It’s been five years to the day on Oct. 28, 2019 when Houston resident Laureen Fabian went for her daily walk and disappeared.
Despite an extensive ground search by Houston Search and Rescue, supplemented with search and rescue volunteers from nearby communities and aided by a RCMP helicopter and an aircraft, no trace has ever been found of Fabian, 69 at the time of her disappearance.
"While there has been information received during the investigation, Laureen remains missing," Houston RCMP detachment command Sergeant Ryan Fillmore said today. "The police continue their efforts to locate Laureen and look to the public for help."
Fabian is described as a five foot, four inch tall Caucasian woman weighing 143 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
In the immediate days following Fabian’s disappearance, several theories surfaced as to what may have happened.
RCMP investigators issued a call for any dash cam footage that may have been taken along the Buck Flats Road area where Fabian took her daily walks, thinking that she may have simply left the area.
No dash cam footage was ever forwarded to RCMP so that investigative avenue could not be pursued.
Posters with Fabian's mom’s photo and an appeal for information were placed on public bulletin boards and other places along major highway routes. That photo of Fabian was of her hair being dyed red but in the recent times before her disappearance, she had reverted to her more natural greying colour.
News reports of the search indicated search and rescue volunteers laid out an extensive grid pattern in which to look for Fabian, spending many hours going through difficult terrain.
When the official search for Fabian ended Nov. 2, 2019, Fabian’s file was transferred from the Houston RCMP detachment to the major crime unit at the North District headquarters for the RCMP in Prince George.
If you have any information about Laureen Fabian or where she might be, please contact the Houston RCMP at (250) 845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1(800)222-8477.