On the night of April 7, 2000, 34-year-old Russell Hoffert left the grounds of the former North Bay Psychiatric Hospital and was last seen walking along Bomarc Road off Highway 11 in North Bay, Ontario. He left during a severe snowstorm with temperatures around minus 10 Celsius and wind chill below minus 20, wearing only a blue long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, and running shoes. Hospital staff reported him missing shortly after 10 p.m.

Police found footprints near a gravel pit at the end of Bomarc Road but no further trace. A multi-agency search over the next three days — including North Bay Police patrols and Emergency Response Team, the Ontario Provincial Police canine unit, a helicopter, and four-wheelers from the Anishnabek Police — plus door-to-door canvassing, turned up no sign of Hoffert. He is described as an Indigenous male with black curly hair, brown eyes, and a scar on his abdomen. No evidence of foul play has been reported and the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone in the area at the time see or remember Russell walking along Bomarc Road that night?