Found Deceased Canada - Agnes May Appleyard, 71, Emsdale, ON, 27 April 1986

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Agnes May Appleyard



Case Classification: Endangered Missing / Suspected Homicide
Missing Since: April 27, 1986
Location Last Seen: Emsdale, Ontario, Canada

Description:​

• Date of Birth: November 26, 1914
• Age: 71
• Race: Unknown
• Gender: Female
• Height: 155 cm (5’1”)
• Weight: 59 kg (130 lbs)
• Hair Color: Grey/White
• Eye Color: Unknown
• Nickname/Alias: May
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
• Clothing & Personal Items: White shirt/sweater. Skirt with flower pattern. Black suede boots. Green tam woolen hat.
• Identifiers: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Appleyard was last seen standing in the yard of her home in Emsdale, Ontario on April 27, 1986. She had gone grocery shopping in Kearney with one of her children and was dropped off at her residence on Fern Glen Road. She has never been heard from again.

Appleyard was involved in a violent and abusive marriage at the time of her disappearance. In 1988 as a result of the initial investigation, her husband, Sydney Appleyard, was charged with her murder. In May 1990 however, he was acquitted of second-degree murder at a Parry Sound courthouse.

Despite extensive searches with the assistance of a canine unit and a helicopter, Appleyard was never located. Her whereabouts remain unknown.

Investigators:

• Almaguin Highlands OPP: OPP ONCMPUR: 1-877-9FIND ME (1-877-934-6363); 1-705-330-4144; [email protected]
  Reference Case#: RM07050863

• Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477) or online at Canadian Crime Stoppers Association
  Crime Stoppers provides anonymous tipping

• Send email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at: [email protected]

NCMPUR Case Number: 2007002599
NamUs Case Number: Not listed
MPUB Case Number: 20070025

Canada's Missing | Case details
35 years ago, an Emsdale man was acquitted of his wife’s murder and to this day, she’s still missing
PorchlightCanada for the Missing and Unidentified-1986 APPLEYARD, Agnes M 4/27/1986

 

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Cold case solved after decades of speculation and rumours

Teresa Schamehorn told The Nugget her family is shocked and relieved to learn the skull found on her grandparents property belonged to her grandmother Agnus "May" Appleyard. Her grandmother went missing in 1986. Schamehorn was nine-years-old at the time.

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That DNA sample confirmed the skull that had been found decades ago did, in fact, belong to Appleyard.

 

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Woman's remains identified — missing since 1986

Police say the advancement of DNA analysis technology at the Centre of Forensic Sciences confirmed the identity of the remains

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