Matthew Wiinikainen was 17 when he was last seen in Gaspé, Quebec, on March 30, 1995. He was an Indigenous teenager being held at the youth centre Unité La Rade in the Gaspé hospital area and was last accounted for at about 11:00 p.m., during a change of guards, when he escaped from the facility.

Official records describe him as born in 1977 with short brown hair, brown eyes, a slender build and a light or fair complexion, but they give no height, weight, clothing description, possessions, or information about any transport he may have used.

The national case reference is 2017062421 and the Sûreté du Québec file is 357-161005-001. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sûreté du Québec at 1-800-659-4264 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.