Darwin Randall Sylvester disappeared from Manitoba in late May 1998. He was last seen at about 11:00 p.m. on May 28 after acquaintances drove him from Brandon to a Chalmers Avenue residence in Winnipeg. Shortly after midnight on May 29 he phoned his girlfriend and said he planned to meet an associate for breakfast; he never arrived. All of his personal belongings, including luggage, remained at the Chalmers Avenue residence.

Described as a Caucasian male, 70 inches tall, 216 pounds, heavy build, brown hair and hazel eyes, he had an abdominal scar and several tattoos, including Beast on his left arm and Spartans MC in Memory of on his left shoulder. Sylvester was a founder of the Silent Riders Motorcycle Club and later president of the Spartans Motorcycle Club; he had been released from a Regina halfway house about a week before his disappearance after serving a year for extortion. Foul play is suspected and the case remains a missing person investigation: two fellow gang members were among the last seen with him, one later found shot in January 1999 and another who died years later in a plane crash. The Spartans disbanded in June 1998, and violence followed as Darwin’s brother Kevin pursued those he believed responsible.

If anyone knew Darwin, his associates, or saw him in Winnipeg around May 28–29, 1998, please come forward with information.