Ardeth Wood, a 27-year-old PhD student and promising academic, disappeared while cycling along a wooded pathway in Ottawa. Her disappearance triggered one of the city’s largest search efforts, with volunteers and police combing the area for days. Her body was discovered five days later in a secluded section of the Ottawa River pathway system. Investigators linked her death to a series of assaults in the region, eventually identifying Chris Myers as the killer through DNA evidence years later. The case shocked the nation and underscored the dangers faced by women even in seemingly safe public spaces.