NY NY - Michael McDonald, 24, Niagara Falls, 2 May 1994

[Gardener1850]

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Missing Person / NamUs #MP64507
Michael F McDonald

Male, White / Caucasian
Height 5' 10" (70 Inches)
Weight 165 lbs

Hair Color Brown
Eye Color Hazel

Missing Age 24 Years
Current Age 49 Years

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact May 2, 1994
NamUs Case Created January 21, 2020
Last Known Location Map
Location Niagara Falls, New York 14303
Niagara County

Circumstances of Disappearance
Missing person observed entering the e above Niagara Falls.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[mtlupy]

Photo now available.

 

[Nate_Bro]

Any more info on the circumstances, maybe a newspaper article? This could very well be one of 2 unidentified men fitting the description found not long after Michael went missing in Niagara Falls.

Canada's Missing | Case details

Canada's Missing | Case details

 

[NYanon]

Any more info on the circumstances, maybe a newspaper article? This could very well be one of 2 unidentified men fitting the description found not long after Michael went missing in Niagara Falls.

Canada's Missing | Case details

Canada's Missing | Case details

Searching online for additional information, a lot of irrelevant results (e.g., a musician of the same name playing N. Falls area).

I would think the NAMUS information would include details about signs of surgery (re: the 2nd UID in Canada, linked), but i know there is often incomplete information.

Have you suggested your theory to any of the Canadian contacts and/or NAMUS contacts?

 

[mtlupy]

Any more info on the circumstances, maybe a newspaper article? This could very well be one of 2 unidentified men fitting the description found not long after Michael went missing in Niagara Falls.

Canada's Missing | Case details

Canada's Missing | Case details

It doesn't appear that the Gazette has been digitized for 1994, outside of information about Love Canal. I couldn't find anything in the Buffalo News either.

 

[mtlupy]

Here are a few other possibilities:

Canada's Missing | Case details

Canada's Missing | Case details

Canada's Missing | Case details

Pretty surprised that there's only one UID from Niagara Falls on NAMUS.

 

[NYanon]

Pretty surprised that there's only one UID from Niagara Falls on NAMUS.

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My understanding, regarding the UIDs that could be connected to the Falls / Falls area (Niagara River, for example), is that the location where they are found wouldn't necessarily be in the Falls or the town/city of Niagara Falls. A decedent's remains might be found at a secondary location, depending on any number of factors, including water current.

If one is looking for Falls-connected cases, it might be advisable to search Niagara County, where locations such as shores and beaches in Youngstown and Lewiston might be feasibly connected.

I'm not sure where i read it recently, but i do remember reading that secondary locations where remains might possibly be found (from cases related to the waterways of Niagara Falls) could be far away as Michigan -- something to do with ice booms, as i recall one theory.

Another option might be to search NAMUS with keywords such as 'water' or 'shore'; the location filter could be set to include only reasonably feasible nearby states; alternatively, one could peruse the results, deciding which locations / circumstances seem reasonably, possibly connected.