Simon Farah was a young man, approximately 21 years old based on the 1978 birth year recorded by Montreal police, when he disappeared on December 27, 1999. He was male and was associated with the Verdun area of Montreal, Quebec; a reproduction of the police case information identifies 3860 Rue Allen in Verdun as his last-known location. The official Service de police de la Ville de Montréal record confirms that Simon disappeared on December 27 and that he was last seen in Montreal.
There is an apparent inconsistency in the current police record because it lists his year of birth as 1978 while also displaying his age at disappearance as 32; the listed birth year would place him at approximately 21 in late 1999. Whatever the source of that discrepancy, the identifying details and circumstances surrounding his disappearance are otherwise consistent in the available public information.
Simon was described as approximately 163 centimetres, or 5 feet 4 inches tall, and weighing about 54 kilograms, roughly 119 pounds. He had black hair and brown eyes. Police information concerning his clothing indicates that he had a cap, a three-quarter-length coat, athletic shoes or sneakers, and blue jeans. He was also carrying a backpack when he left his residence, an important detail because it suggests that he departed with at least some personal belongings rather than simply stepping outside momentarily. The public police record does not provide an inventory of what was inside the backpack, nor does it state how much money Simon had with him, whether he possessed identification, or what transportation he might have intended to use. Those gaps have left relatively few publicly known clues concerning where he may have gone after he was last seen.
The known events of the evening provide the clearest picture of Simon's final documented movements. Montreal police report that Simon had been at his father's residence in the Town of Mount Royal area that evening. While he was there, his sister reportedly gave him a small amount of money. Police also noted that Simon had not been taking his medication for several days and described him as behaving aggressively at the time. The public case information does not identify the medication, the condition for which it had been prescribed, or exactly what was meant by the description of his behavior, so those details should not be interpreted beyond what investigators themselves recorded. At some point afterward, Simon left his residence with his backpack. The available police account does not identify anyone known to have accompanied him, a destination he said he intended to visit, or a confirmed sighting after his departure.
The passage of time has made the absence of further documented information particularly striking. The publicly available police profile does not describe a vehicle connected with Simon, a subsequent financial transaction, a telephone call, correspondence, or another verified encounter that would establish where he went after leaving. It also does not publicly identify a specific person believed to have been involved in his disappearance or describe evidence establishing what happened to him. Instead, investigators have continued to preserve and publicize his identifying information and have asked anyone with relevant knowledge to provide information. The SPVM lists the matter under case number 17-000110-017 and continues to display Simon among its missing-person cases, asking members of the public to share his information and contact police or Info-Crime Montréal with information that could assist investigators.
Simon Farah's story therefore centers on a short but troubling sequence of known events: a young man connected to Verdun was in Montreal on December 27, 1999, spent part of the evening at his father's home in Mount Royal, received a small amount of money from his sister, and later left carrying a backpack. He was a relatively small-framed man with black hair and brown eyes, reportedly dressed in blue jeans, sneakers, a coat, and a cap. Beyond those details, the public record becomes remarkably quiet. No publicly documented trail explains where Simon went next or what circumstances followed his departure. His case endures as the disappearance of a young man whose final known evening was spent close to family before he walked away with his backpack, leaving behind questions that investigators and those who cared about him have carried for years.Last Seen: Dec 27, 1999
