Elaine Frieda Alook, 35, disappeared after leaving her home in Anzac, Alberta, on May 11, 2004, en route to Fort McMurray for a doctor’s appointment for a recently injured wrist. She was wearing blue jeans, a t-shirt, a black leather bomber-style jacket, white running shoes and had a cast from wrist to elbow. She was last seen in the Fort McMurray area, possibly near Tower Road or the Plaza II Shopping Centre.

Elaine, a member of the Bigstone Cree Nation and the youngest of ten children, was a mother of four who worked at a restaurant in Anzac. She is 5 feet 4 inches and about 159 pounds, with shoulder-length black hair, brown eyes, a fair complexion and a scar on her lower back. Her family reports she left behind personal belongings and her bank accounts have not been used.

She wasn’t reported missing until May 27, 2004. Family and volunteers, sometimes with RCMP assistance, have organized searches in forested areas near Anzac; her father searched until his death and her brother has led ongoing efforts. The disappearance remains unresolved. If anyone has information about Elaine’s movements in Fort McMurray on May 11, 2004, or remembers seeing her near Tower Road or the Plaza II Shopping Centre, please come forward.