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Police detail public call for family DNA in six-decade search for missing men
Police are asking relatives of two Southwestern Ontario men who went missing while fishing more than 50 years ago to provide DNA samples.
“They were observed south of Goderich by other boaters. There was a storm coming in,” Const. Craig Soldan of the Ontario Provincial Police in Huron County said of the last reported sighting of the pair. “In the following days of the disappearance, their vessel was located.”
'The requested DNA sample could be provided by performing a simple mouth swab, Soldan said. “It’s not very invasive.”
Relatives of the missing men, or anyone with information about the case, should contact Huron OPP at 519- 482-1677 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).''
OPP seek DNA in historical missing person's case
Huron OPP are asking for DNA to possibly help solve a historical missing person's case. In October 1967, police received a report that two men left for a fishing excursion from the Port of Goderich and were never seen again.
''Huron OPP are asking for DNA to possibly help solve a historical missing person's case.
In October 1967, police received a report that two men left for a fishing excursion from the Port of Goderich and were never seen again.
According to police, their vessel was found but Neil Wormsbecker, 29, and Hank Englebertus Halff, 30, went missing in Lake Huron — both men lived in Stratford, Ont. at the time.
Police are now asking that any remaining biological family members come forward and provide DNA to compare against all samples of found human remains in the DNA database.''
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