CANADA Canada - Lebohang 'Toby' Nicol, 39, Toronto (Church/Queen) 15 May 2020

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Toronto Police Service :: News Release #48746
December 15, 2020
''Phone: 416-808-7411
Case #: 2020-1014067
The Toronto Police Service is appealing for information to help find a man who has been missing for more than six months.

Lebohang 'Toby' Nicol, 39, was last seen on Friday, May 15, 2020, at approximately 5:30 p.m., in the Bathurst Street and Richmond Street West area.

Toby is known by many in the Church Street corridor, the Queen Street West area and Parkdale Communities and frequently passes through these neighbourhoods.

Toby is described as black, male, 5’5, 130 lbs., with a small to medium build and afro style hair.

He was wearing a black t-shirt with red or orange writing, light grey jogging pants and white socks, and dark low-cut shoes.

He was also seen wearing a black jacket with a large hood and a large black grey backpack.

Attached is a You Tube video link with a plea for Toby’s safe return.

If anyone has any information concerning the whereabouts of Lebohang 'Toby' Nicol they are encouraged to contact the Toronto Police Service’s Missing Persons Unit at (416) 808-7411 or Crime Stoppers.''

Above: Missing Man: Lebohang "Toby" Nicol, 39

 

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''Toby is from the Sudbury area, he is of No Fixed Address but was known by many in the Church St corridor as well as the Queen St West and Parkdale Communities. On May 15th, 2020 Toby had been at a hospital earlier that day and surveillance images from the hospital show him arriving wearing a black t-shirt with red or orange writing, light grey jogging pants and white socks. When he left the hospital that afternoon images show he had put on dark low-cut shoes, a black jacket with large hood and a large black backpack with a grey top. Toby NICOL was last seen alone in the area of Bathurst Street and Richmond St W at approximately 5:30pm. Toby is described as a black male, 5’5, @130lbs with a small to medium build and afro style hair. Toby’s family and friends are worried about him and are pleading for his safe return. If anyone has any information concerning the whereabouts of Lebohang “Toby” NICOL they are encouraged to contact the Toronto Police Service’s Missing Persons Unit at (416) 808-7411 or CrimeStoppers''

 

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Six months later, Toronto police still searching for Lebohang
''Reached at his home in Sudbury, Toby’s father, David Nicol, said his family hopes their son and brother will turn up alive, but admitted they’ve come to accept that might not be the case.

“Of course, we would love to see him come home, but realistically, we’re prepared to hear that he’s gone,” Nicol told toronto.com.

Toby, who was adopted from the southern African nation of Lesotho as a baby, grew up in Sudbury with his loving parents and two sisters.

His father said as a teen his son started experimenting with drugs, which he said led him down some difficult paths.

About 20 years ago, Toby left his family and eventually settled in Toronto.

Nicol said his son sometimes has a roof over his head, while at other points he’s unhoused.

Last he’d heard, Toby has been evicted from his place back in February, but was sharing a room with someone.

“Life has been tough for him … We feel badly we couldn’t have gotten (Toby) out of Toronto, out of that scene,” said Nicol, adding regardless of what happens, they know he’s in God’s care.

Nicol said Toby would call them now and then, but the last time they heard from him was in mid-May.''

 

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TPSNews.ca | Stories | Friends Appeal for Help Finding Missing Man
Concern grows for several missing men experiencing homelessness in downtown Toronto
Tue., June 9, 2020
Currently, Toronto police are looking for three missing men:
• Lebohang “Toby” Nicol, 39, who was last seen May 15 near Augusta and Oxford streets.

Outreach workers concerned about homeless men going missing from downtown Toronto
JUN 09, 2020 Snipped
Outreach workers are growing concerned about the number of street-involved men going missing in recent weeks from the downtown core area. Long-time outreach worker Greg Cook is worried. “I started noticing (homeless men disappearing) in late May,” said Cook, who has worked at Sanctuary Toronto since 2009. Cook, who said he doesn’t see any kind of pattern at this point, has compiled and is regularly updating a list of street-involved men who have gone missing and those who have been found. He attributes the rise in missing men to the fact most drop-in centres and outreach programs have been closed due to physical distancing and increased health and safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, Toronto police are looking for two missing men:
• Lebohang “Toby” Nicol, 39, who was last seen on Friday, May 15 near Augusta and Oxford streets.