On what would have been his daughter's 30th birthday, Barry Shpeley expressed anger and frustration with the investigation into her disappearance six years ago.
Shpeley held a media briefing on Friday morning outside of the Abbotsford Police Department, saying he feels the case of his daughter, Candace Shpeley of Abbotsford, has been swept aside.
"It just makes me mad. I don't know how else to explain it. It just makes me mad," he said.
Candace was reported missing on March 31, 2007. The single mother was 23 at the time and left behind two young daughters and a son.
On the day she went missing, she had lunch with her brother at an A & W restaurant in downtown Chilliwack. She visited friends in Surrey that evening.
She was scheduled to pick up her kids the following day, but she never arrived.
Her green 1995 Pontiac Grand Am was found nine days later in the area of Renfrew Street and 17 Avenue in Vancouver.
Darryl Cole, a Surrey man who died in prison in July 2011 while serving time for manslaughter, has been linked to the case.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has previously confirmed that Cole is a "person of interest" and was with Candace in the days before she disappeared.
Cole had been convicted of beating a man to death with a bat during a marijuana grow rip in Surrey in December 2007, and was sentenced to 13 1/2 years in prison.
Shpeley said his daughter's case has been mishandled from the beginning. He said it took four visits to the Abbotsford Police Department before anyone would take his concerns seriously about his daughter's disappearance.
The case was later turned over to IHIT, and Shpeley said there have been four different lead detectives over time.
He said investigators have been "dragging their feet" in interviewing other persons of interest and keeping him informed about what's going on.
"I'd like to know where my daughter is … I'd like them to pick up their feet, go talk to these people, do some type of real investigation on my daughter's case, instead of giving me the run-around."
IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Jennifer Pound said Candace's disappearance is still an active investigation, and she sympathizes with families going through such circumstances.
"We understand where the frustration comes from. We try to keep them informed to the best of our ability without sacrificing the integrity of the investigation," she said.
Pound said investigators, in this case, are relying on the public to come forward with any new information to help advance the investigation.
Shpeley said having some answers about his daughter would bring bring closure to him and his family.
"What would it mean for me? It would just be relief. Any kind of relief would be nice."
Anyone with information is asked to call IHIT at 1-877-551-IHIT or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.