Belinda Ann Cameron
Aliases: Belinda Ann Engen
Case reference: 2014004752
Missing since: May 11, 2005
Missing from: Victoria, BC
Date of Birth: January 1, 1963
Age at Disappearance: 42 years
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Indigenous
Eye Color: Brown
Hair: Black, Long, parted in the middle
Height: 173cm / 5ft 8in
Weight: 77kg / 170lb
Physical Build: Medium
Notable: Belinda has visible decay of her teeth. She is a cigarette smoker – Players Light brand. Belinda also has suffers from and unspecified mental illness that requires daily medication. She suffers from substance addiction and has allegedly engaged in survival sex work.
Details About Belinda & Her Case: Belinda originated from a First Nations community in Manitoba. She had an ex-husband that she stopped speaking to three years prior to her disappearance. Her two daughters were placed in foster care several years earlier by Belinda’s choice, as she wanted them to have better lives.
Modeste Smoke Shop on Admirals Road was a store Belinda frequently visited. She was typically taken to the shop via car by a male friend. An employee of the store recalled Belinda being friendly, outgoing, and would say hello to anyone beside her in line. However, she’d sometimes show up at the store looking lethargic and depressed, presumably because she wasn’t taking her medication.
Belinda was last seen at the Shopper’s Drug-mart on 870 Esquimalt Road, where she was a regular customer. Despite being there that day, she failed to pick up the medication that was waiting for her. Belinda was reported missing to the Victoria Police Department on June 4 or 5, 2005 by a man she had supposedly been romantically involved with.
The man who reported Belinda missing admitted to being in a relationship with her, even though he was already married. He also claimed Belinda wasn’t a habitual runaway. He said she supposedly wanted to see relatives in Vancouver, British Columbia and the province of Manitoba, but didn’t know any names. A polygraph test determined that the man had nothing to do with Belinda’s disappearance. When police searched Belinda’s apartment on 713 Cairn Road, she left behind an uncashed disability cheque and her First Nations status card. It was out of character for Belinda to not have her status card, because she used it to buy cigarettes.
If you have information on Belinda’s case, please contact any of the following:
Victoria Police Department Missing Person Co-ordinator:
Telephone: 250-995-7654
Twitter: @vicpdcanada
Reference Case#: 05-25771
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:
Doe Network
Canada’s Missing
International Missing Persons Wiki
Justice For Native People
CBC – Missing & Murdered: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls
Someone Saw Something 
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