Winston Sinclair REDHEAD Missing Person Case

Winston Sinclair

REDHEAD

51

21

71 inches

71 inches

198 lbs

198 lbs

Indigenous

Male

In the cold of a Winnipeg winter, a young man named Winston Sinclair Redhead vanished, leaving behind a family clinging to the hope of his return. At 21 years old, Winston was last definitively seen on December 26, 1995, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Originally from the Shamattawa First Nation, a remote community in northern Manitoba, Winston had been in the city with plans to head home for the holidays. His brother had seen him just days before Christmas, on December 21, and Winston had told him he would be heading home. This promise, however, would go unfulfilled, marking the beginning of a long and painful mystery for his loved ones. The alarm was officially raised on January 19, 1996, when Winston's father, concerned after weeks of silence, reported his son missing to the RCMP. An investigation by the Winnipeg Police Service pieced together his last known movements. The final confirmed contact with Winston was by staff at the Main Street Project, an organization that assists vulnerable individuals in Winnipeg. On December 26, he told the staff there that he was "heading back up north." After that conversation, he was never seen or heard from again. He was described as an Indigenous male, standing 5'11" tall and weighing around 198 pounds, with black, wavy hair and brown eyes. He had noticeable scars on both of his knees, his left wrist, and his left forearm. Decades have now passed since Winston Redhead disappeared, yet his case remains unsolved. The initial hope that he might have simply returned north without telling anyone faded as days turned into weeks, and then years, with no word. His family was left in a state of perpetual uncertainty, with no answers as to what became of him after he left the Main Street Project. Investigators have suspected that foul play was involved in his disappearance. The case is a sorrowful one, representing a young man with plans to be with his family for Christmas who simply vanished. The overview of the case is that of a 21-year-old man from Shamattawa, last seen in Winnipeg after telling people he was heading north, whose disappearance has been classified as suspicious and remains an active missing persons investigation.

Dec 26, 1995

Winnipeg

Manitoba

Shamattawa RCMP

Shamattawa

Manitoba

204-565-2351

204-565-2351

Law Enforcement

2015208674

Shamattawa RCMP

Black

Brown

Brown

Build: Medium; Complexion: Dark; Hair details: Wavy

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