Asked if investigators have spoken with her boyfriend, Beckett said he wasn't aware she had one. He wouldn't comment on her personal life.
"We'll be leaving no stone unturned in an effort to find Sonia," Beckett said, pointing to the joint investigation with Orangeville police. "Hopefully we find her safe and sound and we can reunite her with her family."
According to neighbour Diane Bowering, Varaschin worked as a nurse until she vanished and lead a relatively quiet life.
"I didn't see her very often but the kids did. All the kids used to play down at the bottom of the hill and she used to give them candy and stuff like that so, very sad," Bowering said.
Asked if she ever heard problems at Varaschin's home, Bowering said, "nothing at all. She mostly worked nights so we never ever saw her so." Some neighbours heard "noises" coming from the house just before 3 a.m. Monday, Bowering said, echoing mumblings other neighbours repeated, unable to name the source of the information. Some neighbours flatly refused comment.
"Some of them heard screams and tires squealing," Bowering said.
"I live right next door and I didn't hear anything," said Kim Fievet.
"It's really scary, like we don't know anything. Especially for the kids. This whole neighbourhood is filled with kids. The kids don't want to go outside," Bowering said. "We leave our doors open down here and the kids go out to play and now we can't do it." Asked if police are looking for any suspects, Beckett said their primary goal is to find Varaschin. Varaschin was described as 5-foot-1, 125 pounds, with brown hair and light streaks.
Another neighbour said Varaschin usually parked her car inside the garage, which was open and empty Tuesday. She was an avid cyclist who had a bike rack on her car, the neighbour said.
