Stephanie Stewart was 70 when she vanished from the Athabasca fire lookout, about 25 kilometers northwest of Hinton, while serving as a wildfire spotter. She had spent eighteen summers at remote lookouts and was last heard in a phone call with a family member on the evening of August 25, 2006. She failed to make a routine morning radio check-in on August 26, and a fellow spotter found her truck at the cabin but Stephanie gone.

Inside the cabin a pot of water was left boiling, a smear of blood was reported on the stairs, and several personal items were missing, including two blue-covered pillows, a burgundy bedsheet, a Navajo-patterned duvet, and a gold Wittnauer watch. The RCMP ruled out an animal attack, accident, or medical episode and have treated the disappearance as a homicide. Large searches with volunteers, aircraft, boats and dogs found no trace. A $20,000 reward is posted and the historical homicide unit continues to pursue tips and occasional new searches.

Did anyone who worked at or visited the Athabasca lookout that season see something that could help explain what happened to Stephanie?