MAR 11, 2021
Police search for Mark Brunelle, Bellingham man missing since February (boston25news.com)
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His daughters say Mark left his apartment after telling his roommate that he was going to drop off his laundry with a cleaning service.
At about 1:30 p.m., a home video surveillance camera captured an image of Mark’s vehicle near the Blackstone Gorge, which is a park in neighboring Blackstone, which sits next to the powerful Blackstone River.
Eventually, Mark’s vehicle was found parked at his self-storage unit in Woonsocket, RI, about five miles away from the Blackstone Gorge. Mark’s cellphone was recovered from inside his vehicle.
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There have been searches conducted in and around the Woonsocket, RI storage unit, the Blackstone Gorge, and other places that were important to him, but not a trace of what happened to Mark Brunelle has turned up.
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In January 2013, Mark’s son ... committed suicide.
The daughters tell me Mark was struggling with the loss, but they are quick to add that he knew how to handle that emotional pain, and who to call. They don’t believe their brother’s suicide factors into their father’s disappearance.
They say that Mark had recently been diagnosed with Covid-19, and was at the tail end of the illness when he disappeared. However, he told a family member he was still feeling lethargic the day before he vanished.
Nicole and Mariah both agree that Mark was looking forward to scheduled family trips in 2021 to Florida and Alaska and that his spirits were mostly high.
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