It’s been two months since Linda appeared in a Toronto shelter with no idea who she is or where she came from.

Toronto police are again asking people throughout the country to look at Linda’s picture to see if they recognize her and can fill in the blanks.

The woman, who police have estimated is between the ages of 55 and 60, walked into a downtown Toronto shelter on Sept. 5, claiming to know nothing other than her first name.

Since then, the only major piece of information Linda has told investigators has to do with Barrington St. and Spring Garden Rd., a busy intersection in Halifax.

Forgetting who you are is more common in soap operas than in real life, University of Toronto Scarborough psychology professor Steve Joordens said.

“Somebody having an enduring loss of memory, especially one that doesn’t seem to be related to a concussive sort of situation, is pretty rare,” he said.

Brian Levine, a senior scientist at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest who studies memory disorders, said people can sometimes forget things as a way of protecting themselves from remembering psychological trauma.

Anyone with information about the woman’s identity is asked to contact police at 416-808-5400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or online at www.222tips.com.

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