Good evening all.
I am new to this community,and need help! I am the next generation of my family carrying the torch and task of finding a missing loved one,or finding the information that will lead us to their remains.. In 1979/1980 in Espanola Ontario Canada, my grandfather's brother went missing (nearly 45 years our family has had no closure). The Espanola police service (now OPP) did very little to investigate the disappearance of my great Uncle, who until that day had never done anything out of the ordinary! To this day he has never been located,not has his remains and has yet to even be legally declared deceased.. There were rumors in our town that he had been murdered and buried behind an old laundromat adjacent to a grocery store,police never followed up on those leads, despite coming from credible sources.. Many of the people that has information are now deceased,but our family still greives,and mourns the person gone 45 years without answers as to what happened, 45 years our family has held this heartache of our loved one going unclaimed ..Is he buried where people have claimed? Was he hurt and left somewhere? Was his body found by a neighbouring town or city,and listed as John Doe,buried somewhere with no name,nobody to mourn his loss? Did he suffer amnesia from an injury and wander,end up in a hospital? These are questions we ask ourselves daily!
My grandfather has been gone nearly 30 years, and it tore him apart for those years he was alive, not knowing what happened to his big brother, I grew up hearing stories,seeing the anguish my family suffered, every now and then some investigator would come ask questions,update our family and then leave,and in the early 90's they just stopped coming!
I would like to have answers, I would like to try to bring my uncle home,lay him to rest with my grandfather and give him his name back! And if this was someone else's doing,then bring justice!
I have DOB,Name, police report numbers(which are now in archived files), and photos, any help would be greatly appreciated..
I am new to this community,and need help! I am the next generation of my family carrying the torch and task of finding a missing loved one,or finding the information that will lead us to their remains.. In 1979/1980 in Espanola Ontario Canada, my grandfather's brother went missing (nearly 45 years our family has had no closure). The Espanola police service (now OPP) did very little to investigate the disappearance of my great Uncle, who until that day had never done anything out of the ordinary! To this day he has never been located,not has his remains and has yet to even be legally declared deceased.. There were rumors in our town that he had been murdered and buried behind an old laundromat adjacent to a grocery store,police never followed up on those leads, despite coming from credible sources.. Many of the people that has information are now deceased,but our family still greives,and mourns the person gone 45 years without answers as to what happened, 45 years our family has held this heartache of our loved one going unclaimed ..Is he buried where people have claimed? Was he hurt and left somewhere? Was his body found by a neighbouring town or city,and listed as John Doe,buried somewhere with no name,nobody to mourn his loss? Did he suffer amnesia from an injury and wander,end up in a hospital? These are questions we ask ourselves daily!
My grandfather has been gone nearly 30 years, and it tore him apart for those years he was alive, not knowing what happened to his big brother, I grew up hearing stories,seeing the anguish my family suffered, every now and then some investigator would come ask questions,update our family and then leave,and in the early 90's they just stopped coming!
I would like to have answers, I would like to try to bring my uncle home,lay him to rest with my grandfather and give him his name back! And if this was someone else's doing,then bring justice!
I have DOB,Name, police report numbers(which are now in archived files), and photos, any help would be greatly appreciated..
