On July 8, 2013, Edylene Mounga, a 39-year-old Black woman, disappeared from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, along with her two young children. At approximately 5:30 a.m. that morning, Edylene was last seen with her two-year-old twins, Jason Elliot Bathily and Clarene Bathily, at a shelter in downtown Toronto. Jason and Clarene, a brother and sister born in 2011, were both in their mother's company when the family was last observed. What happened after that early-morning sighting remains unknown. The three were subsequently reported missing, prompting an investigation by the Toronto Police Service. The circumstances surrounding their departure from the shelter have never been fully explained in publicly available reports. There has been no confirmed public account establishing where Edylene and her children went, whether they remained together after leaving the shelter, or what circumstances contributed to their disappearance.
Their sudden absence was particularly concerning because both children were only two years old and entirely dependent on adults for their care and protection.
At the time of her disappearance, Edylene was described as approximately 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 130 pounds, with a medium build. She was last seen wearing a black shirt and brown pants. Her birth year was recorded as 1973, and official missing-person records also identify her by the alternate name Adylene Mounga. The narrative accompanying the national case listing uses the spelling Adelyne Mounga. Her son, Jason Elliot Bathily, was described as approximately 3 feet tall and weighing 40 pounds. His twin sister, Clarene Bathily, was also approximately 3 feet tall but weighed about 31 pounds. Both children were identified as Black in their missing-person descriptions. Although the three family members were last seen together, investigators have not publicly established their intended destination or disclosed whether they had transportation, financial resources, or assistance from another individual. The available information also does not establish whether Edylene had made plans to travel outside Toronto. These unanswered questions have made the circumstances of the family's disappearance especially difficult to understand.
On July 9, 2013, just one day after the family was last seen, Toronto police appealed to the public for assistance in locating Edylene and her children. Contemporary news coverage reported that investigators were searching for the mother and her twins after their disappearance from the downtown shelter. Police expressed concern for their safety and asked anyone who might have seen them or possessed information about their whereabouts to come forward. The initial public appeal emphasized the young ages of the children and provided identifying information intended to help members of the public recognize them. Despite this early attention, publicly available reporting provides few details about the subsequent investigation. No verified later sightings, confirmed travel movements, or definitive explanations for the family's disappearance have been publicly documented. There is also no publicly confirmed evidence establishing that Edylene or her children were victims of a crime, and the available reports do not identify any suspects or arrests associated with their disappearance. The absence of those details leaves open significant questions about what occurred after their last known sighting.
As the years passed, the disappearance of Edylene Mounga and her twins remained documented in Canada's national missing-person records. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Canada's Missing database includes all three family members under case reference number 2014006175, identifying Toronto as the location of their disappearance and July 8, 2013, as the date they were last seen. The case remained publicly listed as missing in the national records available in August 2026, more than thirteen years after the family vanished. The continued listing underscores the absence of a publicly confirmed resolution. Although the circumstances of the investigation have not been extensively detailed in news reports, the family's disappearance remains a matter of concern because it involves a mother and two very young children who vanished together. Without additional verified information, it is impossible to determine whether the family left voluntarily, encountered unexpected difficulties, or experienced circumstances that prevented them from contacting others. None of these possibilities has been established as an explanation for what happened.
Anyone possessing information about Edylene Mounga, Jason Elliot Bathily, or Clarene Bathily is encouraged to contact the Toronto Police Service Missing Persons Unit at 416-808-7411 and reference case number 4824908.D14. Information may also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Even a seemingly minor observation from the period surrounding their disappearance could help investigators better understand the family's movements. Edylene was a mother last seen caring for her two small children in downtown Toronto during the early morning hours of July 8, 2013. Since that moment, their whereabouts have remained publicly unaccounted for, leaving a troubling gap in the known history of three members of the same family. Their case is distinguished by the simultaneous disappearance of a mother and her twin toddlers, the limited information about what occurred after they were last seen, and the many years that have passed without a publicly confirmed resolution. The central question remains what happened to Edylene, Jason, and Clarene after they were last observed together, and whether someone may still possess information that could finally explain their disappearance.Last Seen: Jul 8, 2013
