A reward of $100,000 is being offered to anyone with information leading to the location of a woman who was abducted from a residence in Ontario a year ago, say the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
“My biggest hope is that she is alive. My greatest fear is that she is not,” he said.
Police released sketches of two of her kidnappers for the first time on Jan. 12.
Graham described the first suspect as roughly six feet tall, with light brown skin and a long, narrow face. The second suspect is estimated to be five feet nine with darker skin, and was wearing white cream shoes with a plastic toecap. He also wore cotton black gloves and carried imitation handcuffs. A third suspect is about five foot nine inches with lighter skin, possibly of Middle Eastern origin, who was believed to be carrying a firearm in his jacket.
Hajtamiri was at a home in Wasaga Beach, Ont., when three men dressed in fake police gear barged in and “arrested” her. Footage shows three masked men putting Hajtamiri into a 2016 to 2022 model White Lexus RX-350, Graham said.
Lilo, 35, has been charged with attempted murder and attempted abduction in connection with that incident. Two others, Riyasat Singh, 23, of Mississauga and Harshdeep Binner, 24, of Brampton, were also arrested and charged in the attack. The two men were on a Canada-wide wanted list, according to CTV.
‘Do the Right Thing’
During the Jan. 12 press conference, Graham read a statement from Hajtamiri’s mother, Fariba, who urged anyone with information of her daughter’s location to “do the right thing” and share that knowledge.“It is difficult to face the fact that it has been one long painful year since we last saw our beautiful daughter Elnaz. We open our eyes every morning thinking this will be the day she calls to tell us she is alive and safe. But that day never comes,” she said.
“We are perpetually living in a limbo of emotions. And until we know what happened to her, we can’t break out of this endless loop and move forward with the next stage of grief—acceptance.”
“We know there are people out there who have information and who may be contemplating whether to come forward,” Fariba added.
“We pray that you will do the right thing and help us out of the suffering and bring justice for Elnaz.”