After Two-Week Search, Missing Toronto Teen Found Safe

Key Points:

• Fourteen-year-old Esti, who had been missing for nearly two weeks, was found safe by Toronto Police Service members at a residence in Etobicoke around 1:00 p.m., following a phone call she made from a train station earlier that day.
• Esti, who is on the autism spectrum, was reported missing on May 16 near Bathurst Street and Hotspur Road in North York, prompting a Level 1 search operation involving canine, mounted, and marine units, as well as extensive community involvement.
• Hundreds of volunteers, local askonim, and specialized search teams from New York, including Chaverim of Rockland and Matzil Search & Rescue, collaborated with police in a large-scale, cross-border effort to locate her.
• Esti is currently undergoing medical and emotional evaluation at a hospital, while police have launched an investigation to determine if any criminal activity was involved in her disappearance.
• Esti’s family expressed profound gratitude for the overwhelming community support and police efforts, with her father releasing an emotional message thanking everyone involved in the search and rescue.