Elaine Phyllis Dumba
Aliases: Elaine Phyllis Desjarlais, Sharon Lorraine Acoose
Case reference: 2014002445
Missing since: April 9, 1989
Missing from: Coquitlam / Vancouver, BC
Date of Birth: March 12, 1955
Age at Disappearance: 34 years
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Eye Color: Brown
Hair: Medium Brown, long
Height: 168 cm / 5ft 6in
Weight: 64 kgs / 141 lbs
Notable: Elaine has possible scar tissue from injury or plastic surgery to her nose and cheek. Scars on wrists. She also has a tattoo on her right thumb/forefinger of a rose.
Details: Elaine was reported missing from Coquitlam, British Columbia on April 9, 1998. Her family have not seen or heard from her since April 9, 1989. Elaine had issues with substance abuse and engaged in survival sex work. She is not one of the women named as one of Robert Pickton’s victims, but she is on the list of missing women from the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.
At one point it had been suggested that Elaine was “Rockwood Jane Doe” who’s remains had been located in August of 2005. She had had been deceased for approximately 1 month prior to her discovery. Elaine has been eliminated as a match to “Rockwood Jane Doe” by the OPP
If you have information on Elaine’s case, please contact any of the following:
Coquitlam RCMP: 604-945-1550
Reference Case#: 1998-13017
Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477)
Online at: https://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org/submit-a-tip/submit-a-tip
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
Doe Network – Rockwood Jane Doe
Doe Network – Elaine Phyllis Dumba
Pickton Preliminary Hearing
Someone Saw Something 
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