On a cold November night in 2012, a barefoot 26-year-old Emma Fillipoff disappeared after having a 45 minute conversation with two policeman in downtown Victoria, BC in front of the grand Empress Hotel.
Emma Fillipof moved to Victoria from her home in Perth Ontario about a year before and never settled down, constantly going between friend's houses, boats in the Inner Harbor and a women's shelter.
On November 28th she found out her mother was coming to Victoria and it set off a series of desperate moves which resulted in Emma disappearing without a trace.
On that day she bought a pre-paid credit card at a local 7-11 and later bought a prepaid cell phone. Now Emma had never owned a cell phone and was seen peering out the glass door of the 7-11 as though she were looking for someone.
Later she abruptly left the Sandy Merriman Shelter for Women, hailed a cab to the airport and then decided against that because she told the driver she couldn't afford the $60. He returned her to where he had picked her up.
She was reportedly seen one last time at 5 am the next morning out from Victoria near the Juan de Fuca Commuinty Center, where the next Wednesday her prepaid credit card was found by a guy who tried to use it to buy cigarettes.
Emma was never seen again and no credible sightings of her have surfaced since. No body has ever turned up and several cadaver dog searches have been done and the Inner Harbor was searched by dive teams.
If anyone has any information on Emma and her whereabouts, please go to the website http://www.helpfindemmafillipoff.com/ or contact the Victoria Police at 250-995-7654