Melanie Joy Thomson, born 1974, disappeared from British Columbia in late summer 2010. Official records suggest she was last seen on August 27, 2010, while other reports place her last known appearance in September 2010 in Chilliwack. At the time she went missing she was living in a women’s shelter in downtown Vancouver but had a history of extensive travel and long gaps in contact with family and friends.

Raised in Brampton, Ontario after being adopted as a newborn, Melanie worked in technology for Bell Canada building secure computer firewalls and also wrote for Gaiety Magazine. She was described as a Black woman, 5 feet 5 inches tall, medium build, curly black hair, with tattoos including a panther on her right ankle, palm trees on her upper left arm, and Chinese lettering on her lower back. She used aliases such as Bernice Wiseman and Melanie Erekosima.

Her disappearance was added to the Vancouver Police Department Cold Case page in December 2014. Conflicting accounts about whether she was last seen in Vancouver or in Chilliwack in September 2010 widen the area investigators must consider. Does anyone have information about Melanie’s movements in August–September 2010 or recall seeing her in Vancouver or Chilliwack?