Road near a Petro Canada station.

He claimed that, while walking, she carried her shoes in her hands. This alleged drop-off took place at 515 AM.

I do consider this sighting to be credible in the sense that I think William was being honest. His concern of being considered a suspect in her disappearance is valid. With that concern in mind, he still came forward. My opinion is that he was obeying his conscience when he did so.

Opinion and Commentary: Emma Fillipoff's Missing Person Case

Maternal Intuition as a Key Indicator

In this case, I think most avenues point to suicide. I believe it is telling that the mother sensed something in her daughter and flew out from Ottawa to Victoria on the very day that Emma went missing.

It's also telling that the mother, previously, declined to act on similar impulses. Something in her interaction with Emma triggered an urgency. I think these kinds of insights can be wrongly downplayed at times.

Barefoot Behavior: A Cry for Help or an Escape?

Furthermore, Emma was seen walking barefoot in downtown Victoria and that is a clue. It may sound odd, but I do have an opinion on missing people who were seen walking barefoot close to the time of their disappearances.

Partly, it looks a little mentally distraught and this may have been a 'call for help' before suicide. In fact, her barefoot walking caused a friend to call the police. Victoria is the mildest part of Canada, but you still wouldn't walk barefoot there in late November, let alone at other times of the year.

Conversely, sometimes people who walk barefoot, I think, are doing it because they want to leave somewhere without anyone knowing that they left. Missing shoes are clues that someone has left the building.

She did seem to be concerned over being followed, as the footage of her before her disappearance suggests. Emma might have been out barefoot because she wanted someone at the homeless shelter to think she had not left the building -- and leaving her shoes behind could help with that. This would be consistent behavior by someone who thought that she was being stalked.

But thirdly, Emma was poor. If her shoes bothered her feet, then she probably couldn't afford new ones. Someone might walk barefoot if the shoes the person owned were rubbing against wounds in a painful way.

Evidence Aligning with Suicide

Getting back to the chances of suicide, it should not be ignored that the people at the shelter that she stayed at (Sandy Merriman House) thought that she was "a danger to herself" (Dec 13, 2012, article above). There's definitely an alignment between her behavior, the actions of the relative who knew her best, and the opinions of the people who saw her in the days before she disappeared. Furthermore, that she lost (or discarded) her prepaid credit card shows some indifference to her economic situation.

Paranoia and Environmental Context

That William claimed she seemed scared of something that he could not see might be regarded as consistent with her behavior as noted from previous times. The footage of her acting scared to exit buildings has been taken to mean that she was worried about someone following her. That could simply be symptomatic of being a pretty woman living in a shelter -- a place that will have a fair amount of questionable people.

I've lived on Vancouver Island for about seven years of my life and downtown Victoria hasn't always been a comfortable place. At times, it has been a very dodgy environment and I can only imagine how many times someone as attractive as Emma might have had someone creepy genuinely watching her footsteps. That could create paranoia and her strange behavior as caught by the videotape could just be an extension of her high-risk living environment.

Possible Locations and Environmental Challenges

According to William, Emma wanted to go to Colwood. I think this is the area where a credit card she owned was found.

Also, there is a ton of hiking in the greater area where she disappeared, including at Thetis Lake Regional Park. Furthermore, there are inlets from the Salish Sea. If she is found, then I suspect that it will be in one of the following areas:

Thetis Lake Regional Park or south
Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory Bird Sanctuary or north
To the west of the above locations but not further west than the below locations
Mount Wells Regional Park
Goldstream Provincial Park, near the Langford entrance
If she entered saltwater, then finding her will be very difficult

Hiking these areas in Victoria would be more arduous in November than in the summer. The trails would be heavily puddled. To me, that suggests if she went into the forest, then she didn't go deep. In the summer, the trails are popular. I've written about some of them in a hiking publication I have.

Dismissing Red Herrings

As for the 'fluff' around this case, I disregard two things.

As stated, I'm not taking her preoccupation with being followed to mean that she was being followed. That's a red herring, in this case, I think. But I do think she might have thought she was being followed.

Secondly, I disregard the man in Vancouver who ripped her poster down and claimed to be her boyfriend to be anything of substance. My main reason for that is that the event happened in 2014 and we're in 2025, at the time of updating this case. I think if Emma was, in fact, the man's boyfriend, some kind of sighting would have happened by now.

The way I see it, the police don't have a lead in this case and it's a case that has received a lot of media attention. They are just playing their hand with what they've got.

Emma Fillipoff Wed, Dec 12, 2012 – 31 · The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · Newspapers.comI think it could be pointed out that she has a similar appearance to both Jesokah Adkens and Carmen Robinson. These are two MPs from the same general area. I've argued elsewhere that the Adkens case and the Robinson case resemble one another. I think the Fillipoff case is different because you can just sense a suicide theme.