Shaun Chris MacDonald-McLaughlin, 23, vanished in the late afternoon of March 12, 2010, after leaving a friend’s home in either Vancouver or Burnaby intending to visit his mother in Coquitlam. He did not have a car and was thought to be using public transit; he never arrived at his mother’s house. Two weeks later, on March 27, 2010, the Coquitlam RCMP received the missing person report.

At the time of his disappearance Shaun was 5 feet 11 inches, about 140 pounds, with brown eyes, long brown hair and a full beard. He had been diagnosed with mental health issues and family and friends were concerned he may have stopped taking medication. In the period before he vanished he reportedly lost a lot of weight, was isolating, and was not eating regularly. An ex-girlfriend later said he called her many times and, when she returned a call, asked for rope, body bags, gasoline and lighter fluid — which she regarded as evidence of delusions; she did not notify police or his family after that call.

His bank account has not been used and he did not have a cell phone or use a computer, leaving few traces of his movements. Public appeals and media coverage, including an episode on Last Seen Alive, have not produced new leads. If anyone knew Shaun’s routine, where he might have boarded transit that day, or saw him after March 12, 2010, please come forward with information.