Please Help Locate Danielle Marissa LaRue

Danielle Marissa LaRue
Aliases:
Danielle Marissa Lynn LaRue
Kimberly Anne NickN LaRue
Danielle Marie Dick
Marissa Lynn Nooksi
Danielle Marie LA Rue
Kimberly Ann LA Rue
Rosie
Butchie
Bambi
Buchi
Bou
Cory Felix
Danielle Merissa Lynn LA Rue
Louie LA Rue
Rosie LA Rue
Danielle Marissa Lynn LA Rue
Kimberly Anne LA Rue
Missing since: November 30, 2002
Missing from: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Downtown Eastside)
Year of birth: 1977
Age at Disappearance: 24 years
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Indigenous
Eye Color: Brown
Hair: Brown, Long
Height: 170cm / 5ft 7in
Weight: 58kg / 128lb
Physical Build: Slender/Thin
Complexion: Fair but Ruddy

Notable: Danielle has a scar on her right arm and scars resembling slash marks on her right forearm. Danielle also has several tattoos. A heart and a sword on her left forearm. A cross on her right arm. A heart on the back of her torso. Black hearts on her chest.

Details About Danielle’s Case: It was New Year’s Eve 2002 when an anonymous letter (see below) was opened by staff working at the Vancouver Police Department’s Public Service Counter. The letter referred to a Vancouver sex trade worker who had disappeared at the end of November, one month previous.

The writer described the woman, admitted to killing her, and even apologized to her family for taking her life. He said he was surprised there had been nothing in the news about her disappearance and asked for the victim’s name to be mentioned in the Vancouver Sun, so he would know who she was.

Investigators believe the letter writer was referring to Danielle Marissa Larue, and while her body has never been found, they believe she has been murdered.

Her 24 years had not been easy, with physical and sexual abuse beginning in her childhood. She entered foster care at an early age and ran away to the streets in Prince George when she turned 13, turning to drugs to ease her pain. She was always fiercely protective of her younger brother and sister, but Danielle became addicted to drugs and ended up working in the sex trade to support her habit. She had been living in the Downtown Eastside for longer than five years.

It’s been more than a decade since Danielle went missing and police received the letter. The person who wrote the letter knows what happened to Danielle and where her body is buried, and seemed to be remorseful. Perhaps a tortured conscience will finally bring answers, justice and closure for Danielle’s family.

If you have information on Danielle’s case, please contact any of the following:
Vancouver Police Department:
Telephone: 604-717-2530
Email: vpd.missing@vpd.ca
Reference Case#: MIS 02-317457

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: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls
VPD Cold Cases
International Missing Persons Wiki