CANADA Canada - John Leonard, 49, Toronto, Ontario, 8 May 1992

[cybervampira]

Toronto Police Service :: News Release #43249

Missing Person Unit Appeal For Information,
Mssing man,
John Leonard, then 49,
Last seen over 25 years ago


Broadcast time: 06:00
Monday, February 18, 2019

Missing Person Unit
416-808-7411

Case #: 1992-3257

The Missing Person Unit (MPU) is highlighting the case of John Leonard, 49,

He was last seen on Friday, May 8, 1992, at approximately 12:30 p.m. when he borrowed a friend’s vehicle. The vehicle was later that same evening located in the parking lot of Woodbine Racetrack, in Toronto. He has not been seen or heard from since.

He is described as 5'10", 170 lbs., thin build. with blond hair, and blue eyes.

His photo from 1992 has been re-released.

The MPU ensures the investigative response of Missing Persons and Unidentified Human Remains investigations including historic unsolved cases.

Leonard's case is also featured on Canada's Missing website, which is the website for the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7411, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, online on our Facebook Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.

For more information about the Missing Person Unit, click here.

For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.

Constable Caroline de Kloet, Corporate Communications, for Detective Constable Shona McDougall


Missing Person Unit Appeal For Information,
Mssing man,
John Leonard, then 49,
Last seen over 25 years ago

Toronto Police Service

Toronto Police on Twitter

Police renew appeal for information about man missing since 1992

 

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Toronto Police Service :: News Release #43249

Case #: 1992-3257
The Missing Person Unit (MPU) is highlighting the case of John Leonard, 49,

He was last seen on Friday, May 8, 1992, at approximately 12:30 p.m. when he borrowed a friend’s vehicle. The vehicle was later that same evening located in the parking lot of Woodbine Racetrack, in Toronto. He has not been seen or heard from since.

He is described as 5'10", 170 lbs., thin build. with blond hair, and blue eyes.

His photo from 1992 has been re-released.

The MPU ensures the investigative response of Missing Persons and Unidentified Human Remains investigations including historic unsolved cases.

Leonard's case is also featured on Canada's Missing website, which is the website for the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7411, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, online on our Facebook Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.

For more information about the Missing Person Unit, click here.

 

[dotr]

Canada's Missing | Case details
Missing since
May 8, 1992
Year of birth
1943
Age at disappearance
49
Gender
Male
Bio group
White
Eye colour
Blue
Hair
Blonde, Grey, Other, Above collar
Teeth
Good
Height
178cm / 5 ft 10 in
Weight
77kg / 170lb
Build
Slender/Thin
Complexion
Other
Jacket
Nylon, Black, Track
Shoes
Nylon, White, Running-Low cut
Pants
Nylon, Black, Track
Tattoo
Right Upper Arm , Pair of dice
Tattoo
Right Forearm, "JOHN"

 

[dotr]

Police renew appeal for information about man missing since 1992
"Leonard is the first case in a new weekly initiative by the force’s missing person unit to publicize Toronto’s 600 historic cases dating back to 1944.
“We review them on a constant basis, we’re still looking for them,” Det. Mary Vruna, head of the MPU, told CTVNews.ca.

“In some cases people don’t want to be found.”

Vruna said some missing persons may not want to be reunited with their families, but the force could let relatives know they are still alive.

She assured those missing people that the police are bound by confidentiality and have a duty to make sure they are safe.

“We can let family know they are still alive, but we won’t give information out if they don’t want,” Vruna said.

Toronto also has 76 cases of unidentified human remains dating back to 1953."

 

[Nickandnora]

John is a heavy gambler, has attended gambler anonymous a few times. His gambling is mainly horse racing, and definitely not $10 or $20 bets. Quite sure police are aware of this.

 

[cybervampira]

John is a heavy gambler, has attended gambler anonymous a few times. His gambling is mainly horse racing, and definitely not $10 or $20 bets. Quite sure police are aware of this.

Are you confusing him with the Irish footballer who has the same name?

 

[Nickandnora]

No, John Leonard, from Toronto,Ontario,Canada.I posted it fully as this being a USA site,there are many other Toronto’s and Ontario’s.

May I ask why you thought I might be confused with a Irish footballer?

 

[cybervampira]

No, John Leonard, from Toronto,Ontario,Canada.I posted it fully as this being a USA site,there are many other Toronto’s and Ontario’s.

May I ask why you thought I might be confused with a Irish footballer?

This is the information about the Irish footballer John Leonard:
'When I eventually blew every cent I had on a 50-1 horse, I just about hit rock bottom'

Do you have a link where it says John Leonard from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a gambler? Or do you know him personally?

 

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Toronto police missing persons unit highlights historical cases in hopes of getting new tips
"Det. Mary Vruna is one of the investigators in the unit. She said there are approximately 600 missing persons from all parts of Toronto, and some of the cases date back to the 1940s.

“As part of our review, we’ve decided we want to relaunch and revive certain historical cases to see if we can yield any information in relation to any missing people,” she told Global News on Monday.

Vruna said the unit will put out details of a case, which will be about a missing person or unidentified human remains, on a regular basis in the short term.

John Leonard is seen in an undated photo. (Handout / Toronto Police Service)
"Police said it’s not known at this point if Leonard’s disappearance is criminal in nature or not, noting he may have changed his identity and someone may know Leonard."

When asked about the chances of finding someone after such a lengthy period of time and getting people to remember details of disappearances, Vruna said investigators are always hopeful.

“You don’t know unless you try,” she said."

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for John...it's now been over 28 years.

 

[dotr]

February 18, 2019
TPSNews.ca | Stories | Man Last Seen in 1992
''At around 12.30 p.m. on May 8, 1992, John Leonard borrowed a friend’s car in Mississauga with the promise to return it in an hour. That was the last time he was seen or heard from.''
When Leonard failed to return the vehicle, the friend called police to report it stolen.

''The vehicle was located later that same evening in the parking lot of Woodbine Racetrack.

Leonard is described as White, 5’10’, 170 lbs. with blond hair, blue eyes and thin build.

“He just disappeared without any trace,” said D/Const. Shona McDougall of the Missing Person Unit. “It is quite a distinguishing photo that he has and we are wondering if it will jog someone’s memory or if there is someone out there that knows something.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7411, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at 222tips.com, cybertip.ca, online on our Facebook Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).''

 

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2019
Police renew appeal for information about man missing since 1992

John Leonard was 49 when he was last seen more than a quarter of a century ago in 1992. (Toronto Police Service)
''Leonard is 5’10”, 179 pounds, of thin build, with blond hair and blue eyes.

His case is also featured on Canada's missing persons website.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7411 or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). ''

• Canada's Missing | Case details
• As of September 14, 2021.
  
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• ''On May 8, 1992, John Leonard was seen for the last time when he borrowed a friend's vehicle. Later that same day, the vehicle was recovered at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto.''
  ''Jacket
  Nylon, Black, Track
  Shoes
  Nylon, White, Running-Low cut
  Pants
  Nylon, Black, Track
  Tattoo
  Right Upper Arm , Pair of dice
  Tattoo
  Right Forearm, "JOHN"''

 

[dotr]

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Canada's Missing | Case details (rcmp-grc.gc.ca)
Male, aged 40-55, discovered in Parksville, British Columbia, 1992