Noirdame79
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Link to the article: The Many Lives of Frédéric Bourdin
I just watched The Imposter after hearing about this case on a podcast. I am blown away. How did this NOT get solved?!? The police really messed this up. I wish Cold Case would pick it up. I am 100% convinced his brother did it. Maybe not on purpose but maybe in a coke fueled rage or whatnot. I think that's why he avoided seeing his "brother" when Bourdain showed up. And why else would he say "good luck" like that makes zero sense.
If my brother went missing and we got him back - A) I'd know right away if it were him and B) if it weren't I'd be shouting it off the rooftops. But no he avoided and felt guilty then dies of a drug overdose a little while later? Doesn't add up. Sounds like guilt to me. Not as in "oh I feel bad" but more like "*advertiser censored* they're on to me" ... or maybe a little of both.
I want to know with all the technology why that back yard hasn't been dug up... the WHOLE back yard, or get one of those scanner things. This case really frustrates me.
I was always hopeful maybe Nicholas could still be alive but I really don’t think so anymore. As someone mentioned above, the time he disappeared was when CPS had been notified and when he had his juvenile court hearing. Nicholas was more than likely exposed to violence at home, especially with his brother around.
This time would’ve been quite dangerous for him and whoever was abusing or harming him probably did something to quiet him forever. Someone above also mentioned Aundria Bowman and how the time she disappeared was also dangerous for her (she told the police her adoptive father was molesting her).
This case reminds me a lot of the Bowman case. For one, her adoptive parents played the roles of two grieving parents for years after Aundria’s 1989 disappearance even though they both knew she had died and her remains were buried in the backyard of their home for three decades.
Aundria’s adoptive mother, Brenda, called police in the months after her disappearance to claim that she had been sighted by multiple people in the time after she vanished. Her biological mother, Cathy, does not believe these sightings were true and that Brenda made them up to give credibility to Aundria running away.
I think Nicholas’s mother did this same thing in September of 1994 when it was claimed that he might’ve returned and attempted to break into his homes garage. I don’t think it was him or that it even happened. In fact, unless anyone besides his brother or mom can confirm that he disappeared on 06/13/1994, I wouldn’t give much credit to that at all. I saw somewhere he might’ve been gone for three days before his mom contacted police.
Dennis Bowman claimed Aundria stole $100 and ran away from their home on 03/11/1989. She had actually died the day before he filed the runaway report on her and he had already dismembered and buried her in the backyard of their house.
I think the answers in this case are close to home. I do not believe Nicholas ran away and has managed to live under the radar all this time. I also do not believe he was abducted by a stranger or someone else.
I was always hopeful maybe Nicholas could still be alive but I really don’t think so anymore. As someone mentioned above, the time he disappeared was when CPS had been notified and when he had his juvenile court hearing. Nicholas was more than likely exposed to violence at home, especially with his brother around.
This time would’ve been quite dangerous for him and whoever was abusing or harming him probably did something to quiet him forever. Someone above also mentioned Aundria Bowman and how the time she disappeared was also dangerous for her (she told the police her adoptive father was molesting her).
This case reminds me a lot of the Bowman case. For one, her adoptive parents played the roles of two grieving parents for years after Aundria’s 1989 disappearance even though they both knew she had died and her remains were buried in the backyard of their home for three decades.
Aundria’s adoptive mother, Brenda, called police in the months after her disappearance to claim that she had been sighted by multiple people in the time after she vanished. Her biological mother, Cathy, does not believe these sightings were true and that Brenda made them up to give credibility to Aundria running away.
I think Nicholas’s mother did this same thing in September of 1994 when it was claimed that he might’ve returned and attempted to break into his homes garage. I don’t think it was him or that it even happened. In fact, unless anyone besides his brother or mom can confirm that he disappeared on 06/13/1994, I wouldn’t give much credit to that at all. I saw somewhere he might’ve been gone for three days before his mom contacted police.
Dennis Bowman claimed Aundria stole $100 and ran away from their home on 03/11/1989. She had actually died the day before he filed the runaway report on her and he had already dismembered and buried her in the backyard of their house.
I think the answers in this case are close to home. I do not believe Nicholas ran away and has managed to live under the radar all this time. I also do not believe he was abducted by a stranger or someone else.
After years of reading this case and reading all of the statements from his family members, I fully believe his brother either intentionally or accidentally killed Nicholas and someone helped him cover it up. He was then reported as a runaway which was an easy cover. He was about to have a court hearing so it seemed more than plausible at the time.I need to spark this case back up if anyone is interested is chatting about it!
After years of reading this case and reading all of the statements from his family members, I fully believe his brother either intentionally or accidentally killed Nicholas and someone helped him cover it up. He was then reported as a runaway which was an easy cover. He was about to have a court hearing so it seemed more than plausible at the time.
The court hearing was supposedly the result of Nicholas stealing tennis shoes and whether or not he should remain at home or be sent to a juvenile facility. Whenever this is mentioned, it's always implied that Nicholas was the problem, but he didn't have the best role models. Child Protective Services had already been notified because his teachers suspected child abuse. The hearing could have exposed the drug use and domestic violence, and CPS might have found evidence of this as well. This is one of the reasons why I suspect that his brother killed him.So were they going to take him out of Beverly's care?