Viola Isabella Panacheese, 42, went missing from Sioux Lookout, Ontario, after an evening out with friends on August 18, 1991. At the time she was visiting daughters and granddaughters; her usual residence was Winnipeg, Manitoba. Accounts place her last seen walking along Lakeshore Avenue and, in a separate police report, at about 10:00 a.m. near the west end of the CN railway crossing in town.

Viola was Indigenous, 5 feet 2 inches, about 120 pounds, with brown eyes and long straight black hair. Distinguishing marks included the initials VG tattooed on her left hand and a burn scar from knee to ankle on her right leg. She normally wore eyeglasses but did not have them that night; her clothing was recorded as a plaid shirt under a black spring jacket, blue jeans, and black Chinese-style slippers.

The Ontario Provincial Police searched with dogs and helicopters in the weeks after she vanished but found no trace. The family reports the original case file, including photos and early witness statements, was lost and later reconstructed; the rebuilt file is reportedly stored at OPP headquarters in Orillia. Viola’s disappearance remains open and unresolved.

If anyone knew Viola, saw her in Sioux Lookout in August 1991, or has information about the missing case file, please come forward.