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Nicole Morin disappearance still a mystery 30 years later

A Toronto father is still holding out hope his daughter will come home more than 30 years after she went missing as an 8-year-old.

Toronto police staged re-enactment of 8-year-old’s disappearance last year

A 30-year-old mystery

10 years ago
Duration 2:26
Toronto police are still looking for Nicole Morin, decades after she disappeared in Etobicoke.

A Toronto father is still holding out hope his daughter will come home more than 30 years after she went missing as an 8-year-old.

Nicole Morin disappeared on July 30, 1985 after leaving her Etobicoke apartment building to meet a friend. When she didn't return Toronto police launched a massive search, but turned up nothing about where the little girl could be.

Nicole's father, Art Morin, said he was sure police would find Nicole, but after years of searching "you start to get the message that maybe you're not going to find her."

Morin, 76, still lives in the neighbourhood where his daughter went missing and is still hoping the police will crack the case. Just last year, police staged a re-enactment of the girl's disappearance which generated a tip.

Det. Sgt. Madelaine Tretter said while Nicole's disappearance is a "mystery" the investigation is ongoing.

"When you look at that face and eyes, doesn't matter how many years go by, we're never going to stop looking," she said.

For more on the search, check out the report by the CBC's Michelle Cheung in the video above.