1988 Quebec missing person’s case solved after bones found in river identified
DEUX-MONTAGNES, QUEBEC, JUL 30 – The St-Louis family’s 37-year search ended when a diving group found remains in the Mille-Îles River, confirming the identity of the missing man, police said.
- On July 20, 2025, a diving group found human bones inside a vehicle submerged in the Mille-Îles River in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec.
- The group, Exploring With a Mission, was hired by Robert St-Louis's family, who had searched for him since his disappearance in June 1988.
- Laval authorities confirmed that a coroner has identified the discovered remains as those of a missing 42-year-old man from Laval who was a father to five children, Robert St-Louis.
- After 37 years of searching for their missing relative, the family was acknowledged by police following the discovery that resolved the case.
- The identification resolves a decades-old missing person case and brings closure to the St-Louis family after nearly four decades of searching.
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1988 Quebec missing person’s case solved after bones found in river identified
MONTREAL - Montreal-area police say a missing person's case from 1988 has been solved with the recent discovery of human remains in a vehicle submerged in a river.
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Montreal-area police say a missing person’s case from 1988 has been solved with the recent discovery of human remains in a vehicle submerged in a river. Robert St-Louis, a 42-year-old father of five from Laval, Que., disappeared in June 1988. A diving group called Exploring With a Mission, hired by the St-Louis family, found bones inside a vehicle in the Mille-Îles River north of Montreal on July 20. Exploring With a Mission uses sonar to search…
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