Family offers $ 10,000 for news of missing son
Geology grad last seen Dec. 16 in Gastown
The family of Matthew Huszar, who’s been missing for the past month, is offering a $ 10,000 reward for information regarding his disappearance.
The 25- year- old University of B. C. geology grad was last seen outside the Lamplighter Pub in Gastown on Dec. 16 after celebrating with colleagues at a staff Christmas party.
Nobody knows what happened next. Huszar didn’t show up in Victoria the next day to meet his mom as planned, nor did he materialize after Christmas when his girlfriend came for a visit from the U. S.
There have been reported sightings on Skytrain and the Seabus, his mother Danny said, but still no word from Huszar.
Police say they have no new leads.
“The hardest part is just not knowing,” Danny said as she, along with Huszar’s father Rod and sister Rachael, announced the reward in a police scrum across the street from the pub where her son was last seen. “It just seems very bizarre that a person can disappear from a street in Vancouver and nobody has seen or heard anything.
“We’re very frustrated and frightened by the lack of any information whatsoever. We’re asking the public’s help for any information, no matter how insignificant.”
Huszar’s family says the disappearance is out of character for the man, who called himself a “rock head” and was excited about moving up in his career as a geologist.
The day he disappeared, Danny said, he had told her that morning that he was excited about going to Vancouver Island to spend Christmas with his family.
“His friends said he was not intoxicated and was in a good frame of mind. He was excited to be coming to the island,” she said, her voice breaking.
Danny said she hopes the reward will help trigger some information about what happened to her son. The family has been in constant contact with the police and, with Huszar’s friends, has launched a poster campaign and social media campaigns to generate tips.
There’s no evidence that Huszar was a victim of criminal actions or suicide, or that he left town voluntarily, she said. “We’re really desperate for any information.”
Huszar’s friend Jason Corlazzoli, who had lived with Huszar for a year and spoke to him two days before he disappeared, appealed to the public to help, saying the lack of leads was “scary and frustrating.”
“It didn’t seem as if anything was wrong with his life,” he said. “There’s no doubt in my mind somebody saw something.”
A website has been set up to help locate Huszar at www. find matthewhuszar. ca. Anyone who sees him is asked to call 911.