On March 23, 1963, three-year-old James Jimmy Paige vanished while riding his bike on Spring Street in Brantford, Ontario. He had been circling the block with his five-year-old brother Michael and a friend; after a couple of laps Michael turned to find Jimmy missing. Michael searched and then ran home to tell their mother.

More than 200 people joined an immediate search that included combing five miles of the Grand River banks. Police at the time focused on the river as their primary theory after another young child, found playing with Jimmy’s toy tractor, led officers to the riverbank and said Jimmy went underneath. The reliability of that witness has been questioned and no body or other trace of Jimmy was ever found; searches were suspended when river levels rose.

Family members, including Michael, have long doubted the drowning theory, noting that Jimmy did not know how to cross streets and that the river often reveals victims, which makes the lack of any discovery notable. The disappearance remains unsolved.

Did anyone in Brantford at the time remember seeing Jimmy that morning or notice anything unusual on Spring Street?