Bruce Royale Berthelot was 34 when he left his family home in Leamington, Ontario, in August 1996 saying he was going away for a little while. He had been unemployed and was living with bipolar disorder at the time. Before leaving he asked his mother for $1,000 and made calls to friends in Manitoba, a province where he had previously lived.

At disappearance he was described as 5 feet 10 inches, with brown hair, a moustache and blue eyes. The family initially believed he had headed west and concentrated searches on northern Manitoba fishing lodges and other places an avid fisherman and carpenter might go. In 2005 tips placed him among Winnipeg’s homeless prompted a citywide campaign, but those sightings did not produce confirmed contact. His photo has been circulated across western Canada and abroad; he is listed in a national missing persons database.

If anyone knew Bruce, his movements after August 1996, or saw him in Manitoba or Winnipeg, please share what you know.