Ethier purchased candles, frosting, candy hearts, and a new cake pan to make a cake for her grandmother's birthday, which was going to be celebrated the next day before her grandparents went out of town. Over pizza, Ethier floated the idea of becoming a teacher and volunteering in Botswana, the country her father was from. The two girls visited several locations in New Liskeard, including a Pizza Pizza where they had lunch. Her friend, who had been doing homework in the library, decided to abandon her schoolwork early and join Ethier. Ethier left the home and travelled downtown, by chance running into her best friend at a bus stop outside the New Liskeard Public Library. Chartrand later speculated Ethier's disappointment over her broken nail was compounded by the family's financial difficulties, as their car was broken down and phone service to their house had been cut off the previous day due to unpaid bills. During this visit, Ethier broke a nail which caused her to become upset. Only Ethier, Chartrand, and Chartrand's six-year-old daughter Steffany were present at the house as Chartrand's partner, Denis Léveillé, and her son, Jason, were out of town.
On the morning of Saturday 28 September 1996, Ethier visited the home of her mother's close friend, Sylvie Chartrand. Disappearance Įthier was last seen crossing to the south side of the Armstrong Street Bridge (right). She had not been diagnosed with any mental illness and was not taking any medications, and friends who knew her at the time of her disappearance do not believe she was suffering from an undiagnosed condition. In September 1996, Ethier stood 5'5" tall weighed approximately 120 lbs and had brown eyes and long, braided black hair. Ethier's mother also worked at the daycare while also taking college courses in Sudbury. The Garderie Richelieu she worked at was attached to her high school Ethier would open the facility early in the morning, go to school, return after school to help the younger children off the bus, and remain until it closed in the evening. She intended to become a teacher after graduating from high school. Ethier was employed at a local daycare, the Garderie Richelieu, and learning self-defence from a family friend.
Īt the time of her disappearance, the combined population of New Liskeard and its neighbouring communities was roughly 11,000. Ethier's father, with whom she had no relationship, was from Botswana and met her mother while attending a mining school in neighbouring Haileybury, but was relocated to another school during the pregnancy and returned to Africa once his schooling was complete. She was one of only three black girls in the community. She acted as a "second mother" to her younger sister, Jessie, who was five years old in September 1996. She is the daughter of Celine Ethier, whose family had moved to the New Liskeard area when she was six years old. Ethier has been described as being "salt of the earth" and having a "lovely personality". Melanie Ethier was an honours student at École secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie in New Liskeard, Ontario. As of 2022, Ethier's whereabouts and the circumstances of her disappearance remain unknown. Melanie Nadia "Mel" Ethier (born 25 December 1980) is a Canadian teenager who disappeared in New Liskeard, Ontario, in 1996.
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