To the Find Ontario Missing Boys Community,
Since our last update, your continued support has uplifted this urgent mission — and it’s because of your shares, advocacy, and belief in this work that I can now say:
we are bringing our boys home.
Recently, James — who had been missing since September 2024 — was found.
Out of respect for his healing and privacy, I cannot share further details, but please know this: his family and I thank you deeply for your prayers, shares, and unwavering support.
This movement continues, because the crisis continues.
🔴 Jay’siiah, 16, from Brampton, has been missing since March 27, 2025.
He was last seen near Ivor Cres & Hoxton Rd wearing a black Nike Tech tracksuit and a black FILA duffel bag with lime green trim. His location was later tracked to Saskatchewan, which was evacuated due to forest fires. Jay’siiah has not been heard from since May 16, and we now believe his case may involve cross-provincial trafficking.
🔴 D’André, 16, from Toronto, has been missing since March 20, 2025.
He was last seen near University Avenue & Armoury Street in downtown Toronto. His build is thin, and he stands about 5’10". He was wearing a hoodie and grey sweatpants.
🔴 Azariah, 14, also from Toronto, has been missing since June 19, 2025.
She was last seen in the Yonge & Asquith Ave area, wearing a crop top, black shorts, and black running shoes. She carries a faint scar on her right cheek and was last seen carrying a brown bag.
These are our children.
In recent weeks, I travelled to Sarnia, one of Ontario’s confirmed red zones. There, I met with Victim Services, social workers, and the Mayor’s Office. I want to sincerely thank them for welcoming me and for taking the time to hear the truth about the crisis we’re facing.
I’m demanding systemic change — not only in how missing Black children are treated when they disappear, but in how they are supported, protected, and cared for when they return.
We know what’s happening:
Our youth are being lured, targeted, and brainwashed by traffickers — and moved into areas like Thunder Bay, Barrie, Orillia, Niagara, London, Windsor, and Sarnia — often border cities — where they are forced into illegal activity, cut off from their families, and stripped of their identities.
When found by authorities, they are too often criminalized instead of protected — a cruel, broken reality we must confront and end.
When we find them, they are traumatized — but treated with love and care by the families who, in desperation, came looking for them.
Let me be clear:
This is happening to kids from all walks of life — suburban, middle-class, two-parent households.
No family is immune.
We need education.
We need accountability.
We need prevention.
In 2021, Justice Gloria Epstein issued 151 recommendations in the Missing and Missed report, which outlined how Toronto Police failed in handling missing persons cases — particularly those involving vulnerable and marginalized people.
Many of those recommendations still have not been implemented.
That’s why I launched this GoFundMe to support the next phase of this movement:
Your donations directly fund:
Travel to red zones to support families and search on the ground
Community town halls and school safety education
Therapy and legal aid for recovered youth
Direct outreach to mayors, MPs, MPPs, police, and media
Flyers, awareness campaigns, and data collection
This is about more than just finding the missing — it’s about demanding justice, changing policy, and making sure this doesn’t keep happening to our children.
📣 Follow the movement on Instagram: @findontariomissingboys
📣 Share the petition. Share the flyers. Say their names.
We will not stop until every single child is accounted for and protected.
Thank you for standing with us.
Thank you for standing with them.
With love and determination,
Shana McCalla
Founder, Find Ontario Missing Boys