Janet Gail Henry, 36, disappeared from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and was last seen on June 25, 1997. A member of the ’Namgis First Nation and the youngest of twelve children, she kept a daily ritual of calling her sister; the last communication was a message left on the day she vanished and her family reported her missing two days later when the calls stopped.

Janet’s life included deep trauma from childhood: siblings were split between residential schools and foster care, and she later faced addiction and survival sex work while trained as a hairdresser who wanted to leave the streets and reconnect with family. As a young woman she was drugged by Clifford Olson and survived that encounter.

No direct evidence has tied Janet’s disappearance to any specific person. Her DNA was not found on Robert Pickton’s farm, though her vanishing and the broader timeline have prompted speculation about a possible link. Her image appears on police posters for women missing from the Downtown Eastside, and her family continues to seek answers.

If anyone knew Janet, her routines, or her contacts in June 1997, can you share information that might help her family?