Kristofer Shawn Couture, 25, disappeared after relocating from Edmonton to the Lower Mainland for a construction job. He worked in Maple Ridge on January 25, 2019 and was seen at a Good Life Fitness in Burnaby that day. The last confirmed sighting was January 26, 2019, when he was seen leaving Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster.

On January 27 his Saturn Ion was found abandoned at the Elk Mountain trailhead in Chilliwack with a broken rear window. An off-duty officer first noticed the car, but it was not linked to a missing-person report and remained in the lot for months, was reportedly broken into several times, and was finally towed in May. That delay likely compromised any evidence inside. In the weeks after the disappearance, Kristofer’s bank cards were used fraudulently and his wallet, ID and pay stubs turned up with other people, but no direct connection to his disappearance has been established.

His mother, Eva Couture, has repeatedly traveled to British Columbia and appealed for information. Anyone who saw Kristofer in late January 2019 or who has information about his car, belongings, or movements is asked to come forward.