I hope Nicole's case is resolved someday. Her family is unable to obtain all of the information on her case due to privacy laws. I wonder if Syrian LE has an idea of what happened to Nicole but won't release the information, even to her family.
Quote from 2010 article
Nicole's family parents, step-parents, a brother, a half-brother and sister and a stepbrother doesn't know what information the government is withholding. The freedom-of-information (FOI) search began when, during a trip to Syria last spring, the family's lawyer there showed them a police report he'd sent them the previous year through the secure channel of the Canadian embassy in Damascus. They hadn't received it. (They won't disclose its contents for fear of jeopardizing the investigation.)
Foreign affairs officials had been good about providing documents and helping the family, everyone agrees, but this particular report made them wonder what else they were missing. Markle points out Canadian officials in Damascus have "made representations to senior-level Syrian authorities to request a thorough investigation into Ms. Vienneau's disappearance."