The Disappearance Of Dana Zelic

Case Number: 99-6261090

Dana Zelic 

Missing Since: August 30, 1999 from Hamilton, Ontario
Classification: Missing
Date Of Birth: November 12, 1972
Age: 26
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 100 lbs.
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Distinguishing Characteristics: She has a beauty mark on the left side of her throat approximately the size of a nickel. AKA: Dana has been known to use the first names of "Donna," "Frankie" and "Alex".

A Little Bit About Dana Zelic
Dana Zelic disappeared from her residence on August 30, 1999. She lived with her mother in an east-end Hamilton apartment. Her mother last saw Dana sleeping in her bedroom at 2:30 a.m., August 30, 1999. When her mother woke later that morning, Dana was gone, leaving behind money and all her clothes. She left without any medication, identification or personal belongings.

Dana has had connections to the Greater Toronto and Brooklyn, NY areas and the police were told she might have gone to Brooklyn but they found no proof she crossed the border.

Dana was shown in a September 17, 1999 Spectator photo, walking in a Take Back the Night march. In August 2000 she called a male friend in Hamilton, who had no idea she was missing. She told her friend she was living in Mississauga. In 2002, one of Dana's old girlfriends called police and said she had seen the young woman at Chapters. Despite these sightings, she has not been located.

Dana was born and raised in Hamilton, along with her younger brother, she was a "so-so" student who enjoyed drama, had a good number of friends and a love of books. Dana graduated from Delta Secondary School and took a few years off to travel. Dana did enroll in a tourism program at a downtown vocational school. She lived with a boyfriend for a while, but when that didn't work out, she moved back into her mother's small east-Hamilton apartment. Dana had plans to get her own place, at the time of her disappearance.

Police checks have failed to locate Dana Zelic's whereabouts. Police are concerned for her well being.

Hamilton Police Services - Case Number 99-6261090 - Dana Zelic Case
NAMPN - Dana Zelic Case
The Doe Network - Case File 2687DFON
The Missed Lives Network - Dana Zelic Case

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: 

Hamilton Police
East End Detectives 
Sgt. Doug Langdon
(905) 546-2907

The Disappearance Of Susan Yvonne Gourley

Case Number 02-3363300

Susan Yvonne Gourley

Born: 1963

Last Seen: Barton St and Stirton Ave, Hamilton ON in late November 2001.

Physical Description: Female, white, 5'6" tall, 134 lbs, brown eyes, long brown hair.

Distinct Marks: Pierced ears (3 per ear), panther tattoo on left thigh, tiger tattoo on one hip (unknown which side), heart and design tattoo on chest, 10 mm appendectomy scar, 8 mm scar on her forehead.

A Little About Susan

On Aug. 31, 2002, Susan Gourley was reported missing by members of her family. Gourley was known to Hamilton police for both prostitution and drug offences. A friend of hers in the area of Barton Street and Stirton Avenue last saw Gourley in early November 2001. Susan's disappearance has often been linked with a number of assaults and murders in Hamilton between 1999-2002, namely that of Felicia Floriani and Kimlyn Tolgyes. Hamilton Police Services states she was reported missing by friends and family August 30, 2002, though the RCMP states she was reported missing by her mother February 28, 2002.

The Missed Lives Project - Susan Gourley

Hamilton Police Services - Susan Gourley - Case Number 02-3363300

Please forward all inquiries and information regarding this case to:

Hamilton Police Service

D/Sgt. Victims of Crime Unit at

905-546-4962

The Disappearance of Sheryl Sheppard - Her Family Will Never Give Up Hope

Case number 08-501950

Sheryl Sheppard 
Missing since: January 2, 1998 from Hamilton, Ontario
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: September 29, 1968
Age at Time of Disappearance: 29 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'4"-5'6"; 105 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; blue eyes.
Tattoos: A heart tattoo on her ankle, ankle unknown.
Also Know As: Fisher, maiden name Sweeney
Dentals: Available. Stained teeth.
DNA: Available

A Little About Sheryl Sheppard

Michael Lavoie with Sheryl

Sheryl was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario and attended Notre Dame High School until grade 10. She married at 21 but the marriage lasted less than six months. A second marriage lasted one year. Sheryl worked at Tim Horton's at Sanford Avenue North and Cannon Street East in Hamilton since it opened September 1997. Her fiance proposed to her live on Hamilton's television station ONtv on New Year's Eve, she accepted a marriage proposal this television appearance is believed to be the last time anyone saw her. Friends say the two had dated for about two years, and he had moved into the apartment with Sheryl and her mother - Odette Fisher - a few months before. Lavoie claimed to have dropped her off at the Concord Hotel in Niagara Falls for a dancing job on January 2, but police say she never arrived at the hotel. The Concord manager said she was never scheduled to work his establishment and he has never seen her. Sheryl had reportedly stopped dancing approximately 6 years before going missing.

Friends and family say she had a stormy and abusive relationship with Michael Lavoie. She was supposed to have picked up her mother at the Pearson Airport January 4, but she never showed up. A check of her apartment turned up her wallet and identification. Foul play is believed to have occurred. Her fiancé, Michael Lavoie was found in a storage locker with his car running. He was treated and released from Henderson Hospital. In 2008 Lavoie was named the person of interest by the head of the Homicide Unit, Staff Sergeant Ian Matthews.

In 2011 the Sheryl Sheppard case also received some publicity for increasing the reward from $10,000 to $50,000 for tips leading to a conviction.

In 2016, Someone Knows Something with David Ridgen did a Podcast series regarding this case. Please give it a listen at http://www.cbc.ca/radio/sks


Hamilton Police Services - Sheryl Sheppard - Case number 08-501950

The Doe Network: Case File 2337DFON

The Missed Lives Project - Sheryl Sheppard Case

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Hamilton Police Service 

Detective Peter Thom 

905-546-3843

Agency Case Number: 98-501950

Sheryl Sheppard and Michael Lavoie

Sheryl with her newborn niece Hayley

Sheryl Sheppard (right) and Odette Fisher, her mother

Sheryl Sheppard (left) with a friend in Florida.