Found Deceased Canada - Daniel Trask, 28, Waterloo, Ont, 3 Nov 2011

[MTrask]

Explore magazine has a special follow-up feature "Requiem for Daniel Trask" written by the same author, Conor Mihell.
We are so grateful, it's available on news stands now.

[h=2]http://www.traversing.ca/blog/2016/6/1/on-the-newsstands-summer-2016-issue-of-explore[/h]

 

[dotr]

I just came across your information here and want you to know I appreciate your help in sharing Daniel's case. We are very fortunate to have had the MibSAR Team search for Daniel, and last year (May 24, 2015) finding his partial remains. We have ended our journey of uncertainty and are finding peace.

Know that it appears he had an accident, based on the fracture on his skull. There is no evidence of foul play. We will never have all the answers, but at least we have the big one.

For his Book of Memories: http://www.henrywalser.com/book-of-memories/2159215/Trask-Daniel/obituary.php

For MibSAR Update: http://therucksack.tripod.com/MiBSAR/Cases/Trask/Trask.html

I've renamed Daniel's FB Page to Daniel Trask is Found: https://www.facebook.com/Daniel-Trask-is-Found-141269306065266/

With gratitude,
Maureen Trask (Daniel's Mother)

Welcome to Ws. MTrask,
Very sorry for the loss of your beloved son Daniel, he struck me as a beautiful soul, glad that he has finally been found.

 

[Snoopster]

I just came across your information here and want you to know I appreciate your help in sharing Daniel's case. We are very fortunate to have had the MibSAR Team search for Daniel, and last year (May 24, 2015) finding his partial remains. We have ended our journey of uncertainty and are finding peace.

Know that it appears he had an accident, based on the fracture on his skull. There is no evidence of foul play. We will never have all the answers, but at least we have the big one.

For his Book of Memories: http://www.henrywalser.com/book-of-memories/2159215/Trask-Daniel/obituary.php

For MibSAR Update: http://therucksack.tripod.com/MiBSAR/Cases/Trask/Trask.html

I've renamed Daniel's FB Page to Daniel Trask is Found: https://www.facebook.com/Daniel-Trask-is-Found-141269306065266/

With gratitude,
Maureen Trask (Daniel's Mother)

Simple, but genuine, hugs to you Maureen.
I am so sorry for your loss of your wonderful son. No mother deserves this, and yet you were kind enough to post here.
I know that other mothers of missing children (where still young, or older) will look to this situation and hopefully feel comfort and see someone that they can reach out to.

:grouphug:

 

[redheart]

Maureen, I saw a missing persons flyer for Daniel in the Waterloo Adventure Guide store late in 2011 or else in spring of 2012. At home, looking for more info, I found the ottertooth forums. I read Daniel's thread there frequently and always wanted to post but never did. As the years wore on and the searches continued, I couldn't even imagine your heartbreak - yet your strength, grace and love for Daniel shines through so brightly. I'm very sorry for your loss.

 

[dotr]

VIDEO.
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=997718

A woman whose son was considered missing for years has started a support group for people in similar situation.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8094987-mother-fights-for-families-of-the-missing/

[h=1]Mother fights for families of the missing[/h]

Maureen Trask, whose son Daniel went missing in 2011, hopes the federal government will declare a national Missing Persons Day. - Mathew McCarthy,Record staff

Government is a slow-moving engine. They don't call it bureaucracy for nothing," Trask "I'd never dealt with government at this level before. I've learned to slow my pace down." But Trask says she'll sticking with the fight until the end, as part of her work as a vocal advocate for families of missing people. It's a role she began before Daniel's remains were discovered in the Temagami backcountry in May 2015, and has continued tirelessly since.

It's important to her the committee hear her story, as a reminder of the families stuck in limbo when a loved one goes missing. She wants them to understand how police are handcuffed by privacy laws that make solving these cases more difficult.

"I want them to see the face behind this," she said.

It's all part of Trask's work to help families of the missing, both in Ontario and across the country.

 

[dyannaON]

I have such respect for Mrs. Trask. She is always so well spoken and held together. Such a strong woman.


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[GuyfromCanada]

KITCHENER — Eight years after Waterloo's Daniel Trask disappeared into the wilderness, Ontario is giving police new investigative powers in missing persons cases in his memory.

Trask's mother and brother were at Queen's Park Tuesday when the solicitor general announced that the Missing Persons Act will come into effect on July 1.

There's still a lot of work left to be done, his mother said, but police now have the power to search things like property, phone and travel records when someone goes missing — without evidence a crime has been committed.

BBM.

More at Missing Persons Act inspired by Daniel Trask’s case

 

[dotr]

Daniel's mom has been helping others such as this missing young man's mother ..

Found Deceased - Canada - Raheem White, 26, truck & wallet left @ work, Toronto (Lake Shore/Ellis) 1 Dec 2021

Missing People Canada Toronto Police Service :: News Release #51658 Case #: 2021-2317921 The Toronto Police Service is requesting the public's assistance locating a missing man. Raheem White, 26, was last seen on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. in the Lake Shore Boulevard West and...

www.websleuths.com

May 13 2022

Mother of Ontario man missing nearly six months speaks out on concerns surrounding investigation

It’s been nearly six months since Raheem White was reported missing from Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood and his mother, Rosemarie, says she feels Toronto police's investigation has begun to stall.

toronto.ctvnews.ca

''SUPPORT NEEDED FOR FAMILIES OF MISSING PEOPLE​

Trask says that both families of missing people within Canada and police forces across the country need standardized support and resources when it comes to missing persons cases. That's why she's advocating for a national missing persons framework -- something she says has been implemented by many countries and ensures “accountability, transparency and consistency.”

She says it took six years of advocacy work before Ontario passed its Missing Persons Act, which came into effect in 2019, and expanded police powers in finding missing persons even when no criminal investigation is underway.

“Policing in Canada, at least for missing persons, is pretty much a jurisdictional issue,” she said. “So there's no consistency, no established procedure when it comes to missing persons."

Without a consistent approach to missing persons cases, Trask says it’s difficult to ensure standards are met.

“The consistency of practice is the concern and there's no authority in Canada that can mandate minimum standards for policing when it comes to missing persons – nothing.”

In 2019, the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime (OFOVC) submitted a report to the independent civilian review of Toronto Police Services, prompted by the Bruce MacArthur investigation, in which it highlighted the often strained relationships between loved ones of missing persons and police.

The report points to a survey of Canadian families of missing persons conducted by the Resource Centre for Victims of Crime in 2005 in which 64 per cent said they were unsatisfied with the resulting police search, while 74 percent of respondents said police did not keep them regularly informed about what they were doing. The report highlights the negative consequences, such as an ability to cope with traumatic events, when victims' families are denied information or not frequently communicated with during an investigation.''