‘I just want him home’: Wife of missing Toronto man pleads for his safe return

February 24, 2025 Canuck

Toronto police are searching for a 29-year-old man — a husband and a father — who has been missing since he left his east end home more than a week ago.

Andrew Sutton was last seen on Sunday, Feb. 16 in the area of Danforth and Coxwell Avenues shortly before 5 a.m., police said in a Feb. 17 news release.

“Andrew remains missing at this time, and we understand the concern this brings to the community,” Const. Cindy Chung, spokesperson for the Toronto police, said in an email on Monday.

“Our officers are actively investigating, conducting ground searches, following up on leads, and keeping Andrew’s family informed.”

Police said they have not set up a command post. If police determine that a command post is needed, then one will be set up, police said.

‘I’m not doing well,’ wife of missing man says

Maddison Sutton, his wife, said in an interview with CBC Toronto on Monday that her husband may be having a mental health crisis and she is worried for his safety. The couple has an 18-month-old daughter, Daisy.

Andrew, originally from Barrie, works as a bartender at The Keg Mansion, she said. He was due at work on Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. but did not show up for work.

“I’m not doing well. Not well at all,” Maddison said. “I’m trying to get through this, but I miss him so much and I just want him home.”

Before Andrew left the home, Maddison said the couple had an argument at 4:50 a.m. that Sunday. She declined to elaborate on the nature of the argument, saying it is a family matter.

Maddison said Andrew told her that he was going to his sister’s house, but he never showed up. Since he left, his phone has been turned off and no transactions have been made on his debit or credit cards. None of his extended family members have heard from him, she said.

Andrew Sutton 1 — Andrew Sutton, 29, was last seen on Sunday, Feb. 16 in the area of Danforth and Coxwell Avenues shortly before 5 a.m., police said in a Feb. 17 news release. (Submitted by Toronto Police Service)

Maddison said police told her Andrew was last spotted in the area of Danforth and Broadview avenues on the morning of Feb. 16. She also said police had searched under the Prince Edward Viaduct with police dogs and that there has been no trace of him. Police have not confirmed this sighting with CBC Toronto.

Maddison said Andrew’s abrupt departure is out of character for him and that he has never left before.

“He’s an amazing person. He’s a great dad. He’s funny, he’s really loving. Everyone that meets him will say he’s the nicest guy. He’ll go out of his way to do anything for Daisy and I.”

His disappearance has been hard on Daisy too, she said.

“She’s definitely missing her dad. She’s calling his name a lot and checking for him. I don’t think she really understands what’s happening. But he was there one day and then he wasn’t. He would get up every morning with her and make breakfast and play with her,” she said. “He wouldn’t leave Daisy like this.”

Missing person posters put up around city

After Andrew left, Maddison said she started calling everyone she knew.

On Feb. 16 at 11 a.m., Maddison reported him missing to police. On Feb. 17, she posted about his disappearance on the Facebook page of the Danforth — East York — Woodbine Community. The post went viral. Soon after, she and family members were printing posters.

Andrew’s face is now on missing person posters all over the city.

Ring camera footage has surfaced of him walking across Danforth Avenue west of Coxwell Avenue not long after he left, Maddison said. Police have not verified the video.

“He did have a backpack and then he lost it, it looks like in footage,” she said. “I’m hoping his wallet was in there and that’s why he’s not. Andrew is a bartender, so he did have cash on him. So that’s what we’re just holding on to.”

Maddison Sutton says of her daughter Daisy: 'She's definitely missing her dad. She's calling his name a lot and checking for him. I don't think she really understands what's happening.' — Maddison Sutton says of her daughter Daisy: ‘She’s definitely missing her dad. She’s calling his name a lot and checking for him. I don’t think she really understands what’s happening.’ (Grant Linton/CBC)

Maddison is holding onto hope with the help of the Danforth-Woodbine community. She said she has support from her family, friends, boss, Andrew’s family, and the local community.

“I’ve had people offered to babysit, to bring me food and groceries, and just to be out there searching for Andrew. That’s all we really want is everyone searching for Andrew, looking for him. If you’ve seen him, please, please, please call it in,” she said.

“If he sees this, I want him to know that we love him. And that I’d do anything in the world for him and that Daisy misses him and I just want him to come home.”

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Maddison pay for rent, childcare and groceries while the search continues for her husband. More than $13,000 has been raised.

Andrew is described as 5 foot 10, 180 lbs., with short curly brown hair, brown facial hair and a nose ring. He was last seen wearing a grey crew neck sweater, black pants, white Nike Air Force 1 shoes, and was carrying a black backpack. Police said they are concerned for his safety.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5500, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

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