EARLY LIFE:
Meagan Pilon was born on October 6, 1997. Of Métis descent, she lived with her father, Marc Pilon, after her mother passed away of an OxyContin overdose when she was just six years old.
Without a primary female figure in her life, Marc realized his daughter needed another role model and thus connected Meagan with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Sudbury. She also spent several years participating in Sudbury Youth Roks, a local youth music program.
Megan is said to have been a bubbly and energetic teenager, who loved to play hockey with her father and brother. She also loved being around people, which unfortunately led to her hanging out with a rough crowd. Prior to her disappearance, she’d struggled with substance abuse and depression.
DISAPPEARANCE:
Meagan was last seen on either September 11 or 12, 2013 (sources vary), in the New Sudbury area. She’d visited her father in the hospital, where he was recovering from back surgery. The pair had a brief conversation, after which Meagan left in an unfamiliar vehicle. Marc later said he was concerned after this encounter, as his daughter was acting strange, leading him to believe she may have been using again.
After leaving the hospital, it’s believed Meagan went to her brother’s residence on Notre Dame Avenue, then briefly to the townhouse she shared with her father. Marc remained in the hospital that entire weekend, during which he tried to call his daughter dozens of times, with no response.
Concerned, he sent a friend to the house to check on Meagan, but the 15-year-old wasn’t there. What’s more, the residence had been trashed. According to Marc, his daughter had left behind her bank card, health card and birth certificate. He alleges it took the local authorities a week to take a formal statement from him, once he’d reported Meagan missing.
INVESTIGATION:
Since Meagan was reported missing, detectives have followed up on numerous leads and interviewed several witnesses. The Greater Sudbury Police Service has said the investigation will remain ongoing until the missing teenager has been found.
There have been several reported sightings of Meagan across northern Ontario, including in Sudbury, Espanola, West Nipissing and on Manitoulin Island. However, none have been confirmed. In regard to the Espanola sighting, it’s reported that the 15-year-old was possibly in the region around the time of her disappearance.
Meagan’s family fears she may have been lured into the sex trade and, as such, they’ve accepted she’s likely deceased. In the months immediately after she went missing, they distributed flyers throughout Sudbury, leading to tips that said she’d been seen in the company of adult men, ripping down the posters.
In 2014, Marc turned to the ID television series Last Seen Alive, to raise awareness about the case. It resulted in additional tips being called in from as far away as Florida, but none led to Meagan’s whereabouts.
Six years later, in 2020, investigators released an age-progression image of what Meagan may have looked like at 23 years old. That same year, a tip led Please Bring Me Home to conduct a ground search of the area around Mountain View Fishing & Hunting Lodge, near Markstay. The organization also began keeping an eye on an escort site, going so far as to post an appeal on it.
Please Bring Me Home conducted another search in August 2024, this time in the Burwash and Pine Street areas of Sudbury. While bones were found, they were later identified as animal remains.
There’s a Facebook group dedicated to Meagan’s case, Finding Meagan Pilon of Sudbury Ontario.
DETAILS:
Meagan Pilon was last seen on either September 11 or 12, 2013, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. She was 15 years old. Given the lack of information surrounding her disappearance, a description of what she was wearing is unavailable.
At the time she went missing, Meagan stood at 5’10” and weighed 140 pounds. She has dark/black hair, hazel eyes, a small scar on her right upper lip, a Playboy tattoo on her left shoulder blade and a red birthmark on her left inner-chest.
CASE CONTACT INFORMATION:
Currently, Meagan’s case is classified as a missing person’s investigation. Foul play cannot be ruled out, given the amount of time that’s passed since she was last seen.
Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to contact the Greater Sudbury Police Service at (705) 675-9171. Tips can also be submitted anonymously via Crime Stoppers in (702) 222-8477.
Image Credit: Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers/Greater Sudbury Police Service
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