Identified! Canada - Male, 30-60, on beach, jeans, Terra boot, Digby, Nova Scotia, 8 Sept 2019 - Brent McLellan

[dotr]

Identified!
@jillybean51 you were right about NB.

“A body that washed up on the beach in Sandy Cove in Digby County in September has been identified.

A 43-year-old man from Saint John, N.B., had been reported missing late last summer and his body was identified through DNA analysis, RCMP said in a news release Monday.”

RCMP have identified mystery man whose remains washed up on Digby County beach | The Chronicle Herald

Rest In Peace. I’m happy you have your name back and you loved ones may have some answers and can put you to rest.

Awesome update, and yes- it does look like jellybean51 was right!

 

[jillybean51]

So glad he was identified!Hope to see you on another case sometime Lexi!

 

[dotr]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova...ified-after-body-found-digby-county-1.5433163
rbbm.
''A 43-year-old man from Saint John has been identified through DNA analysis as the person whose body was found last September along a shore in Digby County, N.S.
RCMP Cpl. Jen Clarke said it appears his death was not suspicious.''

''However, she said investigators were impressed with the public's response to the image of the unidentified missing man and his clothing, of which police also released photos.


"We're very appreciative of the amount of interaction we saw online — people trying to help and lending their ideas to the post, which is great," she said.


"It was really overwhelming. A lot of people trying to track down the brand of pants, trying to track down boots — where they might have been purchased from, what they might have been used for, which might have helped identify the individual."

Sculptors spent a week in early January working to put faces on 3D-printed copies of skulls from the remains of 15 unidentified men found in Canada. It was is the first time the RCMP's National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains worked with artists in the program.''

 

[Melt71]

''However, she said investigators were impressed with the public's response to the image of the unidentified missing man and his clothing, of which police also released photos.
"We're very appreciative of the amount of interaction we saw online — people trying to help and lending their ideas to the post, which is great," she said.
"It was really overwhelming. A lot of people trying to track down the brand of pants, trying to track down boots — where they might have been purchased from, what they might have been used for, which might have helped identify the individual."
'

RIP Ronald. And good pick @jillybean51!
How nice to see LE appreciative of everyone's efforts.

 

[jaejae]

The above post is about the use Facial Reconstruction in this Canadian case here is a report about its general use by British Columbia Police:

B.C. cold-case skulls sent to New York for facial reconstructions

Here is another report about skull reconstruction in Canadian cases:

Cold case mysteries: B.C. RCMP release more details in skull reconstruction project

 

[dotr]

Jan 27, 2020
''Fifteen students, one instructor and one RCMP officer are on a mission to put a name and identity to 15 lost individuals. The Fifth Estate follows Cpl. Charity Sampson on a journey to the New York Academy of Art with 15 replica skulls in a last-ditch effort to identify remains found in British Columbia and Nova Scotia between 1972 and 2016. Over a five-day period, the students in a forensic sculpture workshop reconstructed the faces of the 15 unidentified men. It's a program that has had success in the United States. Since we started this story, one of the men, whose body was found in Nova Scotia, has been identified as a New Brunswick man.''

 

[Grungster]

The man's name is Brent McLellan. Fifth Estate video shows it.

 

[dotr]

The man's name is Brent McLellan. Fifth Estate video shows it.

So sad, Brent was very well-loved.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/brent-mclellan-saint-john-1.5435279
''Brent McLellan loved playing hockey and baseball while growing up on Saint John's west side. He took his own life on July 11, 2019. (Marjorie McLellan''

'He was so loved'

While McLellan is happy to finally know where her son is, she's not sure she will ever have closure.

"People talk about closure, but our son is still gone," she said.

Still, she is hoping something good can come out of her family's tragedy.

McLellan would like to see more resources for people struggling with mental health issues and addictions.

Most of all, she wants people to know it's OK to talk about mental health and addiction and that they shouldn't be ashamed if they are sick.

She was happy to see hundreds of people line the Reversing Falls Bridge last September to honour those who have died by suicide, including her son.''