On the 30th of July, 1985, 8-year-old Nicole Morin pulled on her red striped bathing suit and left her family’s penthouse in a Etobicoke condominium in Toronto to meet her friend, Jennifer Mazepa. It was around 11AM when she said goodbye to her mother and went outside to ride the elevator to the lobby where Jennifer was waiting.
At around 3PM, her mother went to the pool area to get Nicole. It was now that she discovered that her daughter was missing. As it so transpired, Nicole had never met her friend in the lobby. Nicole’s disappearance gripped the city and became one of the largest investigations in Toronto police history. During the investigation, a notebook was discovered in her bedroom with a note written by Nicole which read “I’m going to disappear.”
Over the forthcoming years, several she profession images were distributed nationwide. Unfortunately, however, no solid leads were ever received. There was a round-the-clock search by three police forces as well as a $100,000 reward. Nevertheless, Nicole was never found. Her mother believes she was murdered while her father isn’t so sure. Because the couple were going through marital problems, he questions whether Nicole willingly ran away, possibly thinking she was a burden.
