CANADA CANADA - Michelle Gurney, 29, Vancouver, BC, 11 Dec. 1998

[TheArtfulDetective]

Michelle Gurney


Missing since December 1998 from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

• • Date Of Birth: 1969
  • Age at Time of Disappearance: 29 years old
  • Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'4"; 100 lbs.
  • Distinguishing Characteristics: Native female. Black hair; brown eyes.

Circumstances of Disappearance
Michelle Gurney, a member of the Nisga’a First Nation, was 29 years old when she was reported missing by her social worker in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was last seen at the St. James Community Society building in the city’s Downtown Eastside on Dec. 11, 1998. There is no record of her death in the province and she has not been found, according to a 2012 report from the B.C. Missing Women Commission. Gurney had been diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1986. She was known to have been “engaged in a high-risk lifestyle,” according to the RCMP database, Canada’s Missing.

The Doe Network: Case File 2358DFBC

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/michelle-gurney

 

[Pennysmom1]

Canada's Missing | Case details

www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Michelle Gurney was last seen in the downtown east side of Vancouver at the St. James Community Society building on December 11, 1998. She was reported missing ten days later. Ms. Gurney was engaged in a high risk lifestyle and had mental health issues.

Missing since December 11, 1998
Year of birth 1969
Age at disappearance 29
Gender Female
Bio group Indigenous
Eye colour Black
Hair Long
Height 162cm / 5ft 4in
Weight 45kg / 99lb
Build Medium
Complexion Dark

Please Help Locate Michelle Gurney

Michelle was last seen on December 11, 1998.

someonesawsomething.ca

<<Michelle had been diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1986. She lived in several different group homes and was involved in a few different outpatient care programs until 1991 when she moved to Vancouver. Michelle gave birth to a son that same year but was unable to take care of him. She lost custody of him when he was an infant. In 1995, Michelle moved to a group home in Penticton, but did continue to travel back & forth to Vancouver to visit her son. In 1995 she moved back to Vancouver.

At the time of her disappearance, Michelle was alleged to be a substance user and sex worker. She had been residing at the Portland Hotel which is located in the Downtown Eastside. Michelle had been planning to relocate to Chilliwack, British Columbia with her boyfriend, however she was informed that there were less mental health resources available to her in Chilliwack.

It is speculated she is a victim of Robert Pickton, however there is no proof of this.>>

 

[Pennysmom1]

Michelle Gurney, Missing from British Columbia since 1998.

A blog about the many missing, murdered, and unidentified Native/Indigenous/Aboriginal women of the United States and Canada. Say Their Names!

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Tribal information: Michelle is a member of the Nisga'a First Nation of northwestern British Columbia.