At the height of Vancouver's housing boom in 2016, Patryk Gwardys was clearing $150,000 a year as a real estate agent. The answer to the mystery of his disappearance was explained last month by an Australian criminal appeal court. 'Too late to withdraw'The appeal court judges in New South Wales, Australia, rejected Gwardys' bid to appeal a six-year sentence for drug trafficking. "A frisk search returned no results and the offender refused to consent to a body scan," the appeal court ruling said. A psychologist told the court Gwardys was depressed.

Source: CBC News April 27, 2019 07:52 UTC