Kristofer Couture

The Vanished Podcast

Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

4.5 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

On January 27, 2019, an off-duty law enforcement officer observed an abandoned car at a popular trailhead in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The vehicle had a broken rear window, and the police later impounded it, but no one ever came forward. Several months later, the RCMP sent a notice to its registered owner, 25-year-old Kristofer Couture, a native of Alberta. By that time, it was May, and no one had seen or heard from Kristofer in over three months.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Kristofer Couture, please call the Chilliwack Royal Canadian Mounted Police at 604-792-4611. You may also call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Kristofer’s family is offering a reward of $10,000. You can follow Kristofer’s story on social media at Missing: Kristofer (Kris) Couture.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:06.0	Music
0:22.0	Go with your gut feel if you think something's wrong.
0:26.0	When you phone up to the least and you say your adult child is missing,
0:30.0	one of the comments I got back was, how do you know he just didn't want to talk to you?
0:35.0	No, I know my son something's wrong. So don't listen to the police if you know there's something wrong in your gut.
0:44.0	There's a matter what they say. Forci-issue, make them open that police file.
0:50.0	Don't just go, it's the police telling me you say, no, you don't know that.
0:55.0	That's what I would say. Keep fighting for what you believe is right.
0:59.0	Bottom line is I love my son.
1:02.0	On January 27, 2019, an off-duty law enforcement officer observed an abandoned car at a popular trailhead in Chilawak, British Columbia.
1:14.0	The rear window of the car was broken and the police eventually impounded it.
1:19.0	But no one ever came forward. In several months later they sent a notice to its registered owner,
1:25.0	25-year-old Christopher Kuchor, a native of Alberta. By that time it was May and no one had seen or heard from Christopher in over three months.
1:36.0	I'm Marissa and from Wondery this is episode 282 of The Vanished, Christopher Kuchor's story.
2:00.0	When the off-duty Royal Canadian mounted police officer noticed Christopher Kuchor's car in the parking lot of the Elk Mountain Trail in Chilawak, British Columbia,
2:09.0	he saw that the rear window was smashed. It wasn't uncommon for hikers to leave their cars at the trailhead.
2:16.0	But this car appeared to be abandoned and it was January when the temperatures averaged 25-35 degrees Fahrenheit.
2:24.0	So the officer marked the car as abandoned with a police sticker and went on with his day. This was January 27th, 2019.
2:33.0	It would be more than 90 days before Christopher's mother Eva found out that his car had been abandoned and towed by the police.
2:40.0	And she only learned of it because the RCMP sent Christopher, the registered owner, a notice to his mother's address.
2:48.0	Until that time, Eva wasn't sure why she hadn't heard from her youngest son, but she knew that something wasn't right.
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