Historical Missing Persons & Cold Murder Cases
Tanya Jean Brooks was 36 years old when she was murdered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in May 2009. She was a Mi'kmaq woman associated with Millbrook First Nation and the mother of five children. More than seventeen years later, no one has been charged with taking her life. Her murder remains unsolved, and investigators have... Continue Reading →
On March 22, 2009, 33-year-old Judy Ann Quill was in Pikangikum First Nation, the remote northwestern Ontario community she had called home throughout her life. Judy was a mother of two, a daughter and a woman remembered by her family as someone who regularly visited her parents and helped them with everyday things. Before that... Continue Reading →
Late on a summer Sunday night in 2002, Ronald Joseph Crawford stopped by a Mr. Sub restaurant on Concession Street in Hamilton, Ontario. He wasn't working there, and he wasn't supposed to become part of anything dangerous that night. Ronald had simply gone to visit a friend, the man who owned and was working at... Continue Reading →
In the summer of 2007, Gary and Ann Bason were living through a loss few parents could imagine. Their eldest son, 28-year-old Master Corporal Colin Bason, a reservist with the Royal Westminster Regiment, was serving in Afghanistan when he and five other Canadian soldiers were killed on July 4 after their vehicle was struck by... Continue Reading →
It has been another busy week at Someone Saw Something, and this week's stories took us across Canada and into the United States, from Toronto to a lonely highway in northwestern Ontario, from a Greyhound bus travelling across the Prairies to a motel in California. Some of the people we talked about have been missing... Continue Reading →
On September 1, 1993, 29-year-old Hannah Jane Rowell was staying at the Garden Motel in Eureka, California. At some point that day, Hannah was reportedly seen walking away from her room at the motel. There was nothing about that simple act that would necessarily have seemed alarming at the time. A woman leaving a motel... Continue Reading →
For years, Edward Gene Smith appeared to be the image of success. He was a highly educated, well-connected banking executive in New York City, someone who had built an impressive career in finance and moved comfortably among the city's elite. To acquaintances and colleagues, Smith projected the image of a polished professional whose wealth, intelligence,... Continue Reading →
Sheila was last seen on December 9, 2004
Christina was last seen on August 6, 2007
On August 5, 1987, 58-year-old Russell Don Atkinson boarded a Greyhound bus in Penticton, British Columbia, intending to make the long journey east to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Somewhere along the way, however, Russell disappeared. He never arrived at his destination, and nearly four decades later, he has never been seen or heard from. What makes his... Continue Reading →
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