CANADA Canada- Eli Wood, 25, student@ Sir Wilfred Laurier Univ., missing after fire (poss. arson)@ home, Kitchener, Ont.,19 Oct., 2025, *Foul play suspected*

[Mayjusticeprevail]

One final night of Octoberfest was at the Alpine Inn -- a mere 24 min walk to Major St. The city would be full of intoxicated people.

From CoPilot: The final night of Oktoberfest is especially emotional
The last night tends to be:
• the heaviest drinking night
• the most nostalgic night
• the most dramatic night
• the night people “need to talk”
• the night people make impulsive visits
• the night people walk home crying, angry, or confused
This is not about any specific person — it’s about city‑wide behaviour.


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is there a way to check police reports of any assaults that took place Oct 19 between 1am-6am?

 

[Claroon]

is there a way to check police reports of any assaults that took place Oct 19 between 1am-6am?

You think like me. I did ask Google AI and didn't come up with much apart from a few DUIs. Go ahead and sleuth. This is seeming more and more relevant as we go--the intoxication part. Problem is, some have brownouts, blackouts or are unaware of what they may have done. Friends will have to noticed strange behaviour from them or have seen wounds or have been with them perhaps. . .

The troubling part from my conversation with copilot AI is a person like this carrying a body (if they did), would not carry it far before hiding it. It's just too heavy and it is even moreso if the person is intoxicated. And was it female or male at birth because females typically are weaker too. So that leads me to ask where in the close vicinity is it? A car could have been used, but I'm on the angle of no car. Unless they went back later. I really want a good search of the immediate area completed again. copilot insists that returning to a location after a frightening event is rare when fear is high the most common behaviour is avoidance, not returning. They may return for their wallet or backpack but not for a body.

 

[FromGermany1]

Adding, Here is the Go Fund Me page Donate to help Elias finish his degree, organized by Eli Wood

While my school funds have been paid for this fall, rent is steep, and my classes are in person.
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Eli's "rent is steep" and made publicly known, then his rental apartment is set on fire - somehow strange, IMO. I don't know, what conclusions I should draw from that.

 

[Mayjusticeprevail]

While my school funds have been paid for this fall, rent is steep, and my classes are in person.
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Eli's "rent is steep" and made publicly known, then his rental apartment is set on fire - somehow strange, IMO. I don't know, what conclusions I should draw from that.

Sounds like someone being pro-active. Turning to their friends and community for help.

Showing up with honesty by disclosing $550 raised outside of GoFundMe

 

[Serononin]

Adding, Here is the Go Fund Me page Donate to help Elias finish his degree, organized by Eli Wood

The mention of disability is interesting to me. I wonder if that was something Eli mentioned often? Unfortunately I know from experience that being outspoken about disability, particularly talking publicly about accessibility issues on campus or in the local area, can prompt a very disproportionately angry response from some people. Especially on social media, although it can happen in-person, too, and it's very often magnified if the person being targeted is or appears to be LGBTQ+. Now, obviously the vast majority of people who participate in that kind of backlash would never escalate to physical violence, but many of us have encountered people who seem to have a kind of deep-seated rage that gets expressed essentially as a desire to punish anyone who dares to be publicly queer, disabled, loud and proud.

 

[Mayjusticeprevail]

You think like me. I did ask Google AI and didn't come up with much apart from a few DUIs. Go ahead and sleuth. This is seeming more and more relevant as we go--the intoxication part. Problem is, some have brownouts, blackouts or are unaware of what they may have done. Friends will have to noticed strange behaviour from them or have seen wounds or have been with them perhaps. . .

The troubling part from my conversation with copilot AI is a person like this carrying a body (if they did), would not carry it far before hiding it. It's just too heavy and it is even moreso if the person is intoxicated. And was it female or male at birth because females typically are weaker too. So that leads me to ask where in the close vicinity is it? A car could have been used, but I'm on the angle of no car. Unless they went back later. I really want a good search of the immediate area completed again. copilot insists that returning to a location after a frightening event is rare when fear is high the most common behaviour is avoidance, not returning. They may return for their wallet or backpack but not for a body.

There is still a need for explanation as to how or why intoxicated person/s found their way to EW’s apartment.

Of all the homes along that route, why that one?

A nagging thought is whether or not the other tenants were home or not.

House was listed for sale Oct 2024 then removed and listed again in April 2025 and removed.

Maybe who did this thought no one was home.

Maybe EW wasn’t the target. Maybe this is a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time?

 

[Mayjusticeprevail]

The mention of disability is interesting to me. I wonder if that was something Eli mentioned often? Unfortunately I know from experience that being outspoken about disability, particularly talking publicly about accessibility issues on campus or in the local area, can prompt a very disproportionately angry response from some people. Especially on social media, although it can happen in-person, too, and it's very often magnified if the person being targeted is or appears to be LGBTQ+. Now, obviously the vast majority of people who participate in that kind of backlash would never escalate to physical violence, but many of us have encountered people who seem to have a kind of deep-seated rage that gets expressed essentially as a desire to punish anyone who dares to be publicly queer, disabled, loud and proud.

Very important points to raise especially since EW also had a service dog which someone might have been offended by or jealous of. EW having a nice albeit tiny apartment living off campus.

This could point to why the dog was killed.

*** all speculation ***

 

[Valiant]

I don't think people kill over service dogs. Nor do I think homeless people set fires in apartments to cover their tracks.

I think the actual motive is going to be something personal. Jealousy of another person, unrequited feelings, possibility of exposing a relationship. It looks personal especially with the fire to destroy evidence.