12/16/11 (Update): Matthew Huszar, 25, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Matthew Huszar
RECOVERED

Footprints has learned that the body of Matthew Huszar was found in January 2014 in False Creek. Our thoughts go out to Matthew and his friends and family.

Matthew Huszar, 25, was last seen December 16, 2011. The 25-year-old University of British Columbia geology grad was last seen outside the Lamplighter Pub at 92 Water Street in Gastown after celebrating with colleagues at a staff Christmas party. No one knows where Huszar went after that. Huszar failed to show up in Victoria the next day to meet his mom as planned, and he missed a post-Christmas visit from his girlfriend who came from the U.S.

Matthew's family stated to the media that his disappearance was out of character. Huszar is normally in frequent contact with his family, having sent his sister Rachael a text just two days before he disappeared. He was also always in touch with his mother, Danny. According to a website set up by the family at the time of his disappearance, Matthew had "no known mental-health or substance-abuse issues and has good relationships with family and friends." Additionally, friends said Huszar was not intoxicated on the night he was last seen, and he was in good spirits. He told his mother just that morning that he was excited about going to Vancouver Island to spend Christmas with his family.

There was no evidence that Huszar was a victim of criminal actions or suicide, or that he left town voluntarily. Despite been reported sightings of Matthew on SkyTrain and the SeaBus, his mother Danny told the Vancouver Sun  that no one had heard from her son.

“The hardest part is just not knowing,” Danny told the paper. “It just seems very bizarre that a person can disappear from a street in Vancouver and nobody has seen or heard anything."

The police said in January 2012 that they had no new leads.

“We’re very frustrated and frightened by the lack of any information whatsoever," said Danny. "We’re asking the public’s help for any information, no matter how insignificant.”

Huszar's mother, father and sister offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to Matthew. They had hoped the reward would help trigger some information about what happened to Matthew. The family had been in constant contact with the police after Matthew's disappearance and with Huszar’s friends launched a poster and social media campaign, and a website to generate tips.


Recovery

In January 2014, two years after his disappearance, Vancouver Police announced that Matthew's body had been found in a marina in False Creek on Dec. 31. Vancouver Police divers collected evidence as part of their investigation. Police said there was no indication of anything suspicious in his death and foul play was not suspected.

According to the Canadian Press, "Coroner Barb McLintock says it appears Huszar died shortly after leaving a Gastown pub on Dec. 16, 2011. She says it's still unknown how and why Huszar reached the marina, two kilometres away, and in the opposite direction from his home. "

A cause of death has not been reported.


About Matthew Huszar

Matthew Huszar, a self-described "rock head," had graduated with an honors degree in geology from the University of British Columbia. Originally from Lethbridge, he had had moved to the Vancouver area to attend schoolto study at the University of British Columbia and was excited about moving up in his career as a geologist. An avid outdoorsman, Huszar loved climbing, hiking, camping and water sports. He was in the process of restoring a 49-foot sailboat in the hopes of cruising the Gulf Island. His dream was to sail around the world one day.



About This Case

Name/age: Matthew Huszar, 25
Last seen: 12/16/11, Lamplighter Pub, Gastown, BC, Canada
Residence: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Physical Description: 5'11", 175 pounds, shoulder-length brown hair, brown eyes.
Last seen wearing: black dress pants, white and blue checkered shirt, black shoes, dark green tweed three-quarter length coat.
Investigating agency: Vancouver Police Department, 604-717-2530



Sources

McElroy, Justin. (2014, January 4). Matthew Huszar's body found in False Creek two years after his disappearance. Global News. Accessed July 22, 2014 from: http://globalnews.ca/news/1061669/matthew-huszars-body-found-in-false-creek-two-years-after-disappearing/

Staff report. (2014, January 7). Matthew Huszar dead: No sign of foul play, says coroner. Canadian Press. Accessed July 22, 2014 from: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/01/07/matthew-huszar-dead-no-foul-play_n_4556366.html.


Published 1/19/12. Updated 07/22/14.

02/27/12: Mathieu LeClair, 20, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Mathieu LeClair

Mathieu LeClair, 20, a cadet studying engineering at Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, was reported missing on Monday, February 27, 2012.

Two days later, on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, LeClair's body was recovered from the waters of Lake Ontario near the expansive campus.

The National Investigation Service, which has jurisdiction over military personnel on Canadian Forces' properties, is investigating the death. Capt. Karina Holder, spokeswoman for the National Investigation Service, told the Journal, "foul play is not suspected, the investigation remains ongoing, and no details as to the cause of death may be released at this time."

CBS News reported, "The military says it may never confirm what happened at the request of LeClair's family."

New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal stated, "LeClair's death is an eerie reminder of the 2003 disappearance of RMC cadet Joe Grozelle. The 21-year-old's body was found on the shore of the Cataraqui River not far from the college three weeks after he went missing. The investigation of his death went on for years and resulted in a 2008 coroner's inquest, which failed to determined how and when he died."

01/21/12: Angelo Packo, 20, Grand Rapids, MB, Canada

Angelo Packo

Angelo Packo, 20, was last seen in the early morning hours for Saturday, January 21, 2012 in Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada. The circumstances surrounding his disappearance have not been reported.

After Angelo's disappearance, his family, along with community members, conducted regular searches for him.

On Sunday, April 22, Donald Packo, the young man's father, found his son's body floating in Lake Winnipeg in a portion of the lake near Eating Point Beacon.

Angelo's mother, Denise Packo, told CBS News, "The first time his dad went out was yesterday morning," Denise Packo told the paper. "They [had] seen a black thing in the water like a bubble … it was his hoodie. And that was it."

RCMP released no further information about the discovery, but an autopsy will be conducted.

She added that the discovery gave them some relief. "We can put him to rest," she said. "There's no more sleepless nights, wondering where he is."

Funeral services were held at 12:00 noon on Saturday, April 28, 2012.

Grand Rapids is about 400 kilometers (248 miles) northwest of Winnipeg.

Case Details

Name/age: Angelo Donovan Packo, 20
Last Seen: Sat. 1/21/12, Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada
Physical Description:  6'0", 300 pounds, black hair, brown eyes
Recovered: Sun., 4/22/12, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Investigating Agency: Grand Rapids RCMP, 204-639-2469


Sources

Staff Writer. (2012, April 26). Obituary for Angelo Packo. Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved April 29, 2012 from: http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-190525/name-Angelo_Packo/min-run-date-1335330000/order-publish_date%7CDESC,last_name%7CASC/

Staff Writer. (2012, April 23). Missing man's body found in Lake Winnipeg. CBS News. Retrieved April 29, 2012 from: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/04/23/mb-grand-rapids-body-found.html

Staff Writer. (2012, April 23). Body recovered from Lake Winnipeg. Winnipeg Press Press.

Retrieved April 28, 2012 from: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Body-recovered-from-lake-Winnipeg-148559125.html

03/17/12: David Christian, 27, Whistler, BC, Canada

David Christian

David Christian, 27, was last seen by friends on Saturday, March 17, 2012, at 11 p.m. at Merlin's Bar and Grill in Whistler, British Columbia.

The Ireland native, called "Irish Dave" by friends, was a seasonal worker at Whistler Blackcomb and had been celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a large group. He sent a text message to a friend around 2:30 a.m., but no one heard from him after that.

According to Pique News Magazine, David Christian missed a scheduled flight he was to take to Vancouver on Sunday, where he planned to attend mass, but because he worked "opposite shifts to his roommate and close friend Matt Gore, he wasn't reported missing until he failed to show up to work on Monday morning."

01/16/12: Mike Grefner, 34, Whistler, BC, Canada

Mike Grefner

Published: 2/23/12 5:12 p.m.   Revised: 3/20/12 8:54 p.m.
Last updated: 02/05/13 10:21 p.m.

Mike Grefner, 34, a well-known DJ in the popular ski resort town of Whistler, British Columbia, showed up at Garfinkel's nightclub around midnight. About an hour later, he took a taxi to the house of a female friend. He stayed about ten minutes, then left in a taxi (about 1:10 a.m.).

The woman's roommate told the media that Mike, who was drunk, had mentioned losing his wallet. The cab driver reported driving Mike around the village and back to Garfinkel's to pick up his jacket. Mike apparently did not pick up his jacket, but made two phone calls and one text message during this time.
 
At 1:58 a.m., the taxi driver dropped Mike off at his home and walked him to his door. Mike then called a female friend and talked for about 20 minutes. At 2:42, he tried to call a female friend, but there was no answer. He then made a series of calls between 4:02 and 5:15 a.m. (see the timeline), reaching one friend at 5 a.m. and speaking for about 10 minutes. She said he was in good spirits. It is unknown what Mike did or where he went after that.

Friends reported Mike Grefner missing on Wednesday, Jan. 18 when he did not show up for a shift at Whistler’s Maxx Fish nightclub, where he is a resident DJ, known as VS Zero.



Mike Grefner as DJ "VS Zero"

“It’s not possible that he would miss a DJ gig,” friend Robert Gorcak told the Vancouver Sun. “I’ve known him for seven years and that’s not something he would do. He’s meticulous when it comes to things like that. DJing music is his life.”

According to the Sun, "Grefner had been staying at a friend’s place in Whistler while she stayed with her boyfriend. His belongings had been left behind at the home."

"Grefner, who travels between Vancouver and Whistler often for DJ gigs, is a 'super optimist,' said Gorcak. 'He’s a very positive, karma kind of guy.'”

The Search for Mike Grefner

Authorities looked into the possibility that Mike was seen on Tuesday, January 17 sometime between 1 pm and 4 pm in the company of a woman with brown hair, of medium height and medium build at the Mile One café in Pemberton. This sighting has not been confirmed with degree of certainty. RCMP are trying to locate the woman he was reportedly seen with. There is also reason to believe that Mike may have been spotted at the AG Market in Pemberton on Jan. 17.

 Police have confirmed that Mike’s phone was last turned on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Recovery

On March 14, 2012, Whistler RCMP confirmed that human remains found in the woods by hikers near the Alpine Meadows subdivision on March 10 were those of Mike Grefner. The reamins were discovered around 4:40 p.m. on March 10 near Whistler Secondary School.

Investigators are still looking into what led to Grefner's death, but said that foul play does not appear to be involved.

On November 21, 2012, the BC Coroner's Service released a report stating that Mike Grefner had "ingested a toxic level of cocaine and went outside on one of the coldest nights of the year."

The next day, Pique News Magazine reported:

According to the coroner's report, Grefner's behavior on the night he went missing was consistent with intoxication and some witnesses say he was more intoxicated than they had ever seen him before. He was also not dressed for the weather, which dipped below -20 degrees. He was found wearing shoes, jeans and a long-sleeve shirt.

The exact cause of death is unknown or how much the cold weather contributed, but coroner Isis van Loon wrote that "Toxicology testing showed significant concentrations of cocaine and its byproducts at a high enough level to cause death." As well, low concentrations of alcohol were identified, but it's possible that alcohol played a greater role and the lower concentrations were the result of postmortem changes.

As for the cold, the coroner wrote that "extreme cold was a contributory factor."

Mike Grefner's death has been ruled accidental.

 

Case Details

Name/age: Mike Grefner, 34

Last seen: Jan. 16, 2012, around 12 a.m.

Physical Description: Caucasian, 34 years old, 6' 2" tall with a slim build. He has short curly brown hair, green eyes, an olive complexion, and is clean shaven. He has no tattoos or piercings.

Possibly wearing: Possibly wearing faded jeans with stitched white crosses on back pockets, navy blue T-shirt, black military-style hat.

Investigating Agency: RCMP, 604-932-3044

Links: Find Mike Grefner; Facebook


Sources

Duggan, Evan. (2012, March 14). Human remains in Whistler belonged to missing DJ, police confirm. Vancouver Sun. Retrieved March 2012.
 
Mitchell, Andrew (2012, November 22). Coroner says drugs contributed to DJ's death. Pique News Magazine. Retrieved February 5, 2013.

01/18/10: Lachlan Cranswick, 41, Deep River, ON, Canada

Lachlan Cranwick
(April 2002 photo)

On Jan. 18, 2010, Lachlan Cranswick left the Chalk River Laboratories, a nuclear reactor facility where he worked, and took a bus to Deep River, the small town on the Ottawa River where he lived. The 41-year-old physicist, whose job entailed running experiments for the National Research Council, had just finished some work for a researcher overseas and left his findings on his desk, to be mailed later. Sometime that night or the next morning, he took his garbage bins outside for pickup. Then, he vanished without a trace.



The Search for Lachlan Cranswick

He was reported missing Jan. 23 after he didn't show up to a scheduled curling tournament and had missed several days of work. Lachlan's friends checked his house and found the door unlocked. His wallet, keys, laptop, and passport were all left inside. His car was parked in the garage. But Lachlan Cranswick was nowhere to be found.

Cranswick’s older brother, Rupert, came to Canada from Australia shortly after his brother's disappearance and saw the state his house was left in.

"His house was spooky, it was like he had just left two minutes ago. Everything was set up for his week.… Being a single bloke, he had all of his food frozen for the week, some frozen chicken and Chinese soup to take to work." Rupert said. "The heater was still on, the lights were on, his bins were out. It was just like, it was as normal."

Searches of his workplace and area hospitals yielded no clues to his disappearance. Extensive ground searches using dogs and helicopters also turned up nothing. After a month of investigating, police announced they had investigated all possible leads and had no idea where Cranwick could be.


Early theories

Police originally believed Cranswick had gone for a walk on one of the many trails near his house and got lost. However, all the items he usually took with him when going for nature walks – a fanny pack, flashlight, whistle to ward off wildlife and a GPS system – were found in his house.

While Cranswick was an avid outdoorsman, who often hiked trails around Deep River, his colleague Daniel Banks described him as extremely safety conscious. "He was known not to go anywhere without his cellphone and wallet and he even had a GPS which he would carry with him if he was walking in the woods," said Banks (CBS News.com).

His brother, Rupert, also said, "I find it unbelievable that Lach would go walking on the river or do anything silly like that — no way," said Rupert. "And I found it silly that on the Monday night, we found evidence that he was using his computer until about 11:30 at night, so I find it unbelievable that my brother, who had to start work early in the morning would suddenly go out walking the ski trails." (CBS News.com)

A search of the area with tracking dogs and a helicopter ultimately could find no trace of Cranswick. Police checked across the Ottawa River and also searched nearby hospitals. They had no luck.

The lack of clues in the case has fueled speculation and conspiracy theories about the scientist's disappearance. A native of Australia, Cranswick moved to Canada in 2003 to run tests and experiments at the Chalk River facility. He is an expert in earth sciences, working with neutron beams and using the reactor to test the properties of materials such as minerals.

Cranswick’s professional background has led to international interest in his disappearance, with the New York Post and Fox News both running the headline "Canadian Nuclear Scientist Vanishes Without a Trace" on their websites in February.

Deep River police have tried to dampen such speculation, telling news agencies they have no reason to believe Cranswick was targeted because of his job. His colleagues at the nuclear reactor are doing the same.

"I would want people to know that all of his research was in the public domain," colleague Daniel Banks said. "It was his role to facilitate research being done by people in universities all across Canada, and all of that research is published or publishable in the public domain. There is nothing secret about it."

While Cranswick’s family didn't believe his disappearance was work-related, they were not quite ready to rule out foul play.

Yet, Const. Darin Faris, the Deep River police officer leading the investigation, said that if Cranswick had been murdered or accidentally killed, there would be some physical evidence left behind. Police have found none.

Police, along with the scientist's colleagues at the National Research Council, have contacted his acquaintances to see if he had been planning to travel.

However, Cranswick was known as a well-organized, regimented man who would be unlikely to take a spontaneous trip without telling anyone. Const. Faris cited the work left unmailed on the scientist's desk as evidence he wasn't planning to leave.

"If he was going to go away for any length of time, or if he was ending his life, he would have finished it up," said Faris.

Members of Cranswick’s curling team also have difficulty reconciling Cranswick’s character with his disappearance. He was a key member of the local curling club, serving as vice-president and taking responsibility for the club’s bar and membership.

"It was just his dedication to everything he did around the club," said Cranswick’s friend and curling partner Evans Harrison. "He was always reliable. If you made arrangements to do something with him, he always turned up to do it. He was just Mr. Reliability."

Harrison told CBS News in March that he didn't expect to see his friend alive. "It's almost certain that he may have met with some kind of accident," he said. "We don't know what." He explained that if Lachlan was still alive, he wouldn't have just disappeared.

Harrison added, "If he's in the river, it will be May or June before he's found, but he will be found, because there's heavy boating use in the Ottawa River around here," said Harrison. "The river is a mile wide here, and there isn't much current, so I don't think he will go too far."


Lachlan Cranwick found

On June 11, 2010, two canoeists found the body of Lachlan Cranswick floating in shallow water near Welsh Bay in the Ottawa River. The area is downriver from the city of Deep River where Lachlan had been living since 2003.

Lachlan's jacket and identification, including his Atomic Energy of Canada Limited photo ID badge, were discovered with the body. Rupert Cranswick told the Ottawa Citizen that police were still planning to do a DNA analysis to confirm the identification.


There was no indication of either foul play or suicide.

Lachlan Cranswick's body was cremated in Canada and the ashes were sent to Australia, where he was originally from, for burial near his parents. He is survived by two older brothers — Rupert and Noel.
"At least we know where he is and we can bring him back to rest," said Rupert.



About Lachlan Cranswick

Rupert told the Ottawa Citizen that his brother was a kind, shy and generous man. According to the paper, Rupert went through his brother’s personal records and discovered that Lachlan had been donating a lot of money to charities each month. In the past, Lachlan had also sent large sums to his brothers to help them support their families. "It was just unbelievable," Rupert said. "He was that sort of brother.”
“It has hit the family very hard,” Rupert said. “I suppose you always live in hope, but now it’s a certainty that something happened.

“He didn’t deserve it. He was a very loving sort of brother.”

Rupert said Deep River police and the OPP put a lot of resources into the investigation, stayed in regular contact with him and Noel and were helpful when each of them travelled to Deep River earlier this year.

“I can’t praise them enough, I think they’ve done a wonderful job,” he said.

Rupert said his brother loved living in Deep River, where he moved in 2003. He also loved his work and his involvement in a curling club in the area.




Case Details
Name/age: Lachlan Cranswick, 41
Workplace: Chalk River Laboratories, ON, Canada
Residence: Deep River, ON, Canada
Last seen: 1/28/10, Deep River, ON, Canada
Recovered: 6/11/10, Ottawa River near Welsh Bay

09/18/11: Matthew Sloan, 26, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Matthew Sloan

Twenty-six year old Matthew Sloan, a teacher in the Fredericton area of New Brunswick, Canada, was last seen around 12:30 a.m. on September 18, 2011 near City Hall. He had been taking part at the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival and had also been spotted near the iRock bar.

He was reported missing at 8:45 p.m. on September 18.

Sloan's friends started a Facebook page and put up posters around the city in the hopes of bringing in tips that might lead to his whereabouts.

Sloan's body was found the morning of Friday, Sept. 23 in the St. John River in downtown Fredericton, by someone walking across the Bill Thorpe Walking Bridge.



About Matthew Sloan
(Source: Excerpt from Obituary)


Born on April 27, 1985 in Fort McMurray, AB, he was the son of Stephen and Janet Sloan.

Matt was a proud graduate of the Kinesiology (Recreation) program at UNB and of the Education program at the University of Maine Presque Isle. He believed strongly in the power of recreation to enrich lives. From his early childhood, Matt played on many sports teams and, in recent years, coached a number of school and community teams. Guided by his studies and his convictions, he worked for several summers with the Fredericton District Soccer Association and as a counsellor at Camp Takajo in Naples, Maine.

Matthew was a respected supply teacher who taught mostly at Nashwaaksis Middle School, Leo Hayes High School and Bliss Carman Middle School. He was also a sports coach and greatly enjoyed music, soccer, volleyball, camping, fishing, coaching and all forms of pop culture.

Matthew is survived by his parents and grandparents, along with his brother, Eric; sister, Lauren and many other members of his family.


Case Details

Name/age: Matthew Stephen Sloan, 26
Date of Birth: 04/27/85
Hometown: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Last seen: 09/17/11, downtown Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, near City Hall
Physical Description: 5’10,” 190 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes
Recovered: 09/23/11, St. John River
Investigating Agency: Detective Rodney Wadden at 506-460-2300.

12/19/10: Matthew Besner, 27, Montreal, QC, Canada

Matthew Besner

Matthew Besner, 27, was at l'Orignal restaurant at 479 Saint-Alexis Street in Old Montreal on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010 to celebrate a friend’s birthday. It is believed that Besner received a text message from his girlfriend, asking him where he was, and at about 2:40 a.m. ET, he stepped outside to get some fresh air and to reply. Joshua Chinks, the boyfriend of Besner’s sister, said Besner went outside because the reception inside the restaurant was bad. The message, according to the Montreal Gazette, was that he would be coming home soon.

Besner, who was supposed to get a ride home with Chinks shortly, never returned to the restaurant. "He knew he was coming home with us, and he just disappeared." said Chinks. "He left his stuff inside."

It was the last time he was seen.

Victoria Liverman, Besner’s cousin, told the Montreal Gazette that someone in the group had sent Besner a text to let him know that their ride had arrived. Liverman said Besner sent the friend a reply that indicated he was still outside the restaurant. But when the group exited L'Orignal, Besner was gone.”

Friend Ziggy Zalezniak said that about eight minutes went by from the time Besner first left the group to when they realized he was missing. Zalezniak said Besner's friends looked around the restaurant but found no trace of the young man.


The Search for Matthew Besner

Zalezniak told the Gazette that Besner had a cellphone with him when he disappeared, but that all calls to his number went directly to voice mail. Besner’s car was still parked at his home where he had left it.

Immediately following Matthew’s disappearance, 20 to 30 of his friends and family members scoured the streets at all hours of the night. They also handed out posters and put them up in the area.

“We also put posters on every corner, on every lamppost, on all the streets in the Old Port from McGill (St.) to St. Laurent (Blvd.)," Liverman told the Gazette.

Because no one had seen Besner and he was only supposed to be gone a few minutes, a public alert was also issued in the case. By Monday afternoon (12/20), approximately 100 volunteers were searching Old Montreal and the entire downtown area. The search included alleyways and snowbanks for any sign of the missing man.

Late Monday afternoon, an anonymous donor offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to Besner being found. That amount was increased to $10,000 by Monday evening.

One man did report that he had seen Besner walking south on St. Alexis before turning left on a small side street.

Family and friends are struggling to understand the young man’s disappearance. "He was sitting here on the bench and was with other people the entire time except for a period of three minutes, during which he disappeared," said Chinks.


Recovery

At 8:15 am ET on Tuesday, December 21, nearby workers spotted the body of Matthew Besner was found near the Lachine Canal in Old Montreal. The canal is near the Five Roses flour mill below the Peel Basin.

CTV Montreal has reported, “Montreal police Const. Daniel Lacoursière said Tuesday it appears Besner tried to walk from north to south across the frozen canal but fell through the thin ice at least "two or three times." Lacoursière said there were no signs of violence or foul play, and there is no reason to believe Besner's death was anything but an accident. Lacoursière said it appears he died of hypothermia.”

According to Lacoursière, "He proceeded to the south shore, but unfortunately he wasn't able to come up, because he was wet, and he froze."

Besner had been found wearing the same clothes he had on when he disappeared. His identification was with him.

Firefighters were called in to recovery the body because the ice was so thin.


About Matthew Besner

Matthew Besner, an employee with an insurance company, was said to live a very quiet and stable life. Besner lived with his girlfriend and had the same job for a few years. His family has said that he wasn’t one to party, leave without telling anyone, and certainly would never just deliberately walk out of his loved ones’ lives. His friends also say he was a loyal friend.

"We don't know why he went missing," Const. Raphael Bergeron told CBC News. "This man was not known to police. He had a very quiet life. He had a good job."

Besner did not have a criminal record, and he was not known to be suffering any mental health problems. There were no signs to explain his sudden disappearance. Ziggy Zalezniak, a friend of Besner's family, told the Gazette, “To know Matthew is to love Matthew. He's just a nice person. I've watched him grow up," Zalezniak said. "He doesn't have any enemies. He doesn't have any psychological problems or dependency problems. He's just a good kid. That's why we're totally at odds to understand what happened."

Our thoughts go out to Matthew Besner, his family, and his friends.


Facts:
Name/age: Matthew Besner, 27
Physical description: 5’9,” 189 pounds, brown or dark blonde hair, brown eyes. He was wearing blue jeans and a black Canada Goose jacket with fur trim when last seen.
Last seen: 12/19/10, 2:40 a.m., l'Orignal restaurant, 479 Saint-Alexis Street, Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Recovery: 12/21/10 near the Lachine Canal in Old Montreal.
Investigating Agency: Montreal police, 514-393-1133.

10/31/10: Trevor Cooper, 22, Williams Lake, BC, Canada

Trevor Cooper

Trevor Cooper, 22, was was last seen by his family leaving home in Williams Lake, British Columbia, at 11:30 p.m. Halloween night with $400 to $600 cash in his pocket. Cooper, who was developmentally challenged, had been known to leave home for up to five days at a time, but he had always gone to his relatives. This time, he didn't contact his family. He was reported missing by his mother on Nov. 8.

"[He has] the functioning capacity of a youth between the ages of 12-15 years old," said RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dan Moskaluk in a press release on Nov. 13. "His family is very concerned for his well being due to his shy nature, adding that he lacks a degree of street smarts, [which] makes him more vulnerable then a typical 22-year-old."

The last confirmed sighting of Cooper was on November 3, 2010 in Prince George, BC, when RCMP checked and towed a vehicle in which Cooper was one of a few passengers. Though he had not yet been reported missing, officers did record his particulars at the time.

After appeals to the public were made, Corporal Dan Moskaluk, RCMP, said that someone came forward stating they gave a male matching Cooper's description a ride on November 7th and dropped him off at the Red Rock Fire Hall. The witness said he attempted to provide further assistance, but the male refused any help and carried on, walking away from the fire hall.

The search for Cooper ended tragically on Nov. 15, when his body was found by the PG Search and Rescue team in a ditch near the newly constructed weigh scales on Highway 97, 33 km north of Prince George, B.C.

There were no indications of foul play.

10/02/10: Arsim Leku, 29, James Bay, BC, Canada

Arsim Leku

Arsim Leku, 29, was last seen by his brother, Arber, on Oct. 2 at 10:30 p.m. who lives on Michigan Street in James Bay, British Columbia. Leku had stopped at his brothers for pizza and beer, and decided to stay the night, as he often does. When Arber got up in the morning, Arsim was gone. His cellphone went to message mode.

"That's very unusual," Arber told The Times Colonist. "He never turns his cellphone off."

The family checked with the police and the hospital, and found nothing.

Arber and another brother, Arton, then spotted their brother's 1995 dark green Neon on the side of the road. The car, which has an "N" on the rear window, was on the 500 block of Beach Drive, near Transit Road in Oak Bay, B.C. It was empty and unlocked, and all that was found in the car was a pack of cigarettes.

A closed-circuit surveillance camera showed Arsim leaving Arber's apartment building at 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 3. It is unknown why Leku left or what occurred after that.

"He just vanished," said Arber.

In early October, divers scoured the waters off Beach Drive near Kitty Islet in an unsuccessful search for Leku.

On Oct. 31, Ursu's body was discovered by boaters in the waters in Oak Bay near Cattle Point around 1:30 p.m. The Times Colonist reported, "Oak Bay police and two Canadian Coast Guard auxiliary vessels responded and were on scene for about two hours."

The clothes and shoes on the body are the same as the ones last worn by Leku--a black fleece jacket, blue jeans, white and yellow runners. His cellphone and keys were found in a pocket.


About Arsim Leku

Arsim Leku has been described as quiet, hard-working and even-tempered. He was a second-year plumber's apprentice working on the Royal Jubilee construction site. He had no history of drug use, history of mental illness, and had never disappeared before. He always kept in touch with his family and others in the tightly-knit Kosovar-Canadian community in the Victoria area.

"He led a very normal life," says Arber.

Arsim shared a home in Gordon Head, B.C., with his his parents, brother Arton and Arton's wife and child.

The family immigrated to the area after being expelled from the home in Pristina, Kosovo during the violence of the Kosovo Conflict. After spending a few months in a Macedonian refugee camp, the family was taken to Canada with just the clothes on their backs. Arsim, who was 18 at the time, ended up graduating from Vic High. He got a job at Victorian Epicure right out of school, where he worked while studying plumbing at Camosun College. He talked about saving enough money to visit Kosovo someday.

Leku's family says his disappearance doesn't make any sense.

"We can speculate all we want," said Arber, "but we have no clue. We just hope somebody saw him that night with the car."

If you have any information, call Sgt. Chris Horsley, Saanich Police, 250-475-4321.


Case Details 
Name/age: Arsim Leku, 29
Last seen: 10/2/10, Michigan Street, James Bay, BC
Recovered: 10/31/10, near Cattle Point, Oak Bay, BC
Residence: Cattle Head, BC, Canada
Physical Description: 5'8", 160 pounds, with short, dark brown hair. He was wearing a black fleece jacket, blue jeans, white and yellow runners.
Investigating Agency: Saanich Police, 250-475-4321, Sgt. Chris Horsley.

01/10/10: Paul Foster, 28, Hamilton, ON, CAN

Paul Michael Foster, 28, of Hamilton, Ontario, was last seen at his parents' Burlington home on Sunday, January 10, 2010 at approximately 6:00 p.m. before he left to see a movie. It was the last time he was seen.

Foster's family became concerned about his well-being after learning that his faithful dog had been barking and howling for 3 days. It was out of character for him to leave his dog unattended. He had also not accessed his bank accounts or made contact with his friends, which was out of the ordinary for him.


Paul Foster recovered

On September 3, 2010, Foster's eroded truck was found in Hamilton Harbour with the license plate still intact. Fosters body was still inside. Police told the Hamilton Spectator that they believe the truck went through or over the guard rail, which is about 7.8 inches (20 centimeters) in height. They said they "have no reason" to believe it hadn't been there since Foster disappeared in January.

According to the Spectator, a crew of divers from the Department of National Defence Dive Team had been preparing the docking site for the arrival of HMCS Fredericton, a 4,750-ton ship due to arrive at the Catharine Street North pier on September 7. The crew was searching for scrap metal in the area when they discovered the fully submerged pickup truck. The vehicle was pulled up around 7:30pm at Pier 9 of Catharine Street North.

The autopsy results show no signs of foul play.

08/22/05: Mark Kraynak, 23, and Steve Wright, 20, Montreal, QC, Canada

Steve Wright (left)
and Mark Kraynak (right)

Mark Kraynak, 23, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and Steve Wright, 20, of Guerneville, California, spent the night of August 21, 2005 at Vatican, a downtown night club on Crescent Street in Montreal.

The two had traveled from Toronto with a friend and their employer for a weekend in Montreal.

After spending some time at Vatican, they called their employer around 3 a.m. to say they were in a cab heading to the Red Lite, an after-hours rave club, in the city of Laval, 30 minutes away. They had been in the club earlier with him before getting separated.

They arrived at the Red Lite at 3:32 a.m., but never made it inside.

Ten days later, their fractured and severely decomposed bodies were found in the Demix rock quarry more than 300 feet from the Red Lite. Canadian authorities initially described the deaths as "suspicious" because despite the injuries, autopsies did not show any traces of violence. Neither man seemed to be missing clothing, jewelry or money, which might suggest a robbery. And toxicology tests were inconclusive as to whether they might have ingested anything that might have led to their deaths. It was determined that the men had suffered a 50-foot fall into the quarry below.

Surveillance video outside the Red Lite shows Kraynak and Wright dashing into an alley as the taxi chased the men. The cabbie then backed up and left a few minutes later. Police in Laval said they are considering the possibility that Kraynak and Wright might have been looking for a place to hide after they had stiffed the cab driver out of the fare for the trip from Montreal to Laval, which would have been about $40.

Laval police spokesman, Guy Lajeunesse, declined to discuss with the media whether the video showed the men exiting the taxi, as police were hoping the driver would call with details. The surveillance photos show a vehicle with no identifying words or symbols. Authorities don't know the race or gender of the driver, let alone any distinguishing characteristics, but they think he might be hiding because he has a criminal record or is an immigrant.

Janice Kraynak doubts that such a person would draw attention to himself by chasing the men down the alley near the quarry.

The police theory is that Kraynak and Wright refused to pay the driver, so they ran and got through a
5-foot-high barbed-wire fence to enter the dark quarry and ran another 20 feet in the darkness and accidentally fell into the quarry. According to The Montreal Gazette, the quarry had warning signs, but they were written in French only.

"It looks like they died for $40," Lajeunesse told the Tribune-Review. "It's unpleasant, but sometimes you do crazy things."

Mark Kraynak's mother, Janice, struggles to understand how the police could assume Kraynak and Wright had stiffed the cab driver before even interviewing him. She told the media that her son had paid his own way for much of his life, including earning money as a newspaper carrier to cover his expenses at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus where he attended school. She said the men were also carrying enough cash and credit cards to be able to pay the fare. That night Kraynak, Wright, and a third man had even left a $200 tip for a waitress at Vatican; this is evidence, she says, that her son would not stiff a cab driver for $40.

"They can theorize all they want," Janice Kraynak told the Tribune-Review. "All they're doing is defaming my son after his death."

Kraynak also says she has seen the surveillance tape, causing her to further dispute the police theory that the men were running to avoid paying a fare.  The video, she says, shows Kraynak running from an intersection outside the club toward an industrial park of office condominiums. Wright is about two car-lengths behind her son, while the cab is moving behind both. "He was on the track team and I know the way he was running, he was running for his life," Janice Kraynak said. "I just have reason to believe my son knew he was in danger and that's why he was running the way that he ran."

Janice Kraynak said she believes another person was in the taxi, and that might have been the reason the two men were fleeing.

Wright's mother, Cheryl Crockett, also reviewed the surveillance tapes three weeks after Kraynak.

Both Kraynak and Wright were models for the California-based French Connection Française (FCF) agency which provides modeling for adult entertainment. The agency has offices in Toronto, Atlanta and Santa Rosa, California. Kraynak and Wright were supposed to return to the United States that day, via Toronto, after spending the summer working for FCF.

When the two men did not return from their Montreal night out, their boss--owner and CEO of FCF--who was with them that night, called police. He said the young men were always prompt and it was unusual for them not to contact him.

Wright, described as a "party boy," Kraynak, and four other Americans had been hired the previous summer to work as dancers at Remington's, a strip club for gay men in Toronto, although neither Kraynak nor Wright were gay.

Kraynak's family said he was planning to return to Fayette County to begin his sophomore year at the local Penn State campus, where he was studying business management. He had served in the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division in Baghdad, Iraq in 2003. He received a Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds he received when an improvised explosive device went off while he was under a bridge with a group of children. He became involved with the FCF Agency through an Atlanta office while he was serving with the 82nd at Fort Bragg, N.C. Janice Kraynak said her son's dream was to be a model in fitness magazines.

Kraynak had reportedly told his mother that he was in Canada to do construction work, hoping to hide his occupation from her. His boss told the media that that model had appeared in fitness magazines and in pornographic films with female partners. He had also auditioned for an independent horror film because was interested in acting. Janice Kraynak fears her son was forced or coerced into "something much more sinister," and believes she saw a contract with FCF that bound him to the agency through August 2006.

Kraynak's credentials were passed along by FCF to the producer of "Dead Boyz Don't Scream," and he was invited to audition for the role of a model who is murdered. Janice Kraynak told the Tribune-Review that the script apparently was a horror movie about male models who disappear during a photo shoot, and she says, contains "sexual type of abuse," murders, and a cover-up by a modeling agent. She said her son's receipt of the script in his Yahoo! e-mail account on Aug. 5 is "so bizarre that I have to believe it's tied" to his death.

"It describes how Todd, which is the role my son was asked to look at, was axed to death," Janice Kraynak said. "And it says, 'Todd is history.'"

She recalled that the police asked her to keep the script quiet, which she has done up until now, but she now feels that it is time for this possible connection to be made public.

"We sympathize with Mrs. Kraynak's loss and understand her grief," said Jerry Goldberg, the film's producer in a statement. "Her son was one of dozens of actors briefly considered for a role in a film we have been developing for five years. He was proposed to us by his theatrical agent, and our entire communication with him consisted of one e-mail and one phone conversation. We ultimately chose another actor for the role."

Regarding the deaths of his talent, Kraynak's boss said to the media, "There's no doubt in my mind, in my soul, that this was an accident."

He also stated that Kraynak had a day-to-day contract, though there was a written agreement through next August that required the model to notify the agency if he received work with another group. Otherwise, if Kraynak got a job, he received 80 percent of the payment and the agency got 20 percent.

But Janice Kraynak believes the people who were with Kraynak and Wright that weekend in Montreal know more than they've told police.

"I have my opinion that the (adult entertainment) industry is behind this in some way," she said. "That is my opinion, and I will do everything I can to prove that."

In 2005, Janice Kraynak said she had placed a call to Congressman John Murtha, D-Johnstown for help.

FCF Agency has faced scrutiny before. In March 2004, 23-year-old Toronto woman, Natel King, who had been represented by FCF was found dead in Montgomery County. Her photographer Anthony J. Frederick, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in 2005, saying he killed the woman after a dispute about money.


Sources
Foreman, Chris. (2005, October 14). Mom: Porn Industry Behind Son's Death. TribLive.com. Accessed 09/16/10 from: http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/fayette/s_384093.html#axzz372XzfU8e

Published: 09/16/10.  Updated: 07/10/14.

02/22/08: Dennis Cornish, 37, 100 Mile House, BC, Canada

Dennis's story
On Feb. 22, 2008, Dennis James Cornish, 37 vanished after purchasing fuel at Race Trac gas station on highway 97 at the entrance to the 108 Mile Ranch subdivision. It was the last time he was seen. His brown 1995 GMC pickup was later found abandoned in the city of 100 Mile House, British Columbia.


The Search for Dennis Cornish
Dennis Cornish's parents, Janette and Dennis, made the trip from Calgary to 100 Mile House to hand out flyers, checking in with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and speaking with the 100 Mile Free Press. A Facebook page was created by Dennis's friend, Ken Mont from Calgary. Early on, Dennis's family expressed concerns on the page that Dennis had met with foul play.

On the one-year anniversary of his disappearance, the Cornish family released a statement that read, "It is now a year since our son, Dennis went missing. We know he is no longer with us. That is the focus of the RCMP investigation. Our family does not know how and why he died. The most important thing for us is finding his body. Not a day goes by that we don’t think of him. We can’t find peace and move on until we have his remains and give him a proper burial. We are open to all suggestions as to where Dennis might be."

When we come to the last moment of this lifetime,
As we look across it,
The only thing that is going to matter is,
“What is the quality of our love?”
~Richard Bach, as read by Dennis's sister, Corrine, at his memorial service on 8/16/09.

Sadly, it was later determined that Dennis had been murdered. On June 8, Darin Randle, a friend of Dennis's was arrested in his death. An RCMP officer flew to Calgary to inform Dennis's parents. On their Facebook page, the family posted, "We were advised that DARIN RANDLE, Dennis’ friend in 100 Mile House, had been arrested for murder and subsequently charged with “indecency to a body.” To date Dennis’ body has not been found. [Randle] was released until his next court appearance in July. If you have any further information regarding these charges, please contact Constable Jay Grierson, North District, Major Crime Unit – (250) 649-3923."

A trial is set to begin September 05, 2012. It is our sincerest hope that some measure of justice can be will be found for Dennis and his family.

About Dennis Cornish

Dennish Cornish, whose friends called "Corn", lived in the 100 Mile area for two years before planning to return to his home-province of Alberta in the beginning of 2008. His family states that he had an amazing smile, a love of life, and a positive attitude. At his memorial service, friends said that he was caring and non-judgmental, bringing many good things to the world.

"Dennis’ life was full of adventure and he lived on the edge. He grew up in the community of Mapleridge, Calgary. A big part of his time there was participating in Lacrosse. The family has many fond memories of Dennis’ team mates, his coach, Mr. Boykiw, lacrosse games and tournaments. Dennis loved water and snow skiing and became a Certified Canadian Ski Instructor in his early 20s. He had an inherent understanding of mechanics and technology. Computers became one of his passions. He received Computer Technology Certificates from SAIT. He worked for Apex Cable and then 5 years as a computer analyst at the Calgary Board of Education. He went on to apply his computer skills in video and slide presentations for businesses and individuals. From Calgary, Dennis found his way to Canmore, Kelowna and finally Northern BC where he settled for a couple of years.

He had a beautiful spirit and he touched many people with his warm and charming nature. We know and feel he is always with us....



Dennis Cornish Memorial Bench



A lovely memorial bench has been placed in Fish Creek Provincial Park to commemorate the life of Dennis Cornish. The inscription reads, "In Loving Memory of Dennis James Cornish 1970-2008. He lived, loved and laughed."

Dennis leaves behind a 13-year-old daughter, Chay. Anyone wishing to make a contribution to her education fund may do so at any Royal Bank - Trust account #: 06892-5099254.

Quick Facts:
Name/age: Dennish Cornish, 37
Date of birth: 9/13/70
Residence: 100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada
Last seen: 02/22/08: Race Trac gas station on highway 97 at the entrance to the 108 Mile Ranch subdivision near city of 100 Mile House in British Columbia, Canada
Physical Description: 5' 7" tall, 165 lbs, short brown hair and hazel eyes. Tattoo on his right upper arm of a yin/yang symbol with crossed swords through it. Wears a heavy silver neck chain.
Investigating Agency: 100 Mile House RCMP at 250-395-2456
Links: Facebook

Originally published: 4/28/10. Updated 12/2/10.

11/04/07: John Kahler, 29, Mission, BC, Canada

John Kahler, 29, a resident of Langley, British Columbia, disappeared on Nov. 4, 2007 while attending the King of the Pit 4×4 truck festival on the mud flats of Stave Lake near Mission, B.C. with two friends. The festival drew a crowd of more than 1,000 people.
 
Kahler was last seen around 4 a.m. having a drink around the campfire. His white Ford F150 pick-up truck was then found at 6:30 a.m. by one of his friends who left early. It was stuck in a ditch about 200 meters from the campsite. The engine was still running, the doors were opening, the radio was on, and the wipers were on. There was no sign of John Kahler.

08/02/99: Rashad Burnley, 20, Toronto, ON, Canada

Rashad Lateef Burnley, a twenty year old student at Wooster College in Ohio was with a tour company attending a Caribana music festival in Toronto, Canada. On Sunday, August 2, 1999 Rashad and six of his buddies went to a bar on Polson Street. Friends later told the family that Rashad was shouting and acting strangely. "At one point he began running backwards" and a car bumped into him. Rashad was last seen running from his friends outside the bar on Polson Street.

His body was recovered ten days later in the Toronto Harbor.

08/08/09: Braden Andersen, 20, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Braden Andersen, a 20-year old from McMunn, Manitoba, in Canada disappeared in the early morning hours of Saturday, August 8 in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was last seen by family and friends walking south on Rorie Street from Bannatyne Avenue at about 2:45 a.m. after attending a family member's wedding in the Exchange District.

Family members reported Braden missing at 2 p.m., around the same time that his wallet and clothes were found on the bank of the Red River near the Alexander Docks. The finding of the belongings prompted a water search, and his body was recovered three days later.

08/13/06: Robert Barrington Leigh, 20, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Robert Barrington Leigh, a promising 20-year old math and physics whiz at the University of Toronto, was home for two weeks to visit his parents in Edmonton, Alberta. On Aug. 13, 2006, he waved goodbye to his mother, who was sitting on the couch watching TV, and headed off on his bike to the nearby Edmonton Folk Festival  to meet some friends.

Around 11:30 p.m., he text-messaged his girlfriend, Lucy Zhang, who was studying in Italy, to tell her that he was in Queen Elizabeth Park heading toward the festival in Gallagher Park and would not be able to call her later. According to Lucy, he wished her luck on her mid-term exams and "there was nothing weird about his message."

But he never returned home.

The disappearance led the local newscasts for nine days until his body was found in the North Saskatchewan River across from Gallagher Park, the site of the festival.

05/26/09: Mason MacPhail, 16, Toronto, ON, Canada

On Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 16-year old Mason MacPhail, a shy teen with Asberger Syndrome, a form of autism, accompanied three friends to an all ages concert for the band Disturbed at the Sound Academy bar on Polson Street in Ontario, Canada.

At some point during the night, he got into an altercation at the club with another concert goer during the concert and Mason was escorted out. He became separated from his friends. Video surveillance shows him stepping outside of the club and in, according to The Star, "an isolated stretch of derelict portlands on the waterfront" at 8 p.m. (also reported in the media as 9:30 p.m.). He was supposed to meet up with his friends in the parking lot at 11:30 p.m., but he never showed up. His body was found two days later in the channel of the Toronto Harbor.

05/16/09: Shane Fair, 19, Toronto, ON, Canada

Nineteen-year old Shane Fair went missing on May 16, 2009 at a formal dinner and dance party at Atlantis Pavilion at Ontario Place in Toronto, Ontario to celebrate the end of his school year at York University.

He never got on the last bus that would have taken him back to campus to his dorm room. Friends have said that the young man had been drinking during the formal.

His body was found in Lake Ontario on May 30, near where he was last seen.

10/21/03: Joseph Grozelle, Kingston, Ontario

Joseph Grozelle, 21, disappeared from the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, where he was a third-year cadet on Oct. 22, 2003. He was last seen in his dorm room by his girlfriend, Melissa who fell asleep while studying and awoke the next morning to find him gone. He never showed up to classes. His body was found in the Cataraqui River in Kingston, Ontario on November 13, 2003.

On October 21, 2003, Joe Grozelle settled into his dorm room with his girlfriend, Melissa Haggert, to study. While Melissa reads on the bed, Joe works on a paper due for his law class the next day. At about
1 a.m., Melissa falls asleep while Joe is still working at his computer. At about 5:30 a.m., Melissa wakes up to find that Joe is not in the room. His watch, wallet and cell phone are still on his desk. She returns to her room at about 6 a.m. and goes about her day attending classes. Melissa and other cadets go to Joe's room throughout the day but do not find him. By 4:30 p.m., when Joe does not show up for basketball practice, Melissa leaves a note on the squadron officer's door. A missing person investigation was commenced by Kingston base MPs later that evening.

Click here for an in-depth timeline from CBS News.


The Search for Joe Grozelle

From October 23-November 13, 2003, seven members of Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (NIS) lead the search for Joe Grozelle. According to CBS News, they: conduct searches of the RMC grounds, Joseph Grozelle's room, canvass hospitals and shelters in the Kingston area, interview staff and cadets at RMC, flag credit cards, analyze Joe's computer, and work with the Kingston Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in conducting air, water, and ground searches, including the use of canine teams.

The body of Joseph Grozelle was found in the Cataraqui River in Kingston, Ontario three weeks after he disappeared, on November 13, 2003. The body was identified by his father, Ron Grozelle.

The initial examination was not able to establish a cause of death, so further testing was required. The subsequent autopsy in July 2004 listed the cause of death as "undetermined." Drugs and alcohol were not found in his system.

The body was exhumed in November 2004 for a second autopsy, which also found the cause of death to be "undetermined."

Early on, investigators suspected suicide, based on interviews with his girlfriend who said Joe had confided in her that he once tried to take his life in high school. But Grozelle's family insisted he never would have taken his own life. They hoped that an inquest into his death would answer any remaining questions. They have always maintained that their son's death was neither an accident or a suicide.

A month-long Coroner's Inquest into the death was finally held in March 2007 in Kingston, Ontario. The cause of death was defined as "unascertained, non-natural." The manner of death was "undetermined."


Unanswered Questions

In February 2010, Joe Grozelle's father, Ron, told the media that he was requesting a new investigation of his son's case after Col. Russell Williams, 8 Wing commander at Trenton, was charged with the first-degree murders of two young women--27-year-old Jessica Lloyd and 37-year-old Marie Comeau, a corporal who worked at the airbase. According to The Whig Standard, "Williams also faces charges of sexual assault connected to two home invasions last September in the Tweed area." Furthermore, the paper reported that Ontario Provincial Police are looking into all unsolved crimes in jurisdictions where Williams served over the course of his 23-year career. Williams was completing a master's degree in Defense Studies at the Royal Military College from August 2003 to June 2004, the time when Joe Grozelle was a student at the college.

Ron Grozelle told the Whig-Standard, "I would characterize this case as one of those that needs to be followed up. I would hope they contact me and tell me what they've found. If I don't hear from them they'll certainly hear from me."


Case Details
Name/age: Joseph Grozelle, 21
Hometown: Ridgetown, ON
College: Royal Military College, Kingston, ON
Last Seen: 10/23/03, Kingston, Ontario
Recovered: 11/13/03, Cataraqui River, Inner Harbor, in Kingston, Ontario


Sources
CNews, Scope of Grozelle inquest debated, 1/12/07
The London Free Press, Still waiting to mourn, 07/09/07
CBS News.ca, RMC cadet death inquest likely on hold until 2007, 11/17/06
Government of Ontario, Inquest in the death of Joseph Grozelle announced, 12/14/05
CBC.ca, Shadows of Doubt, 11/15/08

Published 6/11/09. Last Updated 11/23/10.