Robert David HARRINGTON Missing Person Case

Robert David

HARRINGTON

67

46

66 inches

66 inches

154 lbs

154 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

In the late summer of 2004, the life of Robert David Harrington, a 47-year-old man, took a sudden and mysterious turn. The last confirmed communication anyone had with him was a phone call he made to his daughter on August 29, 2004, to wish her a happy birthday. A few days later, his son was in contact with him to make arrangements for his university tuition. His daughter had plans to meet with him in Toronto on September 4, but Harrington never appeared. The last time he was officially seen was on September 8, 2004, near the intersection of Oakwood Avenue and Vaughan Road in Toronto, Ontario. Concern turned to alarm when a neighbor reported that the window of Harrington's basement apartment on Vaughan Road was smashed and his dog was barking incessantly inside. When police entered, Harrington was gone. The years that followed for Robert's four children were a painful and bewildering journey filled with conflicting information and unanswered questions. For a year, his daughter diligently called the police station every day, hoping for any news, but her calls were reportedly not returned. The family's search for answers led them down a confusing path of contradictory statements from the Toronto Police Service. At one point, a detective at 13 Division informed his daughter that her father had actually been found in January 2005, but did not wish to have any contact with his family. This information was devastating, yet it was later contradicted in the most shocking way. The case took an even more bizarre and heart-wrenching turn in 2008 when a homicide detective met with the Harrington family. He informed them that, based on several sources, it was believed their father had encountered trouble with his Russian business associates and had likely been killed shortly after he was reported missing. The detective advised the family to proceed with a funeral to find some closure, suggesting his body was likely "scattered all over Ontario." Trusting the information, the grieving family held a memorial service and even placed a grave marker with his name on it. However, the promised death certificate never arrived. When they inquired further, they discovered the detective had retired, and there were no official police records classifying Harrington as a murder victim; he was still listed as a missing person. To add to the confusion, the family learned that a warrant for fraud had been issued for Harrington in 2006, two years after he had supposedly been killed, and there was evidence of him conducting business online until March 2005. The disappearance of Robert Harrington, who worked in "import/export" and spoke of offshore accounts, remains an unsettling mystery, leaving his loved ones in a painful limbo, still searching for the truth of what happened to him in the fall of 2004.

Glasses

Sep 08, 2004

Toronto

Ontario

Toronto Police Service-Missing Persons Unit ;

Ontario

[email protected]

416-808-7411

416-808-7411

Law Enforcement

655016.D13

Toronto Police Service-Missing Persons Unit ;

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Hazel

Hazel

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