Magdalena Ciesek was 18 and a recent immigrant from Poland when she disappeared in Toronto in the spring of 2000. A new mother who was separating from her husband, she spent part of the day with her family and returned her infant daughter to her paternal grandparents. Before leaving her father’s home she said she planned to meet her estranged husband at six o’clock that evening; that was the last time her family had contact with her.

Family members first hired a private investigative agency that year; no leads emerged. The Toronto Police Service were not notified until 2003. Investigators checked whether she had returned to Poland but confirmed she had not crossed the border. Magdalena was described as five feet five inches tall and about 99 pounds, with a blue heart tattoo on her upper left arm and a tattoo on her left middle finger.

What happened after she left her father’s house remains unknown. Does anyone have information about Magdalena’s movements in Toronto around April 2000 or about the planned meeting that evening?