Linda May Scott was 29 when she vanished in 2000. She was a mother of five, originally from the Blood Indian Reserve in Alberta and adopted as an infant, raised in Edmonton. Reports disagree on Linda’s last known movements: some family accounts place her in Edmonton in March 2000, while other accounts say her final contact was a phone call to her father from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in September 2000. She had called her adoptive parents at least once a month, and the calls stopped abruptly, prompting a missing person report.

Family members say Linda struggled with alcohol and drug use and had been born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, which made school difficult. She reportedly sought her birth mother at 18; it is unknown whether she found her.

At the time of her disappearance Linda was described as 5 feet 3 inches tall, about 110 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She had notable tattoos, including a tiger on her right arm and a rose on her left arm. The case remains open with both the Edmonton Police Service and the Vancouver police involved because the location of her disappearance is uncertain. If anyone knew Linda, her movements in Edmonton or Vancouver in 2000, or has information about the man her mother mentioned, please come forward with tips.