Yoseph Birhanu-Baynesagn was 24 when he left his family home in Kitchener, Ontario, on the night of November 23, 2017, and travelled to Toronto. The next day he made a call from a payphone believed to be at Union Station to a relative in North York saying he was coming for a visit; he never arrived and that call was the last time the family heard from him.

Yoseph left a portable PlayStation for one sister with a note giving the password and was not carrying a cellphone. There were no travel records or bank activity after the call. The family reported him missing to the Waterloo Regional Police on December 2, 2017. Police checked shelters and hospitals but found nothing, and a Toronto detective said the case differed from typical missing-person files because there was no indication where he might have gone.

The family hired a private investigator and continue to seek answers. If anyone saw Yoseph around Union Station or North York in late November 2017, or has information about his movements after November 23, please come forward.