Andrzej Popek, a 55-year-old man from Mississauga, Ontario, disappeared in late April 2015 under circumstances that have left very few answers. Public missing-person records contain a slight discrepancy in the date associated with his disappearance: some listings use April 28, 2015, while more detailed case information states that Andrzej was last seen on April 27, 2015, at Crawford Lake Conservation Area in Milton, Ontario.
The following day, April 28, his vehicle was discovered in the parking lot of the conservation area, apparently without Andrzej. The discovery of the vehicle provided investigators with a definite location connected to his disappearance, but it did not explain where he had gone after arriving at Crawford Lake or what happened to him afterward.
At the time he vanished, Andrzej was described as approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds. He had brown hair and brown eyes, and one of his more distinctive identifying features was a birthmark below his left eye. He was reportedly wearing a black jacket and black pants when he was last seen. These details were circulated so that members of the public who might have encountered him at the conservation area, on nearby trails, along surrounding roads, or elsewhere in the region could recognize him. Available public records do not provide a detailed account of why Andrzej went to Crawford Lake, whether he intended to hike or spend time elsewhere within the conservation property, or whether anyone was known to have accompanied him. They also do not publicly establish a confirmed sighting of him after he was seen in the area.
The location of Andrzej's vehicle became one of the most important known facts in the case. Crawford Lake Conservation Area is in Milton, west of Mississauga, meaning Andrzej had traveled outside his home city before he disappeared. His vehicle being found in the conservation area's parking lot the day after his last reported sighting strongly connected his disappearance to that location, but the publicly available information does not describe evidence establishing what direction he may have traveled after leaving the vehicle, how long he may have remained in the area, or whether investigators determined that he left the conservation area by some other means. No publicly available source located for this synopsis identifies a confirmed encounter with Andrzej after his disappearance, and the limited information released over the years has left a considerable gap between his final known movements and what happened next.
Andrzej's disappearance has been recorded in Canadian missing-person resources. He has been listed with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police under case number 2015020929 and with Ontario's Missing Adults under case number ON-MM-2015-04-01670. Peel Regional Police have also been identified as the investigating police service, with the case referenced as PR150172208.11. Public appeals connected with the case have asked anyone possessing information that could assist investigators to contact Peel Regional Police or Canadian Crime Stoppers. Despite the passage of years, the publicly available records reviewed for this case do not report that Andrzej has been located, nor do they provide a definitive explanation for his disappearance.
What remains is a troubling and unresolved sequence of events: a 55-year-old Mississauga man travels to the Crawford Lake Conservation Area in Milton, is last known to have been there in late April 2015, and then disappears. His vehicle is found in the conservation area's parking lot the following day, yet no publicly confirmed trail explains where Andrzej went from there. His physical description, clothing, and distinctive birthmark have remained important identifying information, while the vehicle and conservation area remain central reference points in reconstructing his final known movements. In overview, Andrzej Popek's case is an enduring Ontario missing-person investigation defined by a confirmed connection to Crawford Lake, the recovery of his unattended vehicle, and the absence of publicly known evidence establishing what happened to him afterward.Last Seen: Apr 28, 2015
