These 4 people have been missing for years. Guelph police renew calls for help to find them | CBC News
Police in Guelph, Ont., have released photos of four people who have been missing for years in the hopes it will spark a memory and lead to information about where they went.
The oldest case dates back to the mid-1970s and most recently was 2004.
Scott Tracey, the media relations coordinator for Guelph Police Service, says missing persons cases leave family and friends “left forever wondering what happened.”
“They’re among the most difficult types of cases for those left behind … they’re here one day and the next day you have no idea where they are, what’s happened to them,” Tracey said.
“So that’s why it’s important for us to continue investigating these cases, continue putting the information out to the public, and try and resolve these cases. And that could be, you know, ideally through locating them or at least learning what happened to them, just to, you know, provide that information and, and that closure for the families.”
Tracey says the four missing persons cases are the only outstanding cases in their major case unit files. The service will also distribute the historic missing persons cases information to other police services across the country and internationally in the event they are encountered through other investigations.
Below are the people who remain missing and who police hope the public can help them locate.
John Zuern
John Zuern, who was from Guelph, was a 21-year-old patient at a hospital in London, Ont., in June of 1975. He had suffered from mental health issues. Zuern left without permission and was declared missing on July 21, 1975.
There was a reported sighting of John Zuern in Toronto in 1980. Police say he was spotted in the area of Bloor Street W. and Spadina Avenue and appeared to be living on the street.
Zuern was 26 at the time, standing at five feet, 11 inches tall with a thin build and weighing around 140 pounds. It was noticed he had a pronounced limp.
David Krueger
A business partner of David Krueger’s called police on May 2, 1979 to let them know he hadn’t seen him in about a week. They ran a hot tub business together and there has been some financial issues. It was also around that time that Kreuger’s mother passed.
Police believe he may have been experiencing depression.
The last two clues Guelph police received about the Guelph man’s disappearance was an April 25, 1979 report that he was spoken to by the Waterloo Regional Police Service. There was no indication what police spoke to him about.
Then in late June 1979, his 1967 brown half-ton pick up truck was found abandoned near the Finch Avenue TTC Station in Toronto.
Before he disappeared, Krueger had also worked in the oil fields of Alberta.
If David Krueger was alive he would be 73. Police say he had a “distinctive port wine” birthmark on his lower right leg.
Anne Matthews
Anne Matthews, 41, left the Homewood Health Centre in Guelph on December 7,1983 on foot and was never seen again.
Matthews was last seen wearing a red felt coat with black embroidery around the bottom and fox fur around the hood, a light-coloured turtleneck sweater, dark slacks and beige boots.
At the time police conducted an extensive ground search but she was not located and they have never received any information about her since 1983.
Wilfred Bruder
Wilfred Bruder, 50, used a payphone at Willow West Mall on February 28, 2004, but has not been seen or heard from since then.
Bruder, who would now be 70 years old, is described as five feet five inches tall, with a medium build. He was partially balding at the time, had short brown hair, a moustache and was missing the ring finger on his left hand. He went by the nickname Wolf.
