Mario Marabella was 40 when he was abducted from a gas station on Highway 440 West in Laval, Quebec, on the afternoon of December 4, 2008. Witnesses say several people overpowered him around 4:00 p.m. and forced him into a van; that was the last confirmed sighting of him.

Marabella’s pale grey Acura MDX was reportedly taken from the gas station later that evening and found a few hours after the abduction burned out at Gouin Boulevard and Lambert Street in Montreal. The Sûreté du Québec major crimes unit worked the investigation with the Laval police service, and authorities appealed for information about the kidnapping, the vehicle theft, and the arson.

Marabella had a criminal record and was described as having ties to organized crime in Montreal, including reported association with the Rizzuto clan and involvement in an illegal gaming house; those connections have prompted speculation about motive. He has not been seen since and is presumed dead. Does anyone have information about that December afternoon or the Acura MDX that could help close this case?