On the afternoon of May 6, 2020, three-year-old Dylan Norman John Ehler disappeared from his grandmother’s yard on Elizabeth Street in Truro, Nova Scotia. He vanished in the brief moments his grandmother turned her attention to their dog. Police were called within minutes and the community quickly mobilized to search for the toddler.

Dylan was about three feet tall with brown hair and was last seen wearing a green winter jacket with a faux fur hood, a red dinosaur t-shirt, camouflage jogging pants and new rubber boots. Those boots were recovered submerged in two different locations in nearby Lepper Brook, a waterway behind his grandmother’s property. Truro Police have said their primary theory is that he fell into the fast-moving brook and was swept away.

Extensive searches in the days that followed involved ground teams, police dogs, helicopters, drones with thermal imaging and dive teams. The family criticized aspects of the initial investigation and the public alert process and later pursued legal action over online harassment aimed at them. The investigation remains open and active.

If anyone in Truro at the time remembers seeing Dylan, his clothing, or anything unusual near Lepper Brook that day, please come forward with information.