Sunshine April Hilda Wood
Sunshine Wood’s father remembers her as a girl who loved to laugh. On Feb. 20, 2004, the 16-year-old disappeared from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Project Devote, a Manitoba task force dedicated to missing and murdered persons cases, is investigating Wood’s disappearance.
She was born on April 6, 1987, and her name was her mom’s idea. Sunshine lived on Manitoba’s Manto Sipi Cree Nation as a child.By the time she was 16, she had moved to Winnipeg, Man. for high school. She made that move in September 2003, and enrolled at Gordon Bell High School.Wood says Sunshine stayed with family at first, but at some point she moved in with a woman named Priscilla.He says he’s not sure how Sunshine came to know Priscilla, but that the woman took his daughter in.
It turns out Sunshine disappeared just before midnight the night before: She was last seen in front of the St. Regis Hotel in downtown Winnipeg on Feb. 20, 2004.A surveillance photo from that night shows Sunshine in what appears to be the hotel lobby, smiling, holding open a door.
In the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) description of Sunshine, her disappearance is referred to as out-of-character and it is noted that Sunshine was not a chronic runaway. The WPS also says she was street smart.
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She was born on April 6, 1987, and her name was her mom’s idea. Sunshine lived on Manitoba’s Manto Sipi Cree Nation as a child.By the time she was 16, she had moved to Winnipeg, Man. for high school. She made that move in September 2003, and enrolled at Gordon Bell High School.Wood says Sunshine stayed with family at first, but at some point she moved in with a woman named Priscilla.He says he’s not sure how Sunshine came to know Priscilla, but that the woman took his daughter in.
It turns out Sunshine disappeared just before midnight the night before: She was last seen in front of the St. Regis Hotel in downtown Winnipeg on Feb. 20, 2004.A surveillance photo from that night shows Sunshine in what appears to be the hotel lobby, smiling, holding open a door.
In the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) description of Sunshine, her disappearance is referred to as out-of-character and it is noted that Sunshine was not a chronic runaway. The WPS also says she was street smart.
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