Missing American CODA woman in Toronto

[Transcript] There is a 34-year-old American woman who is a CODA (child of deaf adults) who has been missing since October 22. Her name is April Burkle. She is from Baytown, Texas and was last seen in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on October 21.

She is officially listed as a missing person by Texas EquuSearch and the Toronto Police, and both organizations have posted on social media for the public’s help in finding her.

A friend of April, Alexis Cauthen, reached out to “The Daily Moth” to ask for the public’s help for any information on her whereabouts. Cauthen has already reached out to several news organizations who have posted articles.

Cauthen said she is concerned about April’s mental health because she is traumatized from losing her two sons in 2014 from an EF4 tornado that hit Vilonia, Arkansas.

A KATV news article in Arkansas confirms that April lost two boys, ages 7 and 8, from a tornado. The storm killed 14 other people. April was formerly married to a man named Daniel Smith.

Cauthen said she believes if April is in some trouble or suffering from some kind of mental health crisis, she would likely find comfort and seek help through the deaf community. She said April is fluent in ASL.

Cauthen said after the tornado incident, she traveled across the country to speak about her experiences and sang worship music at churches, but that lately she has not been acting like herself.

Cauthen explained that she flew to Toronto to visit a friend in Hamilton on October 10 but was frantic and upset in the airport. She refused to ride with the friend to leave the airport. She then got on a cab to go to Toronto.

She was last heard from on October 21 when she was at a Toronto police station with a 44-year-old mental health patient who had left his facility without permission.

If you have any information, Cauthen is asking you to reach out by texting the tip line at 501-269-0770 or to call the Toronto Police.

https://twitter.com/TPSOperations/status/1188886929431023617

https://www.facebook.com/txeqorg/photos/missing-april-burkle-toronto-canada-10211934-year-old-april-burkle-who-is-a-resi/2922073261158412/

https://katv.com/news/local/woman-who-lost-2-kids-in-2014-tornado-now-missing-in-toronto?fbclid=IwAR3Oo16nyg9kAUOJsjrteb00CWg0_q-z37wzBQIdt1tP0VubzKH4cAjgdjw

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/10/30/toronto-police-seeking-missing-american-whose-two-children-died-in-a-2014-tornado.html?fbclid=IwAR3j-i1agf5GzFujR_KRlj5TH6salO-1SboCPPFP0pOpqwpI0IvKD-F7YeI

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