Mellissa Ivy Chaboyer, 35, the mother of a 17-year-old son, drove for North Star Taxi in Thompson. She had worked part-time as a cab driver for about 20 years and worked full time with developmentally challenged adults. She had also been a foster mother to 20 to 30 children, several of whom she kept in touch with after they left her care, helping them with housing and other needs. Shortly before 1 a.m. on Saturday, November 26, another taxi driver found Ms. Chaboyer's body beside her cab in the City Centre Mall parking lot. An autopsy revealed that she had been stabbed to death. Thompson's three taxi companies (North Star, Driftwood Nickel and Cliff's) shut down from 3 p.m. until 7 the next morning as drivers attended the vigil. Cabs were parked bumper to bumper around the lot so that attendees could warm up after standing in subzero temperatures. Several restaurants donated coffee. She was one of the gentlest drivers in the whole industry, said Jas Gills, manager of North Star Taxi. "If someone didn't have the money, she'd smile and say, 'pay later.' She never would have gotten into a dispute with someone." The case is still unsolved. In 2020 the web site Canada Unsolved provided an update: Over the years, the case has changed hands at least four times; it’s now “mostly” managed by the Winnipeg RCMP, which is about 700 km south of Thompson. Her father collects tips and submits them to police, but according to a CBC interview, the family has felt “left in the dark” throughout the investigation. The Chaboyer family’s loss is a never-ending heartache, and 15 years without justice in Melissa’s murder is a long time. Still, they have hope that one day the right tip will come in.

Mellissa Chaboyer. (Source: CBC.ca, Missing & Murdered.) We go on in life believing these things can't happen to us, but it did and it just isn't fair. A father is supposed to protect his little girl and I feel I'm failing my girl so that is why I'm asking you again please help us,” said Milton Chaboyer in a 2011 Thompson Citizen interview. We need to put Lissa's soul to rest by closing this tragic chapter of our lives." The killers know who they are, and chances are, others know too. It’s never too late to do the right thing. Melissa's father Milton Chaboyer is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the killer or killers. Manitoba Crime Stoppers has added $4,000.