Snapshot · Crime, Conspiracy, Cults and Murder
Security cameras in Nicole Morin's apartment building had been purchased and scheduled for installation — but weren't due to be installed until the day after she vanished.
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Nicole Louise Morin was 8 years old, living in a 21-storey penthouse apartment at 627 The West Mall in Etobicoke, Toronto with her mother Jeanette, who ran a home daycare. Her father Arthur lived separately in Mississauga. Nicole's best friend was 7-year-old Melissa Elaszczuk from the same complex, and the two of them met at the building's pool regularly. On July 30, 1985 — a morning like any other — Nicole told her mother she was heading down to the pool. She wore a peach one-piece swimsuit, a green headband, red canvas shoes, and carried a beach blanket and purple towel under her arm. She stepped into the elevator. She made it to the lobby — someone later recognised her photo and confirmed it. After that, there was nothing. Jeanette was occupied with the daycare children and assumed Nicole was at the pool or playing outside. She didn't call police until around 3 PM — roughly four hours after Nicole left. The building's security cameras had been purchased and scheduled for installation the very next day. One day later, there might have been footage of what happened in that lobby. [1] — Host "Security cameras missed by one day: Security cameras in Nicole Morin's apartment building had been purchased and scheduled for installation…" 47:25
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