Robert David Harrington, 47, was last confirmed to have spoken with family on August 29, 2004, when he phoned his daughter to wish her a happy birthday. A few days later he spoke with his son about university tuition plans. He missed a planned meeting with his daughter in Toronto on September 4 and was last officially seen on September 8, 2004, near Oakwood Avenue and Vaughan Road in Toronto, Ontario.

A neighbour later reported Harrington’s basement apartment window had been smashed and his dog was heard barking incessantly; police entry found him gone. The family received conflicting information from Toronto Police Service over the years: one detective reportedly told the daughter in early 2005 that Harrington had been found but did not want contact, while a 2008 conversation with a homicide detective conveyed an unconfirmed belief that he had been killed soon after going missing. No official police record classifies him as a homicide; he remains listed as missing. The family also learned a fraud warrant was issued in 2006 and there is evidence of online business activity through March 2005.

Who in Toronto or the Oakwood–Vaughan Road area in late summer 2004 recalls seeing or hearing anything about Harrington, his apartment, or his dog?