Edward Beauchamp was a 34-year-old man who was reported missing from Edmonton, Alberta, in September 1986. Although some secondary case information has circulated with a more specific date and a different age, the Edmonton Police Service’s current public missing-person record identifies him as 36 years old at the time of his disappearance and states only that he was reported missing during September 1986.
The police record does not provide an exact day on which Edward was last seen, so the precise date of his disappearance cannot be confirmed from the available official information. Edward was described as approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Nearly four decades after he disappeared, his name remains among the people listed by Edmonton police as missing from the 1980s.
Very little has been publicly released about the circumstances surrounding Edward’s disappearance. The Edmonton Police Service has not disclosed where in Edmonton he was last seen, who last saw or spoke with him, what he was doing before he vanished, or whether he was believed to be traveling somewhere when contact was lost. There is likewise no publicly released description of the clothing he may have been wearing, a vehicle he may have been using, or possessions he may have had with him. The available police information does not identify any suspicious event connected to his disappearance, nor does it name a person of interest or describe evidence suggesting what may have happened. That lack of publicly available detail leaves an unusually large gap in Edward’s story: what is known is that he was in Edmonton and was reported missing in September 1986, but the circumstances that separated his ordinary life from a disappearance lasting decades have not been publicly explained.
The passage of time has made Edward’s case especially difficult, because memories fade, people move or die, and information that once seemed insignificant may be harder to recover many years later. Even so, Edmonton police have continued to preserve his case publicly rather than treating his disappearance as forgotten. His Edmonton Police Service file number is 86-165081, a reference that connects any new information directly to the investigation. The continued publication of his identifying information suggests that investigators remain interested in hearing from anyone who may know where Edward went, who may remember interacting with him around the time he disappeared, or who may possess information that was never previously reported. Police ask anyone with information concerning Edward to contact the Edmonton Police Service or provide information through Crime Stoppers, and they request that the police file number be referenced whenever possible.
There is no publicly released account explaining whether Edward intended to leave Edmonton, whether he maintained contact with family or friends immediately before disappearing, or whether investigators found any evidence pointing toward an accident, voluntary departure, criminal involvement, or another explanation. Nothing in the currently available Edmonton Police Service record establishes what happened to him after he was reported missing. That uncertainty is an important part of the case and should not be filled with speculation. Edward was a relatively young man when he disappeared, and the limited description preserved by police—his height, slight build, black hair, and brown eyes—remains one of the few concrete pieces of information available to people who might recognize or remember him. His case therefore remains dependent on memories, old records, overlooked information, and the possibility that someone who knows more may eventually come forward.
In overview, Edward Beauchamp disappeared from Edmonton in September 1986 and was 36 years old according to the Edmonton Police Service. The exact date and circumstances of his disappearance have not been publicly specified, and authorities have released no detailed timeline describing his final known movements. He was approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed about 140 pounds, and had black hair and brown eyes. His disappearance remains listed by Edmonton police among their unresolved missing-person cases from the 1980s, under file 86-165081. What began with a man being reported missing from Edmonton has endured for decades as a case with far more unanswered questions than publicly known facts, leaving those who knew Edward without a publicly documented explanation of where he went or what happened to him.Last Seen: Sep 29, 1986
