CANADA Canada - Amber Manthorne, 40, Port Alberni, BC, 6 July 2022

[IslandGirlTC]

I'm wondering if there's a chance there's a connection between these cases. Both women are in a similar age range, both blonde and both disappearances linked with the Nanaimo area. I believe Amber was headed in that direction and so was Laura. Both also seem to have vanished without a trace from what we do know. I'm not saying they are for sure connected or that there's any connection at all, it's just a thought more than a theory at this point.

CANADA - Canada - Laura Huebner 47, Victoria Inter Airport, poss in Nanaimo, Vancouver, BC, 24 Apr 2022

 

[dotr]

re post
Aug 9 2022

Missing Port Alberni woman subject of podcast series

The search is still on for a missing Port Alberni woman, and friends and family are hoping that a new podcast revolving around the 40-year-old's disappearance will help keep the investigation in people's minds.

vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca

Amber Manthorne is described as a white woman with a slim build who stands roughly five feet tall with blonde hair. (Facebook/Amber Dawn Grace)

''Her abandoned Jeep was found two days later in Cassidy, B.C., just south of Nanaimo.''

 

[tarabull]

'Amber's Army' not giving up on Port Alberni woman missing for six months - BC News

Six months after the disappearance of Amber Manthorne, a determined group of her friends continues to look for answers.

www.castanet.net

 

[Cedars]

Justin Hall, Amber's ex boyfriend, who was the last person to see her, has died.

Two days before the 1st year anniversary of her disappearance. There doesn't appear to have been any foul play associated with his death, it's not under police investigation.

Loved ones of missing Amber Manthorne mark one year since disappearance

Amber Manthorne went missing one year ago, after telling friends she was about to meet up with her ex-boyfriend Justin Hall.

www.cheknews.ca

 

[LadyL]

Justin Hall, Amber's ex boyfriend, who was the last person to see her, has died.

Two days before the 1st year anniversary of her disappearance. There doesn't appear to have been any foul play associated with his death, it's not under police investigation.

Loved ones of missing Amber Manthorne mark one year since disappearance

Amber Manthorne went missing one year ago, after telling friends she was about to meet up with her ex-boyfriend Justin Hall.

www.cheknews.ca

I wonder if it was suicide, just days away from the one-year anniversary of her 'going missing'.

 

[gdalton]

Obit for the ex...makes him sound like quite the philanthropist...

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[dotr]

Amber Manthorne disappearance: 1 year later | CityNews Vancouver

Port Alberni, B.C. will be marking one year since the disappearance of Amber Manthorne with a candlelight vigil on Friday.

vancouver.citynews.ca

''In the period following her disappearance, the community of Port Alberni came out in the hundreds to search for Amber. One year later, Amber’s pink missing poster is still posted in local shops and restaurants and a large banner hangs along the main road through town.''

''When Amber Manthorne first vanished, authorities believed her to be in her 2021 white Jeep Compass in the company of her boyfriend Justin Hall. Her vehicle was found on July 8 abandoned on a rural road near Cassidy (outside of Nanaimo). Hall surfaced days later.

In an email to CHEK news, Hall stated that he and Manthorne argued that night, but that he did not hurt her. No one has been charged in connection with Amber’s disappearance.''

 

[Fryter]

Prayers!!!

 

[Cedars]

I've been unable to pinpoint the exact location her vehicle was found south of Nanaimo "Mcgillivray logging road in Cedar", but I'm wondering how the person who abandoned it there, got away. It'd be a long walk to any kind of transit (and some people don't do transit). Did they call a friend? Or had they already called a friend whem they were somewhere else, and the friend knew about this place?

JH was staying in Nanaimo when he first emerged and spoke to the media.

JMO

ETA there's no Uber or equivalent there

 

[tarabull]

The missing poster dotr shows upthread says "Cassidy (where car was found)"

The article in same post says "... abandoned on a rural road near Cassidy (outside of Nanaimo)..."

Regardless, you make an excellent point -- how did anyone get from a rural road to anywhere/somewhere without assistance.

 

[tarabull]

'Amber's Army' not giving up on Port Alberni woman missing for six months - BC News

Six months after the disappearance of Amber Manthorne, a determined group of her friends continues to look for answers.

www.castanet.net

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...before efforts shifted to a gravel pit west of Cassidy — close to Timberlands and Ninatti roads — where her 2021 Jeep Compass was found July 10, more than 100 kilometres from her home.

Port Alberni to Ninatti Road & Timberlands Road

goo.gl

 

[tarabull]

DBM...

ETA>where is Amber??

 

[Cedars]

Snipped...
...before efforts shifted to a gravel pit west of Cassidy — close to Timberlands and Ninatti roads — where her 2021 Jeep Compass was found July 10, more than 100 kilometres from her home.

Port Alberni to Ninatti Road & Timberlands Road

goo.gl

Thanks, that's a much wilder place than Cedar. Seems to me it was left as close to the highway as possibly, while still being little chance of anyone seeing you leave it there, or quickly finding it.



An hours walk to the airport, and a $40 cab into Nanaimo? Possible, I guess..

I'm mostly wondering whether anyone knows something, who might now be willing to talk...

JMO

 

[Palmerl]

Obit for the ex...makes him sound like quite the philanthropist...

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I don't think this obit is real. I've been in touch with a family member. As far as I know, there was no obituary posted by them. I spotted another fake obit at some point for Justin as well.

 

[Palmerl]

I'm wondering if there's a chance there's a connection between these cases. Both women are in a similar age range, both blonde and both disappearances linked with the Nanaimo area. I believe Amber was headed in that direction and so was Laura. Both also seem to have vanished without a trace from what we do know. I'm not saying they are for sure connected or that there's any connection at all, it's just a thought more than a theory at this point.

CANADA - Canada - Laura Huebner 47, Victoria Inter Airport, poss in Nanaimo, Vancouver, BC, 24 Apr 2022

In my opinion, there is likely no connection.

 

[viccity]

Just bumping this one up and I recently listened to her season of the Island Crime podcast. It's a good, well done podcast, and a sad story! I hope she is found one day to give her friends and family closure.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

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Amber Manthorne’s sister Shannon, left, and friends Nicole Malcomson and Cheryl Payne prepare for a moment of silence to mark the one-year anniversary of the Port Alberni woman’s disappearance.

As the wind blew up the Alberni Inlet on Friday evening, and the sun set over Arbutus Ridge to the west, a crowd of nearly 100 people marked one year since Amber Manthorne disappeared.

A poster with a black and white photo of Manthorne with the motto “forever chasing sunsets” stood on an easel; around it Amber’s family and friends listened to music, laughed, hugged and shed a few tears too.

“Today marks one year without Amber,” said Cheryl Payne, who has been friends with Amber since junior high school. “One year since Amber last went to work. One year since (her mother) Lorraine had her last phone call from her daughter. One year since many children had their Auntie Chip in their lives.

“One year since Amber’s friends last heard her infectious laugh and (had) the pleasure of seeing her big, beautiful smile.”

Friends, family hold vigil on one-year anniversary of Amber Manthorne’s disappearance

Port Alberni woman hasn’t been heard from since July 7, 2022

www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com

*July 2023 article