Noting this recent article, although some of the men referenced have been located. Hope it is fine to post on this mp's thread.
June 9 2020
Concern grows for several missing men experiencing homelessness in downtown Toronto
''Since late May, there have been about 12 or 13 individuals who have vanished without a trace.
Some have since turned up, but as of late Tuesday afternoon, there are six homeless men — all of whom frequent the downtown Toronto area — that remain unaccounted for.
Longtime outreach worker Greg Cook knows or recognizes many of them.
“I started noticing (homeless men disappearing) in late May,” said Cook, who has worked at Sanctuary Toronto since 2009.
Cook said initially, he saw some missing persons posts by Toronto police on Twitter and recognized a few of the men from the streets.
After chatting with some of his colleagues and others who work and interact with people experiencing homelessness, Cook said he learned there were about a dozen men without homes who had recently disappeared. Some of those missing men have not been reported to police.
“It’s not completely unusual for (homeless) people to go missing, but not that many at one time,” he told
toronto.com Monday night.''
She said she grew especially concerned when a few of them didn’t pick up their monthly government-issued cheque.
“It’s incredibly unusual for them to not come and pick that up,” she said late Monday afternoon''.
''There are also three missing men who have not been reported to police:
• An individual named John, who is known to frequent the Toronto Music Garden near the foot of Spadina Avenue. This man has been missing for about three weeks and may be staying at an encampment along the Lakeshore.
• Bruce Bathgate, who was featured in the film Lowdown Tracks, hasn’t been seen for a few months.
• An individual known as Jed, who is believed to have served in the military and was staying at an encampment near Bathurst Street, disappeared a month ago.''
