Some Halifax residents held a vigil for missing B.C. woman Emma Fillipoff Tuesday night, lighting candles to mark the hour she was last seen five years ago.
Fillipoff's mother, Shelley Fillipoff, will host a candlelight walk through Victoria to some of the locations Emma visited on her last known day. Candlelight vigils were planned across Canada, including at Black Rock Beach in Halifax's Point Pleasant Park.
"Emma for a period of time had lived in Nova Scotia," said Bonaparte. "While she was here, she had an affinity toward the ocean and often talked about how beautiful Nova Scotia was, specifically for its oceans. Black Rock Beach seems like the perfect spot Emma would like to be."
Vanished five years ago
Fillipoff, originally from Ontario, was last seen acting strangely in front of the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C., on the evening of Nov. 28, 2012. Concerned police officers spoke to the then-26-year-old around 8 p.m., but let her go on her way.
She hasn't been seen or heard from since.
Earlier in the day, she'd purchased a prepaid cellphone and a prepaid credit card. The last known photo of her is from a security camera at the store.
Her car was found in the Chateau Victoria parking lot with all her belongings in it, including her passport, laptop, recently borrowed library books, a camera and numerous personal journals.
Fillipoff is one of the thousands of cases across Canada that remain unsolved.
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