On the evening of March 3, 2023, 53-year-old real estate lawyer Rui Isabella Dan (also known as Rui Dan, Rourun Dan, and Rachel Dan) was last seen in Markham, Ontario. During a heavy snowstorm she left her condominium near Highway 7 and Warden Avenue and willingly entered a Porsche Cayenne that was waiting for her. Colleagues reported her missing when she failed to attend scheduled meetings.

Her condominium suggested she intended to return: food and personal items were left out, and her grey Land Rover was found abandoned on a nearby street instead of in its underground parking spot. Police established that a business associate had driven her from the condo and dropped her to meet an unknown person at an undetermined location, narrowed to either Highway 7 between Warden and Leslie in Markham or Yonge Street between York Mills and Eglinton in Toronto. York Regional Police’s Homicide and Missing Person Unit later took over, describing the circumstances as suspicious.

Dan was facing multiple civil lawsuits alleging negligence and involvement in fraudulent mortgage transactions, and the Law Society of Ontario had received professional misconduct complaints; she denied the allegations in court filings. Her family lives in China, and it was her brother in China who contacted the Law Society after two weeks without contact. Does anyone have information about Dan’s movements on March 3, 2023, or about the Porsche Cayenne that picked her up?