Gary Forster, 61, of Lachute, northwest of Montreal, was last seen in person on Sunday, January 13, 2013, leaving his granddaughter’s birthday in Montreal to drive home. He spoke by phone with family on Monday, January 14, and after Tuesday, January 15, all contact ceased. Family members checked his Lachute home on Thursday and found it locked and apparently undisturbed; his personal effects were in place. The Tuesday newspaper had been brought inside, while Wednesday and Thursday papers lay outside, suggesting he may have been home on Tuesday but disappeared sometime after.

His beige Toyota Corolla was later found in Montreal near Atwater Market; it had been ticketed on January 18 and towed during a snow removal, and appeared to have been parked and covered in snow for several days. Police searched the vehicle, and there has been no activity on his bank cards since he vanished. The Sûreté du Québec investigated Montreal, Lachute and the Laurentians but the case remains unresolved.

If anyone saw Gary, his car, or anything unusual in the Montreal–Atwater Market area or between Lachute and Montreal around January 13–18, 2013, please come forward with information.