Friday marks the second anniversary since Elnaz Hajtamiri disappeared, and police continue to search for answers to what happened to the woman from Richmond Hill, Ont. who is now presumed dead.
“The lengths for which the OPP and, our policing partners, and the public have contributed in our efforts to try and locate Elnaz has been unprecedented, in my opinion,” said OPP Det. Insp. John Power.
Investigators say on the night of January 12, 2022, three men posing as cops and claiming to have a warrant for her arrest dragged Hajtamiri from the Wasaga Beach home where she had been allegedly hiding with family. They say she was forcibly put into a stolen white Lexus SUV.
No one has seen or heard from her since.
Hajtamiri’s former boyfriend, Mohamad Lilo, a 36-year-old man from Quebec, has since been charged with first-degree murder(opens in a new tab).
Investigators believe Lilo, whom police say owns a shipping container business, is the common thread between a December 2021 frying pan attack on Hajtamiri in a parking garage in Richmond Hill and her disappearance weeks later.
He has been in custody since his arrest in July 2022.
