CANADA Pamela Jayne Holopainen, 22, Timmins, Ontario, 14 December 2003

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May 3 2019
ONTARIO COLD CASE: What happened to Pamela Holopainen?

Pamela Jayne Holopainen disappeared Dec. 14, 2003 from Timmins. Timmins Police Service photo

Pamela Holopainen was 22 the last time her family heard from her.

That was Dec. 14, 2003. Today, she’d be 37.

All these years later, her family awaits news that isn't forthcoming and living with the unknown may be the hardest part of all.


“As much as I pray we find her, or her remains, it is still hard for it to become a reality,” said Holopainen’s older sister Vanessa Brousseau, in a 2017 CBC radio broadcast that was part of a series that shone the light on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls from northeastern Ontario.

Christmas 2003 came and went. And then on New Year’s Eve the family heard a story that sent Brousseau and her mom to the police station.

“Somebody came up to us at the bingo hall and asked if we’d heard that Pam left her spouse. We said ‘no’, we were shocked. And right away we asked ‘well, where’s the kids?’ and the kids were with the spouse. So immediately me and my mother went and reported my sister missing at the police station,” she said in the interview.

In a Jan. 4, 2004 Timmins police put out a missing person notice which read: “There is a possibility that Holopainen may have gone to the Hamilton, Ontario area. While police do not suspect foul play, members of her family have grown concerned as they have not had any contact with Pamela since she was last seen.”

 

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Noting that Pamela has been compared to this uid and ruled out..
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Outstanding missing persons | Timmins Police Service

Outstanding missing persons | Timmins Police Service
Name: Pamela Holopainen

DOB: 1981-08-01

Date last seen: December 15, 2003

Missing from: 77 Fourth Ave., Timmins

Synopsis: Pamela Holopainen was last seen in the early morning hours of December 15, 2003 after having left a house party. She was reported missing on December 31, 2003 by family members. A lengthy investigation followed, including ground searches of several areas of Timmins, with the assistance of the Ontario Provincial Police. All searches yielded negative results. Police suspect foul play relating to her disappearance.

Description: 22 years old at time of disappearance, Aboriginal female, 5’2”, 126 lbs., medium build, brown hair, blue eyes, possibly wearing a purple “Columbia” winter jacket.

Incident Number: TI03025768

 

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Sept 30 2022

'I won't stop': Sister of missing Indigenous woman uses TikTok to spread awareness

"I want change. And that's why I'm here. So if that means I have to share my truth and pain… then that's what I'll do."

www.piquenewsmagazine.com

''Vanessa Brousseau’s sister, Pamela Holopainen, has been missing since December 2003. Holopainen, age 22 at the time of her disappearance, was last seen leaving a house party in Timmins, Ont. ''

 

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Dec 15, 2023

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/missing-murdered-indigenous-north-1.7059803

Added 6/10/25

4759DFON - Pamela Jayne Holopainen

Name: Pamela Jayne Holopainen
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Case Classification: Missing
Missing Since: December 14, 2003
Location Last Seen: Timmins, Ontario

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: 1981
Age: 22 years old
Race: Indigenous
Gender: Female
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 126 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown, long
Eye Color: Blue
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Had worn braces; web pattern tattoo between thumb and index finger on left hand; tattoo of initials "DI" on left hand

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unknown; had worn braces
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Purple Columbia winter jacket
Jewelry: Silver necklace with a sliver eagle pendant; as many as four rings
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance​

At about 2am on December 14, 2003, Pamela and her common-law husband, with whom she had two children, left a house party where they had an argument. Pamela left first to walk home. At a later date, the common-law husband said they both arrived home, but Pamela was gone when he woke up. Ontario Provincial Police searched the Deloro Landfill Site in Timmins with excavation equipment and two OPP Cadaver dogs Oct. 26, 2004, but did not find her body.

 

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Pamela Holopainen, Missing from Ontario since 2003.

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<<Pamela endured domestic violence at the hands of Manchester following the birth of their son and spent time in the hospital as a result. He also attempted to flee with the child after the assault but was captured by police. Pamela pleaded with the judge to drop the charges against Manchester and the two continued to live together and had another child. In November 2003, family reports noting Pamela with a black eye. Family had been trying to persuade Pamela to separate from Manchester for some time, but she was concerned he would kidnap their children or she would lose custody. Family reported Pamela missing after running into Manchester's sister at a bar and hearing from her that Pamela and Chris had ended their relationship with Pamela leaving their children in his care

Tribal Information: Pamela is described as being of Inuit descent.>>

Canada's Missing | Case details

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