The Disappearance of Viola Isabella Panacheese

Viola Isabella Panacheese
Missing Since: August 18, 1991
Missing From: Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada
Case reference: 2006023499
Date of Birth: January 24, 1949
Age at Disappearance: 42 years
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Indigenous
Eye Color: Brown
Hair: Black, Straight, Long
Height: 157cm / 5ft 2in
Weight: 54kg / 119lb
Physical Build: Slender/Thin
Last seen wearing:
Jacket: Black, Spring jacket
Pants: Blue, Jeans
Shirt: Blue, Purple, Lavender, Mauve, plaid
Shoes: Black, “Chinese” style slippers
Notable: Viola wears glasses, but was not wearing them at the time of her disappearance. She has a tattoo of initials ‘VG’ on left hand and a burn scar from knee to ankle on her right leg.

A Little Bit About Viola’s Case: Viola was seen for the last time on August 18, 1991. At the time, she was walking on Lakeshore Avenue in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. According to Viola’s daughters, she went out with some friends one night and never came home. The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the case. In December 2017, Viola’s family spoke at the MMIWG inquiry hearings that happened in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Viola’s oldest daughter, Lilly Southwind, said many years after her mother went missing she a attempted to retrieve the photos of her mother that her family had given to the police. She was told that her mothers file was lost and that it “may have gone into the burn pile.” The police say they have since tried to rebuild the file, but Lilly says it’s too late.

If you have information on Viola’s case, please contact any of the following:
Sioux Lookout OPP OPP ONCMPUR: 1-877-934-6363; 1-705-330-4144; opp.isb.resolve@opp.ca
Reference Case#: RM05022815

Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477)
Online at: https://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org/tips
Crime Stoppers provides anonymous tipping

Send email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at:
canadasmissing-disparuscanada@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Sources:
Canada’s Missing
CBC Missing & Murdered Women
The Doe Network