Saskatoon family hopes miracle will bring Mackenzie Trottier home
Global News
Family members hope for a Christmas miracle that Mackenzie Lee Trottier, who has been missing for a year, will return home.
Mackenzie Lee Trottier‘s presents from last Christmas remain unopened.
They were placed under the tree along with the rest of her family’s gifts in their Saskatoon home. Four days before the holiday, one year ago, the 22-year-old disappeared.
“Her presents eventually, after a month or two, got packed up and put into the closet and are waiting for her,” her father Paul Trottier said in a telephone interview.
Family members hope for a Christmas miracle that she’ll return this year.
“Mackenzie was a huge fan of Christmas. She usually made stuff by hand for family. So that is going to be a challenge again this year,” her father said.
The tree is not up at the Trottier home and neither are stockings or lights. Milestones have been particularly difficult for family and friends who have been searching for the woman over the last year.
They describe her as an old soul, caring, with a passion for saving animals.
“It’s like missing a piece of your body,” Trottier said. “So you hobble around in some regards, and do the best you can, but you’re still missing that piece of your family, that piece of you.”