Basel El Youssef was 34 when he was last seen leaving his mother’s home in the Saint-Léonard borough of Montreal on August 10, 2000. He was reported as 5 feet 10 inches tall, about 75 kg, with brown hair, brown eyes and partial baldness. He was wearing a dark vest, a white shirt and dark-colored pants that day.

Authorities noted El Youssef was of Lebanese origin and had known involvement in vehicle theft and trafficking, a detail that investigators consider relevant to his disappearance. No significant leads developed and the file at the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal grew cold; there has been no public resolution or confirmed explanation for what happened after he left his mother’s residence.

Did anyone in Saint-Léonard or the greater Montreal area have contact with Basel around August 2000 or remember seeing him that day?