Historical Missing Persons & Cold Murder Cases
On October 11, 2022, Kirk Allan Boucher was last seen walking along a Highway 71 from Manitou Rapids First Nation toward Kenora, Ontario. Then, somewhere along the way, Kirk disappeared. He was 50 years old, Indigenous, and a member of Shoal Lake First Nation. Nearly four years later, he has never been found. On November... Continue Reading →
It was an ordinary Monday afternoon in Toronto when 56-year-old Helen Bialowas walked out of her home and disappeared. The date was April 12, 1993 at approximately 4:30pm, Helen was seen leaving her Toronto residence. She was wearing a brown three-quarter-length fall coat over a floral-print blouse, along with a black pleated skirt. And that... Continue Reading →
Remembering the stories, the lives, and the questions that remain - August 2, 2026 Another week has passed at Someone Saw Something, and with it came another collection of stories that remind us why these cases deserve to remain visible. Over the past seven days, we have shared the stories of Donna Paré, John Hastings,... Continue Reading →
He planned to visit family in New York, but he left his suitcase behind and was never heard from again. Christmas had just ended when 29-year-old Zulfikar Charania prepared to leave his sister's home in Montreal. It was December 26, 1980—Boxing Day. Zulfikar normally lived in Ottawa, Ontario, but he had travelled to Montreal to... Continue Reading →
On the morning of July 3, 2005, a taxi driver travelling along a road in Viladecans, southwest of Barcelona, Spain, came across something that would begin a mystery lasting twenty years. Beside the road was the body of a young woman. She had apparently been dead for less than twenty-four hours, but investigators soon discovered... Continue Reading →
In June 2017, Jodie Brooke Anderson was 18 years old, living in Nashville, Tennessee, and navigating circumstances that would have been difficult for anyone, let alone someone barely into adulthood. Most people called her by her middle name, Brooke. She was a young mother. Her son was only about a year old. Brooke was 5... Continue Reading →
It was Friday night, August 27, 1965, and somewhere along Toronto's Danforth Avenue, 32-year-old Leslie Alexander Bichener was spending part of his evening at the Danforth Hotel. The hotel stood at the southwest corner of Danforth Avenue and Dawes Road in Toronto's east end. It was an old neighborhood establishment with a history stretching back... Continue Reading →
For a long time, the missing persons posts on this site (and page) followed a fairly straightforward format. I gathered the available information, organized the important details into bullet points, and tried to make the facts as easy as possible to read and share. While there was nothing inherently wrong with that approach. Names, dates,... Continue Reading →
On the afternoon of January 23, 2025, 40-year-old Ronald Lawrence Junior McCook walked away from a residence on Kenny Dam Road in the Saik'uz First Nation Reserve, just outside Vanderhoof, British Columbia. He was believed to be heading south toward the Saik'uz General Store. It was the last time anyone could say with certainty where... Continue Reading →
On the afternoon of November 27, 2022, 65-year-old Alexander Joseph Lawson, known to his family and friends as Alex or AJ, was last seen in the 200 block of Madeline Street in Thunder Bay, Ontario. No one knew that it would be the last confirmed sighting of him. Alex was a member of Lac Seul... Continue Reading →
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