John Robert Lake was 26 when he was last seen leaving a Vancouver hospital on August 16, 1984.

He is described as a white man about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 170 pounds, medium build, light or fair complexion, brown hair, brown eyes, and wearing glasses. Two scars were recorded: one on his right thigh and a distinctive scar along the left side of his head from the ear toward the chin. Vancouver Police Service logged the case under MIS 84-050726 and the national missing-person database retains his profile.

Key unanswered questions include why he had been hospitalized, whether he was formally discharged, how he planned to travel, and whether anyone saw him after he left the hospital. Does anyone remember seeing John or his vehicle, if there was one, heading toward the border in August 1984?