Robert E. Austin, 69 and known locally as Bob, was last heard from on the evening of Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in the Baysville area of Muskoka. The Ontario Provincial Police Huntsville detachment listed him as a missing person and described him as 5 feet 7 inches, thin, with salt-and-pepper hair and a long matching beard.

Family members used social media to appeal for help. More than 100 volunteers joined professional search-and-rescue teams, and a helicopter was used in the ground-and-air search. Witnesses reported seeing a man resembling Robert in Baysville, possibly with a bicycle, but that lead and others did not produce concrete information.

There have been no significant new leads reported and his whereabouts remain unknown. If anyone saw Robert around Baysville on or after June 4, 2024, or has information about his movements that evening, please come forward.