WARMINGTON: Missing Port Hope woman’s dad pleads for help finding Madi

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Where’s Madi?

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It’s a question many in her hometown of Port Hope have been asking for weeks.

“She will be missing 30 days Thursday,” said Port Hope Police Insp. Katie Andrews. “Her family and friends are very worried about her.”

Madison Chard, 29, has not been seen or heard from since April 19 when she disappeared in mysterious fashion.

“I saw her at 6:00 am before going to work in her room, sleeping,” her father Mark Chard, a local fire fighter, posted on Facebook this week. “Her mother saw her fly out of the house at approximately 2:00 p.m saying she was going to a friends. At 2:37 p.m Madi arrived at 142 Walton St… at 5:07 p.m she left Walton St. with (a friend). They walked to the Pharma Save area, where she separated to walk home…  Madi’s last text to her mother was at 5:49pm. Her mother sent her others that showed as delivered, but never read. All transactions from her phone stopped at that time.”

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It’s like she vanished into thin air.

But it gets stranger. When using location software they determined her phone had been to an address in Port Hope and another in Cobourg.

“There were no texts or calls made from her phone since the 19th,” said her dad. “Then her phone went dark.”

On April 22, a friend said “Madi’s phone showed up at her place but there was no case or SIM CARD…  the police have the phone now with computer forensics.”

Police have not ruled out any scenario, but Andrews said new information seems to suggest Madi may have been pushed or coerced into the clutches of a human trafficker and may be in their control somewhere between Montreal and Windsor.

“The first thing human trafficking operations do is take away a person’s phone,” said Andrews.

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Another clue is police have determined one of the locations it was at was a house “known for drug use.”

Madison’s family say she had been clean for several years but with addictions issues in the past, police are working on the theory narcotics could have played a role in this riddle.

However, her father does not buy that she would leave so quickly and with no communication. Especially when all was fine earlier in the day.

“I believe that she’s not on a binge and embarrassed to come home,” wrote Chard. “Someone has her and won’t let her go” is his “opinion.”

Police are working on that theory as well.

“People with addictions can be vulnerable,” said Andrews.

There have been cases where someone effectively gets someone hooked on drugs and then forces them to work in the slave trade. This is the fear of what may have occurred here.

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That said, Port Hope Police are working all avenues with a view to getting this much-loved woman home and have sent out pictures of her at the door steps of her last known location, as well as images of the jacket she was wearing and some of her tattoos.

And there is now also a $10,000 reward being offered to help solve this missing person’s case.

Andrews tells us “Madison has a distinctive tree of life tattoo on her left hand” and is asking “anyone who knows anything about her disappearance or her whereabouts to please contact Port Hope Police at 905-885-8123 Extension #3, email [email protected] or anonymously send a tip through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).”

Her father is also asking people to check their own surveillance videos to see if they can find a clue where she may be.

“There’s many people trying to help us figure this out,” wrote Chard. “I’m reaching out to our great community to see if anyone can help fill in the blanks and help BRING MADI HOME!”

[email protected]

Article content

Where’s Madi?

Article content

It’s a question many in her hometown of Port Hope have been asking for weeks.

“She will be missing 30 days Thursday,” said Port Hope Police Insp. Katie Andrews. “Her family and friends are very worried about her.”

Madison Chard, 29, has not been seen or heard from since April 19 when she disappeared in mysterious fashion.

“I saw her at 6:00 am before going to work in her room, sleeping,” her father Mark Chard, a local fire fighter, posted on Facebook this week. “Her mother saw her fly out of the house at approximately 2:00 p.m saying she was going to a friends. At 2:37 p.m Madi arrived at 142 Walton St… at 5:07 p.m she left Walton St. with (a friend). They walked to the Pharma Save area, where she separated to walk home…  Madi’s last text to her mother was at 5:49pm. Her mother sent her others that showed as delivered, but never read. All transactions from her phone stopped at that time.”

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It’s like she vanished into thin air.

But it gets stranger. When using location software they determined her phone had been to an address in Port Hope and another in Cobourg.

“There were no texts or calls made from her phone since the 19th,” said her dad. “Then her phone went dark.”

On April 22, a friend said “Madi’s phone showed up at her place but there was no case or SIM CARD…  the police have the phone now with computer forensics.”

Police have not ruled out any scenario, but Andrews said new information seems to suggest Madi may have been pushed or coerced into the clutches of a human trafficker and may be in their control somewhere between Montreal and Windsor.

“The first thing human trafficking operations do is take away a person’s phone,” said Andrews.

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Another clue is police have determined one of the locations it was at was a house “known for drug use.”

Madison’s family say she had been clean for several years but with addictions issues in the past, police are working on the theory narcotics could have played a role in this riddle.

However, her father does not buy that she would leave so quickly and with no communication. Especially when all was fine earlier in the day.

“I believe that she’s not on a binge and embarrassed to come home,” wrote Chard. “Someone has her and won’t let her go” is his “opinion.”

Police are working on that theory as well.

“People with addictions can be vulnerable,” said Andrews.

There have been cases where someone effectively gets someone hooked on drugs and then forces them to work in the slave trade. This is the fear of what may have occurred here.

Article content

That said, Port Hope Police are working all avenues with a view to getting this much-loved woman home and have sent out pictures of her at the door steps of her last known location, as well as images of the jacket she was wearing and some of her tattoos.

And there is now also a $10,000 reward being offered to help solve this missing person’s case.

Andrews tells us “Madison has a distinctive tree of life tattoo on her left hand” and is asking “anyone who knows anything about her disappearance or her whereabouts to please contact Port Hope Police at 905-885-8123 Extension #3, email [email protected] or anonymously send a tip through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).”

Her father is also asking people to check their own surveillance videos to see if they can find a clue where she may be.

“There’s many people trying to help us figure this out,” wrote Chard. “I’m reaching out to our great community to see if anyone can help fill in the blanks and help BRING MADI HOME!”

[email protected]