Bertha Kolachynski was 67 when she was last seen at her home in Chippawa, Niagara Falls, Ontario, on January 6, 1983. She was described as five feet seven inches, about 134 pounds, with short blonde hair and blue eyes. On the day she vanished she was believed to be wearing a white Hudson’s Bay coat over her pajamas and was reportedly feeling despondent before she disappeared.

The Niagara Regional Police Service opened an investigation, but there were no witnesses to her leaving the residence and no significant leads developed. The case remains open and unsolved, and family and community members have been left without answers about her whereabouts.

If anyone has memories of Bertha, remembers seeing her coat that winter, or has information about her movements around January 6, 1983, please come forward.