It has now been 24 years since anyone has heard from David MacDermott. The 30-year-old was last seen on Nov. 9, 2002. He reportedly went to Club Renaissance in downtown Kitchener and then to a friend’s house. “We believe that something happened in that residence the night that he went missing after celebrating his roommate’s birthday,” Amanda Shaw, MacDermott’s youngest sister, told CTV News in a 2025 interview. “We believe there was an altercation, we believe there was an accident, and we believe that there was a cover up.” MacDermott was supposed to go to a ball hockey game the next day and meet up with a friend. He failed to show up for both. Waterloo Regional Police said the last confirmed sighting of MacDermott was at his home on Mill Street. Beyond that, nothing is known. No one has ever been arrested or charged in connection to MacDermott’s disappearance. “We just want answers,” Shaw pleaded. “And more than anything, we just want to lay my brother to rest and have that closure.” Police are still hoping someone will come forward with a clue that will lead them in the right direction. At the time of his disappearance, MacDermott was 6’1” and weighed approximately 186 pounds. He had brown hair, brown eyes and a small ladybug tattoo between his shoulder blades. Anyone with information is asked to contact Waterloo Regional Police’s Major Crime Unit at 519-570-9777, extension 8191. With reporting from Hannah Schmidt
