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June 27, 2023 - informative and lengthy article -
turnto10.com
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Michael Sinotte Jr. gets into his car in North Kingstown and drives into the darkness on June 14, 2019. His parents and siblings are still fast asleep in their apartment.
As the clock strikes 2 a.m., a police cruiser lights up Route 138 and approaches Sinotte, who's pulled over on the side of the road.
“Michael said he was pulled over to use his phone and had his phone in his hand, and that was it,” North Kingstown Police Sgt. Gregory Miga said.
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Sinotte suffered from schizophrenia, a diagnosis he was given in his late teens.
“He couldn’t stand loud noises, so you had to be very quiet,” Felici said. “He would have mood swings.”
Sinotte managed his symptoms with medication, but in the weeks leading up to his disappearance, he suddenly stopped the meds without medical supervision.
[…]
The behavior was unlike Sinotte, who she describes as very regimented. He usually came home around the same time every night and didn’t leave again.
As far as his family knew, Sinotte had no suicidal thoughts or signs of depression.
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Two days later, Sinotte's 2000 black Honda Civic was found near the Great Swamp Management Area in West Kingstown, locked, with half eaten fast food inside.
The car was locked and turned off, no keys or cell phone nearby.
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At one point, a K9 was alerted to an initial scent leading away from Sinotte’s car, but the track quickly dissipated and led nowhere.
“There were many times that canines hit on many different types of odors,” Miga said. “But we were never able to track down any single source that was putting a scent out.”
Weeks later on July 11, a secondary area was also searched.
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“We are just unable to penetrate certain areas of the swamp.”
Police learned Sinotte was involved in Geocaching, a type of global treasure hunt of people looking for caches, or hidden stashes of objects, almost like a hide-and-seek game.
Hiders provide online clues for seekers, who then use GPS devices to find the hidden caches.
Police found and searched all Geocache sites in the Great Swamp on August 16.
“They came up with nothing,” Felici said. “I thought for sure they would find him.”
The only clue that was found was an item belonging to Sinotte that he had purchased at Home Depot shortly before he disappeared.
It was found on a trail, but never led to Sinotte.
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Sinotte's keys and cell phone have never been found.
If you have any information on his whereabouts, call the North Kingstown Police Department.
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Vanished: What happened to North Kingstown's Michael Sinotte Jr.?
A young man's puzzling disappearance has his mother pleading for answers four years later.
turnto10.com
[…]
Michael Sinotte Jr. gets into his car in North Kingstown and drives into the darkness on June 14, 2019. His parents and siblings are still fast asleep in their apartment.
As the clock strikes 2 a.m., a police cruiser lights up Route 138 and approaches Sinotte, who's pulled over on the side of the road.
“Michael said he was pulled over to use his phone and had his phone in his hand, and that was it,” North Kingstown Police Sgt. Gregory Miga said.
[…]
Sinotte suffered from schizophrenia, a diagnosis he was given in his late teens.
“He couldn’t stand loud noises, so you had to be very quiet,” Felici said. “He would have mood swings.”
Sinotte managed his symptoms with medication, but in the weeks leading up to his disappearance, he suddenly stopped the meds without medical supervision.
[…]
The behavior was unlike Sinotte, who she describes as very regimented. He usually came home around the same time every night and didn’t leave again.
As far as his family knew, Sinotte had no suicidal thoughts or signs of depression.
[…]
Two days later, Sinotte's 2000 black Honda Civic was found near the Great Swamp Management Area in West Kingstown, locked, with half eaten fast food inside.
The car was locked and turned off, no keys or cell phone nearby.
[…]
At one point, a K9 was alerted to an initial scent leading away from Sinotte’s car, but the track quickly dissipated and led nowhere.
“There were many times that canines hit on many different types of odors,” Miga said. “But we were never able to track down any single source that was putting a scent out.”
Weeks later on July 11, a secondary area was also searched.
[…]
“We are just unable to penetrate certain areas of the swamp.”
Police learned Sinotte was involved in Geocaching, a type of global treasure hunt of people looking for caches, or hidden stashes of objects, almost like a hide-and-seek game.
Hiders provide online clues for seekers, who then use GPS devices to find the hidden caches.
Police found and searched all Geocache sites in the Great Swamp on August 16.
“They came up with nothing,” Felici said. “I thought for sure they would find him.”
The only clue that was found was an item belonging to Sinotte that he had purchased at Home Depot shortly before he disappeared.
It was found on a trail, but never led to Sinotte.
[…]
Sinotte's keys and cell phone have never been found.
If you have any information on his whereabouts, call the North Kingstown Police Department.
[…]
