Luis Betancourt was 48 when he disappeared from St. Catharines, Ontario, in the spring of 2003. Official records list April 6, 2003, as the date he had been missing since, while a narrative in the same profile states he was last seen on April 7 when he left his home. Authorities noted he was despondent around the time he went missing.

A key fact in the timeline is that Luis’s vehicle was later found abandoned in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Publicly released information does not say where in Niagara Falls the car was located, how long it had been there, whether Luis drove it there himself, or whether anything inside the vehicle clarified what happened next. No confirmed witness has been identified who saw him after he left home, and there is no publicly disclosed evidence establishing whether he disappeared intentionally, met with foul play, suffered an accident, or encountered someone else.

At the time of his disappearance he was about 5 feet 9 inches tall, 190 pounds, medium build, short black hair, brown eyes, with a dark complexion, good teeth, a scar on his chin and a scar on his abdomen. The Niagara Regional Police Service handles the investigation, and Luis remains listed in Canada’s national missing-person system. If anyone saw Luis around April 6–7, 2003, or remembers the abandoned vehicle in Niagara Falls, please contact Niagara Regional Police at 905-688-4111 or provide anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers.