Homicide Unit investigating Markham woman’s ‘suspicious’ disappearance

The “suspicious” disappearance of a Markham woman is being investigated by York Regional Police’s Homicide Unit.

Investigators say real estate agent, Yuk-Ying Anita Mui, 56, was last seen by family members at around 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, when she left her home in the Baycliffe Road and Warden Avenue area.

She spoke to the family at 11 a.m. but hasn’t been seen or heard from since.

While investigating her disappearance, police say they located her vehicle, a white 2024 Mercedes Benz GLE450 SUV, in the Finch Avenue East and Warden Avenue area on Friday afternoon. (A photo of that model vehicle is below).

“Police and Mui’s family are concerned for her well-being,” a police release states. “This is out of character for her, and the circumstances surrounding her disappearance are being treated as suspicious.”

Mui is described as Chinese, five feet six inches tall and 130 pounds with a medium build, brown eyes and straight shoulder-length black hair.

In an update on Monday afternoon, York Police Constable Lisa Moskaluk said while there’s no evidence to suggest Mui has been met with harm, the circumstances surrounding her disappearance are worrisome.

“She does have regular contact with her family and the fact that she hasn’t checked in with them is enough for them to be concerned and for the police to be concerned at this point,” she said.

Const. Lisa Moskaluk added that there’s nothing to suggest at this point that her disappearance is connected to any other recent missing persons cases, or that she was the victim of a carjacking.

York police note that the Homicide Unit investigates all disappearances that are deemed suspicious.