Michael Dunahee

What happened

On March 24, 1991, four-year-old Michael Wayne Dunahee went missing from the playground at Blanshard Elementary School in Victoria, British Columbia. Canada’s Missing records that he was at the playground with his mother, father and younger sister. Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers, republishing the Victoria Police Department’s appeal, puts the time at approximately 12:30 p.m., with many families and spectators in the area for a touch football game, and Michael just a short distance away from his family.

The RCMP’s Canada’s Missing profile describes Michael as 91 cm (3 feet) tall and 23 kg (51 pounds), slender, with short blonde hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a blue hooded jacket with red lining and red cuffs, multicoloured rugby pants, a white Ninja Turtles t-shirt and blue canvas sneakers with red and orange trim. An extensive search was launched, involving hundreds of volunteers and police from multiple agencies, but Michael was not found.

The Victoria Police Department continues to investigate and maintains a dedicated tip portal and tip line for the case. In 2021 the department released an age-enhanced sketch, created by BC RCMP forensic sketch artist Cpl. Virginia Bernier, showing Michael as he may appear at 34 years old; the RCMP’s Canada’s Missing gallery also carries earlier official age enhancements, to 17 and to 26. Michael is still missing.