A Maple Ridge woman who has been missing for almost two months had feared for her safety before she disappeared.
Laura Pilloud is asking the public for help in locating her sister, Brandie Dawn Duncan.
Duncan was two days into a 60-day stay at Hannah House, which offers recovery programs for women, when she left. According to her sister, she has not been heard from since.
“Nobody has any idea where she is, nobody has seen her or talked to her,” Pilloud said. “She has basically vanished.”
“I know that before she went in, she said she had people after her,” the missing woman’s sister added. “She was really, really afraid.”
According to Ridge Meadow RCMP when Duncan was reported missing, she was last seen in the 11900 block of Laity Street on March 3.
She was reported missing to police on April 18.
The RCMP investigation thus far has revealed Duncan was last seen in the 22500 block of Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge on April 17.
They released a description saying she is five feet tall, with a slim build, long blonde hair, with a tattoo on her back above her tailbone. She is 45 years old, and has Indigenous heritage.
Pilloud said her sister had a “risky lifestyle,” and would sometimes not be heard from for short periods of time. However, she has never gone so long without contacting her parents, or her two adult children.
Duncan has lived all of her life between Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, and both sisters have status as members of Katzie First Nation.
Pilloud said police have been “knocking on doors” to query Duncan’s friends and associates, but have not been able to locate anyone who has seen her, and concern is rising.
Duncan is believed to have taken her purse, and had new clothing, but her sister does not believe she had a cell phone, and lacked the funds for travelling.
Pilloud said she just wants her sister to call, or for someone to offer information that could help find her. Pilloud lives with their senior parents, who are traumatized by the ordeal.
“We need to find out where she is. We’re not sleeping at night, not knowing.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ridge Meadows RCMP at 604-463-6251 and refer to file number RM24-7328.