Shane David Timothy Kowerko was 34 when he left a friend’s home in the West Kildonan area of Winnipeg on the early evening of November 13, 2019. He departed near Jefferson Avenue and Sinclair Street without his winter jacket and didn’t say where he was going. At last sighting he wore blue jeans, a cream-coloured hooded pullover, black shoes and a blue and white toque. He is six feet tall, slim, with brown hair and brown eyes and a distinctive Jiminy Cricket tattoo on the right side of his neck.

Shane’s family described him as vulnerable and dealing with schizophrenia and depression, and they reported he had stopped taking his medication before he vanished. The Winnipeg Police Service has an active investigation. Early on there was speculation he might have travelled to British Columbia; the Vancouver Police Department issued a notice, but there were no confirmed sightings and his bank account showed no activity. The family has organized searches, held a candlelight vigil and maintained a Facebook page to keep the case in the public eye.

If anyone saw Shane in Winnipeg or elsewhere around November 13, 2019, or has information about his movements before or after that date, please come forward.