Case Analysis

Katrina Blagdon, a 37-year-old mother of two boys, was living in St. Catharines when she went missing. Her disappearance prompted searches in the area, as well as near the Niagara region, which still happens to this day. But after four months of little movement in Blagdon’s case, she has yet to be found. The last known sighting of Blagdon was at Firehouse Subs on Fourth Avenue in St. Catharines, where security cameras recorded her picking up food with her boyfriend, around 6 p.m. on December 31. There’s been no trace of Blagdon, until that is, when the family received new information that her phone was pinged a couple of days after she went missing alongside another phone that was also pinged. Blagdon had also served in the military for 14 years, where she was served as a corporal in supply tech and did 10 months in Afghanistan. In the days and weeks following her disappearance, Leights said she’s been living for the weekends when groups of people will come out to help her search areas for her daughter or any trace of her. But not everyone has been cooperative, Leights revealed, although she wouldn’t elaborate on specifics of who she was referring to and the circumstances. Despite the roadblocks in Blagdon’s case, Leights continues to hold out hope and pleads for anyone with information to come forward. “Katrina — she’s kind, she’s lovely, she’s funny. She just loved people in general. She’d help anybody out,” Leights said. “Please, please, with every ounce that you have inside of yourself, help us locate Katrina. If you know something, because this is devastating on all who know her and love her. Please come forward. In the darkest days of our lives — please.” There is now a $20,000 reward issued to help bring Blagdon home.