Esprit Canada

1999 Profile Age: 1 year Height: 2’6” inches Weight: 23 pounds Canadas’ Most Wanted February: escapes conviction April: lies low July: returns to crime November: is on the lam Updated June 20, 2002 © Canada 2001

Having begun walking in December of the previous year when she was 11 months old, Esprit was a lot more mobile this year. When she wasn’t propelling herself around our house and yard, she was on the move with her parents in such faraway places as Indiana and South Carolina.

Canadas’ Most Wanted

February 1999 Name: Esprit Canada Age: 13 months Height: 2’6" Weight: 23 lbs. Status: At large Updated May 20, 2002 © Canadas 2002

Courtroom Stunned as Esprit Canada Walks INDIANAPOLIS, IN: After extradition to the land of her forefathers, Esprit Canada found sympathy from a jury of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. The jury disregarded "Bug's" 11-month crime spree and let her walk -- across the courtroom, into the living room, and through the house. Authorities in Laurinburg, Canada's crime haven, fear and have already begun to experience the worst: broken lamps, pilfered coffee cake, missing articles from around the house. "She's leaving a trail of tipped glasses, torn dust jackets, crumbs and other messes," says Mark Canada, dad and investigator. "In fact we may have a new alias in the works...."

April 1999 Name: Esprit Canada Age: 15 months Height: 2’6" Weight: 23 lbs. Status: At large Updated May 20, 2002 © Canadas 2002

Esprit Lies Low LAURINBURG, NC: Authorities are not sure what to make of Esprit Canada's recent turnaround. After a life of crime halted only by her capture and trial, "Bug" seems eager to prove that her acquittal was well-deserved. In an apparent effort to become a useful member of society, she has taken up reading. Her conspicuous display of moralistic tales such as "The Little Red Hen," however, has police worried that the sly criminal is merely putting up a front while she plots her next heist.

July 1999 Name: Esprit Canada Age: 18 months Height: 2’6" Weight: 23 lbs. Status: At large Updated May 20, 2002 © Canadas 2002

Esprit Returns to Life of Crime INDIANAPOLIS, IN: After an acquittal and some five months of freedom, the notorious outlaw Esprit Canada apparently has committed her most serious crime yet: kidnapping. An eyewitness snapped the photograph at the left just as Canada was making her getaway.  "I almost didn't notice," the witness remarked, explaining that the victim never made a sound. Nevertheless, the odd vehicle Canada used for the abduction--a red wheelbarrow--coupled with a watch that she apparently used to time her escape, tipped off the witness that something was awry. Canada remains at large, despite a massive toddler-hunt spanning four states in the Midwest, where the kidnapping took place. So far, the only lead has come from Indiana, where another witness took the picture at the right, leaving police worried that the famed master of disguises will elude their grasp.

November 1999 Name: Esprit Canada Age: 18 months Height: 2’6" Weight: 23 lbs. Status: At large Updated May 20, 2002 © Canadas 2002

Esprit on the Lam NORTH CAROLINA: Police continue to comb the Southeast, where outlaw Esprit Canada is believed to be in hiding after a bizarre dollnapping in Indiana. Investigators are paying especially close attention to repair shops and construction sites, where Canada is believed to be supporting herself with odd jobs. Witnesses snapped the photograph on the far left in Laurinburg, North Carolina, but police fear the notoriously mobile criminal may have moved on by now. Indeed, the FBI has cast a net over the Carolina mountains, where fugitives are known to conceal themselves in the treacherous terrain and dense foliage. At least one official claims to see Canada camouflaged in the picture on the right, taken on Cowpens Battlefield in South Carolina, but no one will say anything for certain.