Louis Judah Gonick was a 21-year-old international student from Ecuador enrolled at the University of British Columbia. He was last seen by a friend on campus on April 16, 2017, and was reported missing the next day when he failed to make contact. He is described as a Hispanic male, five feet seven inches tall, about 141 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. His last known clothing was a dark blue jacket, dark blue shirt, blue jeans, and a grey scarf.

That evening Louis took a taxi and asked to be driven to Stanley Park. At about 7:32 p.m. the driver dropped him at an emergency pull-off on the Stanley Park Causeway near the Lions Gate Bridge; that is the last confirmed sighting. A multi-agency search of land and water around the bridge produced no leads, and Louis’s bank accounts, cell phone, and social media went inactive after that night. Investigators said they found no evidence of foul play and considered all possibilities, including that he might have chosen to disappear or taken his own life. His family raised funds for a private investigator and his mother travelled from Ecuador in a public plea for his return.

If anyone was in Stanley Park or the Lions Gate Bridge area on April 16, 2017, or has information about Louis’s movements that evening, please come forward.