CANADA Canada - Olimpia Mikszan, 18, Abbotsford, BC, 21 June 1996

An anonymous donor is offering a $25,000 reward to anyone who locates Olimpia Mikszan or provides information that results in her being found.

Mikszan was 18-years-old when she disappeared from Abbotsford two decades ago.

She was last seen outside her basement suite home with an acquaintance on the morning of June 21, 1996. The next night some of friends went to her place and called police when they discovered she was missing.

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Mikszan said not knowing what has happened to her daughter has been agonizing. “Every day it is very hard,” she said. “Especially holidays, birthdays, it is always hard and we think of her all the time.”

Olimpia has an older brother and two younger sisters, and they struggle with her disappearance, said Mikszan. “We are just praying there is someone who knows what happened,” she said.

Olimpia is Caucasian, 5-feet-2, has brown hair and brown eyes.

Her family came to Canada from Poland in 1990.

Abbotsford police Const. Ian MacDonald said they have had some tips about the case.

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Missing Since: June 21, 1996 from Abbotsford, British Columbia
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: January 23, 1978
Age: 18
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 135 lbs.
Hair Color: Auburn
Race: White
Gender: Female
Distinguishing Characteristics: Long, naturally curly hair. Eyebrow ring
over right eye. She was born in Poland and speaks fluent Polish. When
speaking English, she still has a slight Polish accent.
Jewelry: May be wearing a delicate gold-coloured chain of small white
pearls, spaced about 40 millimetres apart, and a ring made of 14-karat
reddish-coloured gold with a coral stone.
Case Number: 96-17301

Details of Disappearance
Olimpia Mikszan, 18, was last seen on June 21, 1996, outside her rental suite. Having just completed high school with honours, the talented art student was disappointed she was not accepted into the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver.
Olimpia had recently told friends she was going on a hitchhiking trip across Canada and that she might go backpacking elsewhere in British Columbia. Police say she left nearly all her belongings at her residence. Her wallet with about $130 cash, a blue backpack and her Canadian citizenship papers were the only things missing.
Though she’d been living on her own for about a year prior to her disappearance, Olimpia often visited her family for dinners and to take her two younger sisters on outings. Police are at a loss to explain what happened to her.Her mother describes Olimpia as caring, well mannered and clean living, a loving daughter and an “independent soul.”

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Abbotsford Police Department
(604) 859-5225
(800) 898-6111

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WATCH: Crime Stoppers needs your help finding out what happened to Olimpia Mikszan.

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She was last seen on the morning of June 21, 1996 outside her rental basement suite, located in the 2600-block of Sunnyside Crescent.
Mikszan’s landlord spotted her on that day. She says a man named John Davis attended her residence to look at Mikszan’s vehicle, which appeared to be broken down. Davis was Mikszan’s acquaintance and her employer. Later that morning, the landlord saw Davis leave in his pickup truck. She can’t say for certain if she saw Mikszan in the truck when he left. But that was the last time she saw her.

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Published on Jun 21, 2016

Abbotsford Police and Elzbieta Mikszan ask for the public's assistance on the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of Olimpia Mikszan

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• • Date Of Birth: January 23, 1978
  • Age at Time of Disappearance: 18 years old
  • Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'2" (157 cm); 135 lbs. (59 kg).
  • Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Long naturally curly hair which was brownish-red. She wears an eyebrow ring above her right eye. Brown eyes. Scar on right jaw. Mikszan was born in Poland and speaks fluent polish; she has a slight Polish accent when speaking English.
  • Clothing: Pants Black; Jacket Blue; Purse Blue
  • Dentals: Available
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    Circumstances of Disappearance
    Mikszan was last seen in the morning outside her residence in Abbotsford, British Columbia on June 21, 1996.
    She was living alone in a rental suite. Her vehicle and nearly all of her personal belongings were left at her residence. Olimpia had just completed high school and was known to be very artistic. Around the time of her disappearance, she was attempting to enroll in an art school, but her plans had not worked out and this was a big disappointment for her.
    Investigators
    If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
    Abbotsford Police Department
    604-859-5225
    or
    1-800-898-6111''