Watch above: The family of a 21-year-old man who went missing from Edmonton six years ago is holding onto hope that he will be found. Laurel Gregory has more on the disappearance of Dylan Koshman.
EDMONTON – It has now been nearly six years since Dylan Koshman disappeared in south Edmonton.
Koshman’s family is still searching for answers.
“You dream and then you wake up and you realize that you’re living in a nightmare,” said Koshman’s mother Melanie Alix. “Without your loved one, everything is changed.”
Last year at this time, investigators told Global News there was very little information about what happened to Koshman.
In the hours before his disappearance on October 11, 2008, Koshman was at a party with his cousins at their rented home in the area of 104 Street and 33 Avenue.
Police say the four young men got into an argument and Koshman stormed off shortly after 2 a.m. He was reported missing to police by his girlfriend four days later. There has been no answer on his cell phone and no activity on his bank account since his disappearance.
“The wound of him disappearing six years ago is still wide open,” said Alix.
“There is no closure. There are no answers.”
“We need, desperately – all of our family – to find Dylan and bring him home no matter what the circumstances are,” she added.
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Members of Koshman’s family joined Edmonton police’s Missing Persons Unit on Friday to speak to media about the case.
“We believe that someone out there knows something about this man’s disappearance,” said Sgt. Neil Zurawell. “Maybe they didn’t feel comfortable coming forward at the time, but people can have a change of heart, and hopefully now they will.”
“Any piece of information, no matter how small, may assist us in determining what happened to Dylan.”
Koshman was 21 years old when he went missing and would be 27 now.
“We’re keeping an open mind,” said Zurawell, “not saying it is or is not suspicious.
“We don’t know enough. We need some more information to point us in the direction as to what happened.”
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“We just really wish that if there’s one person that can help us with this to come forward, even through Crime Stoppers, we’d be grateful,” added Alix.
A candlelight vigil will be held at the hill on the southwest corner of 34 Avenue and Calgary Trail intersection at 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 11.
The theme of the vigil is hope.
“Our family is holding onto hope,” said Alix.
“We are praying for anyone that has any knowledge or information of Dylan’s whereabouts to please contact the Edmonton Police Service.
“Our family longs for peace and will continue to search for Dylan until we receive closure.”
Watch: Laurel Clark talks to police five years after Dylan Koshman disappeared in south Edmonton.
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