ME ME - Hancock Co, off Cranbury Isles, WhtMale 40-50, UP15465, poss Canadian, snowsuit, Aug'90

[victoriarobinson642]

Could someone post the photos of the clothing recovered (which aren't in namus file) but apparently on the news article link in the thread? When I access the link I'm immediately led into a login page. Thanks!

 

[Caring1]

There is an article in the Boston Globe dated 10/24/17 that has a few more details listed that I don’t find here or differ from what is posted. I am having a hard time linking this article. Working on it but here is the information:

*5’4” - 5’5”
*Stocky build
*Short, black hair
*Possibly missing his spleen
*Had undergone hernia operations before his death”
*Exploring possibility he may have fallen off a fishing boat”

 

[heartanium]

I can't find any guys from Canada missing around the right time/area who are under 5'6". The closest I could find was Joseph Paul Pierre Beaudoin, missing May 29, 1990 from PEI. Was last seen in Quebec, but his belongings were found in Balmoral, New Brunswick in August of 1990. Went missing at age 45, 205lbs so he should be around the right build. He's listed as 5'8" though so I'm not sure if this could be him.

 

[heartanium]

Also just throwing this out here - If this guy lived on the border of U.S/Canada he could also be from Maine, maybe he got his gear in Canada because of the exchange rate.

 

[DS2021]

The Bar Harbor Region is a huge tourist attraction in the summer. Hes not dressed like a tourist tho

 

[DS2021]

Body Found Off Schoodic Is Thought To Be Canadian

Cranberry isles john doe 1

Clipping found in Ellsworth American published in Ellsworth, Maine on 8/16/1990. Cranberry isles john doe 1

www.newspapers.com

they believe it may be one of several Canadian fishermen reported lost at sea this year.

The Marine Patrol is continuing its investigation, and is waiting for word from Canadian sources of any missing fishermen.

 

[Nate_Bro]

Has Daniel marceau been considered ?

Canada's Missing | Case details

www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca

 

[DS2021]

No new ruleouts

 

[CaffeinatedSquirrel]

I'm from Mount Desert Island and my partner worked on a scallop dragger for awhile so I thought I'd add a little perspective and address some of the thoughts presented earlier in the thread. IF the PMI on this man is correct and he died anywhere near where he was found, he definitely wasn't snowmobiling. It can get chilly out on the water (the rule of thumb is to expect it to be anywhere from 10-20 degrees F colder, plus wind chill), but not so cold that it would be snowing or iced over in June.

Regarding the surgery, if this man was a fisherman, he probably had the money for medical care. Fishermen tend to make pretty good money up here. Not necessarily to the point of being wealthy, but certainly to the point of being able to afford insurance in the 90s.

If he were a fisherman, my partner (who, again, was a fisherman for several years and has spent a good chunk of his life on the water) pointed out that it was odd he was wearing a snowmobiling suit and not oilskins, which is what most fishermen would be wearing. So *probably* not a professional on the job, in other words. Possibly a professional not actually on the job, though, just casually out on his boat.

That being said, his clothing and physical description sounds like a dozen guys I might walk past in the grocery store on any given day; the short, stocky, brown-haired, middle-aged guy dressed in jeans, flannel shirt, rubber boots, and some sort of coat. I know there was speculation he might be from a Mediterranean country, but I don't think that's likely. The description fits so many Mainers.

What I find frustrating is the discrepancy between sources: some say he was wearing a jacket and some a suit, and that kind of makes a big difference in what he might have been doing.

My gut feeling is he is, more or less, a local from somewhere in either Maine or the Canadian Maritimes. The description of the clothing sounds local, and that short, stocky type of dude is common here. Heck, I have a friend who could BE this guy if he wasn't 50 years too young and very much alive. And regarding the lack of a missing persons report that matches him, that doesn't necessarily seem wild to me. People up here can tend to be fairly private, and it's possible he didn't have a lot of connections and when he dropped off the radar nobody noticed until it had been long enough that people just kind of assumed he'd died or moved away.

Which leads me to my most speculative thoughts: if this guy was a loner but had, say, really upset someone, it would not be impossible to make a murder look like an accident. You just take that person out several miles on a boat, push them overboard, and leave. You then tell other people, if they inquire, "Oh, yeah, I heard they moved; I think maybe they had relatives in Florida." I don't think it should be ruled out, and I think locals should be pondering if they knew any short, stocky men in the 40-50 range who suddenly "moved away" without notice in 1990.

 

[CaffeinatedSquirrel]

I'm not sure it makes a ton of sense to be Daniel Marceau. If he went "up north", it would be very strange for him to end up in the ocean at all. Directly north of Montreal is two national parks and a wildlife preserve; to me it sounds like he might have gone up there and ended his life somewhere in the woods. I'm not sure what he'd be doing 8 miles offshore and 200 miles to the southeast unless his plans changed rather dramatically.