Help Find Emma Fillipoff Press Release – November 2023
(For immediate release)
Docuseries preview highlights new initiative in unresolved lead of the Man in the Green Shirt
Emma Fillipoff is still missing. Eleven years have passed since Emma Fillipoff was last seen, barefoot, on the streets of Victoria, British Columbia.
From the initial desperate search to find Emma, and the ongoing efforts to reconstruct her whereabouts and circumstances, her mother, Shelley Fillipoff, holds steadfast that Emma will be found.
Many leads have been collected over the years, but Emma remains missing.
Shelley continues the search for Emma, with assistance and advocacy from Kimberly Bordage — Producer and Director of the upcoming Docuseries, Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff.
On November 28th, the eleven-year anniversary of Emma’s disappearance, a third preview will be released. Unlike the previous two, this release strives to bring new light to a previously dormant tip.
A forensic digital image could breathe new life into the mystery surrounding The Man in the Green Shirt.
Filmmaker's Statement
Bayberry Films is releasing a third, 22-minute preview, titled, The Man in the Green Shirt, on November 28th, 2023, timed for the 11-year anniversary of Emma's disappearance.
This third preview highlights the unresolved story of The Man in the Green Shirt, and a new initiative put forth in the hopes of breathing life into this old, yet compelling lead that is still a possible link in Emma's case.
In November 2022, we released the first preview for the series, Shelley's Hope.
In early 2023, we released the second preview, highlighting forensic artist, Hew Morrison's 10-year Age Progression image of Emma.
Inspired by this work, Bayberry Films asked Mr. Morrison to study the available surveillance footage, working alongside Kimberly Bordage and Shelley Fillipoff, to produce a digital composite image of The Man in the Green Shirt.
Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff is an upcoming six-hour documentary series, created by filmmaker, missing persons advocate, and friend of Shelley Fillipoff, Kimberly Bordage, who has been assisting in the search for Emma since 2015.
Shelley Fillipoff's Statement
“I believe that re-visiting the story of the green t-shirt man will spark renewed interest in my daughter's case. I have long felt that this man could be a valuable source of information in Emma's disappearance.
I have always maintained that someone knows what happened to Emma and this initiative may very well be exactly what is needed to solve the mystery.” ~ Shelley Fillipoff
The Man in the Green Shirt Backstory
In May of 2014, eighteen months into Emma's disappearance, her mother Shelley Fillipoff traveled from Ontario to British Columbia, to continue the search for her daughter in the downtown east side of Vancouver.
On May 27, 2014, an agitated man wearing a green t-shirt, sporting a pronounced limp, and sleeved tattoos, walked into a clothing boutique in downtown Vancouver, with a bad attitude, and a crumpled up missing person poster of Emma in his hand.
“It's one of those missing person posters,” he told store owners, “But she's not missing. She’s my girlfriend and she f^cking hates her family.”
Store owners called 911 immediately to report the incident and pass along store camera footage.
The man was long gone by the time police arrived. Despite efforts to locate him, and the evidence of grainy surveillance circulating in the media, he has yet to be identified.
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Docuseries Preview #3
The Man in the Green Shirt
Release Date November 28th, 2013
Watch: http://www.bayberryfilms.ca/barefoot-in-the-night.php
For information or an interview contact:
Shelley Fillipoff
Tel: (613) 259-3176
Email: Fillipoff@hotmail.com
Kimberly Bordage
Advocate and Documentarian
Tel: (902) 999-2883
Email: kimberlybordage@hotmail.com
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