Thirty-seven-year-old Elnaz Hajtamiri, who also listens to the surname Tamiri, has not appeared since the night of January 12.
Ontario provincial police say three black men, dressed in police uniform but not real uniforms, were forced to break into a house on Trailwood Place on Wasaga Beach and abducted Hajtamiri.
Haitamiri lived in that house with relatives.
The suspects fled along with Hajtamiri in a white, 2016-2022 Lexus RX sport utility vehicle, police said.
Police have not yet located the suspect vehicle or the owner of the vehicle.
Investigators have linked the abduction to an attack on Haithamiri in Richmond Hill less than a month earlier.
On December 20, 2021, Haitamiri was attacked and hit with a pan in an underground parking lot on King William Crescent, police said. She was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Two male suspects fled the scene in a vehicle that has been identified as stolen from last night in North York. Police found out within hours of the attack, but no arrests have been made.
Police believe the same suspects are either involved in Hajtamiri’s abduction or can identify those responsible. Both suspects are described as being between 25 and 30 years old and their surveillance photos have been released by police.
“It’s at this point that despite calls for information about the vehicle from Hajtamiri’s abduction or anyone involved in either of the two incidents, there is no information to provide either motive or motive for these crimes,” he said. Det. Insp. said Martin Graham in a virtual press conference Tuesday morning.
Graham added that no ransom demand has been received from the police.
He also noted that police knew a man who had previously had an affair with Hajtamiri and had been charged with criminal harassment on Jan. 21 at Wasaga Beach.
Details of the incident have not been released.
Defendant was released on bail and is expected to appear in court today.
Hajtamiri’s mother, Fariba, who lives in Iran, released a videotaped message in Farsi asking the public to contact police for any information about her daughter’s abduction.
“I beg you as a mother to guide us and tell us everything you know. Please, please help us. “We are living a desperate life,” he said when translated into English.
Police ask anyone with information to contact them either through an dedicated advice line at 1-833-728-3415, the local police service or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
“We especially want to reach out to community members in the greater Toronto area and in Montreal, Quebec, where there are significant populations of people who speak both Farsi and Arabic. “We need your help to find Elnaz and provide a solution for her family,” Graham said.