Draper Lee Jim was 27 when he disappeared on February 21, 2006, while trying to get from North Battleford back to his home on the Witchekan First Nation. He was last seen in the small community of Cochin between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m. after being dropped off near the Health Center on the Saulteaux First Nation. Surveillance from a Cochin convenience store shows him buying a coffee, using the restroom, then leaving through the front door and vanishing.

Draper is described as Aboriginal, 6 feet 1 inch, about 150 pounds, bald, with brown eyes. He wore a white shirt, black hoodie, beige jacket, blue jeans, black shoes and a white hat. Distinctive marks include a ying-yang tattoo on his right upper arm and a scar on his left lower lip. Family members say he kept regular contact and that his sudden silence was out of character; his aunt Lillian Thomas has said she believes someone harmed him. The family has endured hoaxes, including a false prison confession, and continues to post flyers and seek information.

Anyone who was in Cochin or travelling Highway 4 on the morning of February 21, 2006, or who has information about Draper’s movements after he left the convenience store is asked to come forward.