Chilliwack, B.C. MELANIE THOMSON, 36, last seen Sept/2010

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Melanie THOMSON – Case Overview | Vancouver Police Department Cold Cases

Melanie THOMSON – Case Overview
Melanie Thomson was a newborn when her adoptive family took her home to their Brampton, Ontario home. Growing up, she loved gymnastics and listening to music. Melanie became a computer whiz, which came in handy when she later worked for Bell Canada building secure firewalls while in their Information Technology section. She had many talents, and even spent time as a writer for Gaiety Magazine.

Melanie moved to British Columbia in her 30s. When she was last seen in September of 2010 in Chilliwack, she was 36-years-old and residing in a women’s shelter in downtown Vancouver. Her family and friends were not immediately concerned when they stopped hearing from her, as she had gone for periods of time in the past without contacting them. As months went by, they began to realize that Melanie could have been the victim of an accident or a crime.

Melanie has used different names and combinations, such as Bernice Wiseman, Melanie Erekosima and the nickname “Kenya.” She is black, 5’5” tall, with a medium build, and curly black hair. Her tattoos include a panther on her right ankle, palm trees on her left upper arm, and Chinese lettering on her lower back. She would be 40 years old today. <in 2020 she would be 46 yrs old>

Someone must have seen Melanie, or may know her whereabouts today. Investigators are looking for any information that could help them locate her.

I wonder which Gaiety Magazine she has written for. There is a Gaiety.ca Magazine, a magazine for and about the LGBTI community. Gaiety.ca Magazine I could find some articles (not hers but she could have been writing under a synonym) but nothing about the history of this magazine. Bryen Dunn - Articles for Gaiety Magazine

Note: email address of the advertising contact is <name>bellnet.ca registred to
Bell Canada, 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell, Building A 7th Floor, Verdun, QC
Bell Whois bellnet.ca

Is this the same company Melanie worked for or is it just an internet provider?

Then there was a magazine The Gaiety focusing on the Victorian and Edwardian Musical Theatre. www.geocities.com/the_gaiety/ The Gaiety
 
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Interesting

I found this snippet rather frustrating. Why so vague!?
"But to narrow down the suspect list police need to solve certain mysteries. They want to know exactly what a set of tiny yellow flecks that were found in the crime scene are".

Uhh banana peel? Wow, can't they give any example??? Is it paint, is it dust, is it fibers? Must be bananas...


This article you posted has always intrigued me. I hope they find and catch this killer.
 
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So I have been looking at the forums here and decided to do a little bit of a deeper dive myself, and I cannot help but wonder, have the police tried looking at this Jane Doe yet?
 
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Bumping
Assuming this is not the same MT?, but imagine the stories might be similar, imo, speculation.
Sex Trafficking Survivor Melanie Thompson On Why FOSTA-SESTA Is So Important
"Melanie Thompson is a sex trafficking survivor who helped pass laws aimed at protecting trafficking victims from being sold online.

“I was kidnapped at the age of 12. And I was brought into the sex trade, locked in an abandoned house behind a closet and forced to do everything from street prostitution to underground strip clubbing and then eventually the internet,” she explained. “For years, maybe up until this point, I struggled with feeling like I was less than, you know, dehumanized. I always lived in this constant victim state and state of paranoia and state of feeling like I didn’t amount to, you know, a lot of the people that were around me.”

75% of sex trafficking survivors since 2004 report being sold online."
I have seen the related YouTube video on this, and I don't think it is the same woman, the tattoo is not there on the YouTube video.
 
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''Melanie has used different names and combinations, such as Bernice Wiseman, Melanie Erekosima and the nickname “Kenya.” She is black, 5’5” tall, with a medium build, and curly black hair. Her tattoos include a panther on her right ankle, palm trees on her left upper arm, and Chinese lettering on her lower back. She would be 40 years old today.

Someone must have seen Melanie, or may know her whereabouts today. Investigators are looking for any information that could help them locate her.''
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