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Toronto Sun
30-07-2025
- Toronto Sun
Coroner confirms remains found in Quebec river are man missing for 37 Years
His submerged vehicle was found near Deux-Montagnes after a group searched the river using advanced sonar. Published Jul 29, 2025 • Last updated 16 hours ago • 1 minute read Robert St-Louis's Jeep Cherokee was pulled from the Mille-Îles River in Deux-Montagnes this week after being located by Exploring with a Mission. St-Louis had vanished in 1988. Exploring with a Mission The Quebec coroner's office has confirmed that human remains found inside a submerged vehicle in Deux-Montagnes last week are those of Robert St-Louis, who went missing in 1988. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Laval police shared the news Monday on Facebook, officially closing a case that had remained unsolved for 37 years. In a post, they offered condolences to St-Louis's family, praising their 'great resilience' and decades of continued contact with investigators. St-Louis was 42 when he vanished in June 1988. His beige Jeep Cherokee was located earlier this month in the Mille-Îles River by Exploring With a Mission, a U.S.-based volunteer diving team that searches waterways for missing people. Bones were found inside the vehicle, along with personal belongings including his sunglasses and a distinctive gold watch. Daniel St-Louis, his son, said the discovery brought a difficult but needed sense of closure. 'We're torn between the 37-year grief that's coming out and also a little bit of satisfaction that, finally, we're going to begin to be able to grieve,' he previously told The Gazette. The cause of death remains under investigation but Daniel said 'everything seems to point' to suicide. The discovery was made with the help of sonar equipment near a boat launch in Deux-Montagnes. The family says it is still deciding how to honour St-Louis, but it will likely involve a pint of O'Keefe's. With files from The Gazette's Kalina Laframboise Sunshine Girls Sunshine Girls Columnists MLB Tennis
Montreal Gazette
29-07-2025
- Montreal Gazette
Coroner confirms remains found in Mille-Îles river are Robert St-Louis, missing for 37 Years
The Quebec coroner's office has confirmed that human remains found inside a submerged vehicle in Deux-Montagnes last week are those of Robert St-Louis, who went missing in 1988. Laval police shared the news Monday on Facebook, officially closing a case that had remained unsolved for 37 years. In a post, they offered condolences to St-Louis's family, praising their 'great resilience' and decades of continued contact with investigators. St-Louis was 42 when he vanished in June 1988. His beige Jeep Cherokee was located earlier this month in the Mille-Îles River by Exploring With a Mission, a U.S.-based volunteer diving team that searches waterways for missing people. Bones were found inside the vehicle, along with personal belongings including his sunglasses and a distinctive gold watch. Daniel St-Louis, his son, said the discovery brought a difficult but needed sense of closure. 'We're torn between the 37-year grief that's coming out and also a little bit of satisfaction that, finally, we're going to begin to be able to grieve,' he previously told The Gazette. The cause of death remains under investigation but Daniel said 'everything seems to point' to suicide. The discovery was made with the help of sonar equipment near a boat launch in Deux-Montagnes. The family says it is still deciding how to honour St-Louis, but it will likely involve a pint of O'Keefe's. With files from The Gazette's Kalina Laframboise
Global News
23-07-2025
- Global News
How a man missing for 37 years led to days of cars being pulled from Quebec river
After several days of pulling cars from the Mille-Îles river north of Montreal, police say they will turn their attention to identifying the remainder of the submerged vehicles. It is believed that there were 10 cars in the river close to a boat launch in Deux-Montagnes, with police working since the weekend to pull four from the river. Police say it will do more harm than good for the environment to pull any other cars, although they will still send divers down to the remaining vehicles to record licence and vehicle information numbers to identify the vehicles. It remains unclear why so many cars have ended up here, according to police, as they may have been dumped in the river or simply carried to this resting spot. The search of the water began over the weekend, when a team of divers from Australia and the U.S. located a vehicle believed to be owned by Robert St. Louis, who has been missing for 37 years. Story continues below advertisement Exploring With a Mission is a group which conducts searches in waterways for missing people using sonar and divers. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'We travel all over the world finding missing persons that are cold cases that have been lost for years where their families are looking for answers and what we do, is we bring them home,' Exploring With a Mission's Bill McIntosh told Global News over the weekend. 2:12 Divers find body in Montreal river believed to belong to man who went missing in 1988 St. Louis had been missing since leaving his home in Laval on June 14, 1998, leaving a family of five children wondering what became of their father. They put in a request to the Exploring With a Mission to find him. St Louis was an avid fisherman who was regularly on the water in the area due to his hobby. Exploring With a Mission began sweeping the area Saturday and found an 'upside-down car that was square,' matching the description of St Louis's Jeep Cherokee on Sunday morning. There were human remains inside. Story continues below advertisement A dive by Pritchard early Sunday confirmed the vehicle matched the description of the missing man's vehicle. Pritchard also looked inside the vehicle and saw bones that he believes are human remains, McIntosh said. 'I just hope that they find some comfort and some relief with the fact that we were able to bring him home today,' McIntosh told Global News over the weekend. The St Louis family told Global News that they are awaiting the results of a DNA test to confirm their father had been found. They previously have been given false hope that the mystery of his disappearance had been solved. The Exploring With a Mission team was also behind the discovery of a body in a vehicle that was pulled from the St-François river in the province's Mauricie region on July 12. Police confirmed that the vehicle had belonged Yvon Guévin, a man who had gone missing in July 2014. — with files from The Canadian Press
Hamilton Spectator
20-07-2025
- Hamilton Spectator
Vehicle found in river north of Montreal could be linked to missing person case
MONTREAL - Police north of Montreal say a vehicle found in the Mille-Îles river on Sunday could be linked to the case of a Laval man who went missing in 1988. Deux-Montagnes police say they are looking into the discovery, reported to police by a diving group known as Exploring With a Mission. The group searches waterways for missing people and says they located a vehicle on the bottom of the river with bones inside. Group member William McIntosh says he believes the vehicle is the tan Jeep Cherokee Chief belonging to Robert St-Louis, a 42-year-old father of five last seen in June 1988. Police say they requested the assistance of Quebec provincial police divers because the vehicle might be linked to a missing person case. Laval police says its crimes against persons division will try to confirm whether any human remains recovered from the site can be identified. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 20, 2025. Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .
Winnipeg Free Press
20-07-2025
- Winnipeg Free Press
Vehicle found in river north of Montreal could be linked to missing person case
MONTREAL – Police north of Montreal say a vehicle found in the Mille-Îles river on Sunday could be linked to the case of a Laval man who went missing in 1988. Deux-Montagnes police say they are looking into the discovery, reported to police by a diving group known as Exploring With a Mission. The group searches waterways for missing people and says they located a vehicle on the bottom of the river with bones inside. Group member William McIntosh says he believes the vehicle is the tan Jeep Cherokee Chief belonging to Robert St-Louis, a 42-year-old father of five last seen in June 1988. Police say they requested the assistance of Quebec provincial police divers because the vehicle might be linked to a missing person case. Laval police says its crimes against persons division will try to confirm whether any human remains recovered from the site can be identified. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 20, 2025.
