TEMISKAMING SHORES — Numbers don’t mean a whole lot when a mother has been missing her child for almost three decades, but September 29 marks the 29th year Melanie Ethier has been missing. In a sit-down interview with Melanie’s mother Celine Ethier, she mentions how the heartache never goes...
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Melanie Ethier missing person case haunts mom 29 years later
Numbers don’t mean a whole lot when a mother has been missing her child for almost three decades, but September 29 marks the 29th year Melanie Ethier has been missing.
In a sit-down interview with Melanie’s mother Celine Ethier, she mentions how the heartache never goes away, but she remains hopeful someone will come through with the information she needs to solve her daughter’s disappearance all those years ago.
She does not wish to enter the 30th year without knowing where her daughter is.
But as with any mother, Ethier is not giving up hope that one day she will have the answer to what happened to her 15-year-old daughter.
She has placed green ribbons on a tree at the New Liskeard waterfront to mark missing children and she has decorated the nearby Melanie Ethier basketball court with purple ribbons.
She says facing the 29th year of her daughter’s disappearance leaves her “pretty frustrated at this point. A lot of tips have gone to the OPP station and lots have been sent to me. I wish I could get back some of the old tips because it would be nice to try to connect things together. But I seriously feel that unless someone actually comes out and says where Melanie is, that my luck of finding her is very thin.”
She has done searches in the past to find her daughter and she says she needs specific locations for another search to take place.
“I need the real tip to come out with the real information as to what happened to Melanie. Somebody could always draw a sketch or a map to show me a location.”
She believes there are people living in this region that can help her find her daughter.
“The tip can be sent to me anonymously if they wish and my contact information is on my Facebook page. I have had tips from so and so, but I need the right one.”
“As the anniversary of Melanie Ethier’s disappearance approaches, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) wishes to reaffirm our ongoing commitment to this case,” said the Temiskaming Detachment of the OPP in a statement.
“The OPP continues its efforts to find answers and resolution. Our investigators are dedicated to following up on all new information, and we urge anyone who may know something – no matter how small it may seem – to come forward.”
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