In the crisp autumn air of a late October night in 2004, Cynthia Albena Audy, a 27-year-old mother of two from the Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation, was spending time with her sister at her townhouse on Jarvis Avenue in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The two sisters were drinking together, and in the early morning hours, they ran out of beer. Cynthia told her sister she was going to a vendor to buy more and would be right back. Her sister, Angelita Stevens, was the last known person in her family to see her.
Angelita watched as Cynthia walked toward the corner of Selkirk Avenue and Andrews Street, where she then got into a three-seated, navy blue and grey Chevrolet pickup truck and vanished into the Winnipeg night. While police have listed the date of her disappearance as October 28, 2004, her sister has remained steadfast that the last time she saw Cynthia was in the early hours of Sunday, October 24, 2004, a date seared into her memory as their last time together.
Cynthia was a distinct individual, standing five feet seven inches tall with a weight of around 159 to 161 pounds, and had brown hair and brown eyes. On the night she went missing, she was wearing a black blazer, blue jeans, a red padded bra, and black Fila running shoes. She also wore a gold link watch and carried a blue denim purse. Her appearance was further marked by several tattoos, including the names of loved ones, 'Steven,' 'Cynthia,' 'Amber,' and 'Nathan,' on her hands and wrists. She also had a heart tattooed near her right eye, a panther or tiger on her left forearm, and the words 'Pray for me' on her left ankle, along with a five-inch scar on her right cheek. Cynthia was a mother who, according to her sister, would occasionally work in the sex trade to support herself. When days passed with no word, it was her boyfriend who officially reported her missing to the authorities.
The initial investigation by the Winnipeg Police Service yielded no significant leads, and Cynthia's case grew cold. In July 2012, her disappearance was handed over to Project Devote, a specialized Manitoba task force dedicated to investigating cases of missing and murdered persons. Investigators have since met with Cynthia's sister on multiple occasions, traveling as far as Toronto to speak with her and show her photographs of different men, though she recognized none of them. Despite the passage of many years, Cynthia's case remains unsolved, classified as a suspected homicide. Her family has been left without answers, holding onto the memory of a sister and mother who disappeared without a trace after stepping into an unknown vehicle on a dark street, leaving behind a painful and enduring mystery.Last Seen: Oct 28, 2004
