Vehicles and bones found in the River of the Thousand Islands

At least two vehicles. Nevertheless, including one container of bones, were found on Sunday morning by volunteer divers in the River des Mille Îles, in Deux-Montagnes.

Dan Pritchard. Furthermore, Bill McIntosh, the two men behind Exploring with a Missiona non -profit organization that specializes in the detection of vehicles underwater using a Sonar, have discovered it.

These researchers. Nevertheless, one Australian, the other American, specialize in cases of missing people and document their work on their YouTube channel.

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The duo moved to the request of the daughter of Robert St-Louis. Nevertheless, a man in the region who has been missing since June 14, 1988.

They put their boat in the water on Saturday evening, after a brief discussion with the family. Moreover, Mr. However, Pitchard made a first dive, during which he was able to identify the desired vehicle: a Cherokee Chief Beige from 1980.

The diver returned underwater at dawn on Sunday and found that the vehicle window was lowered. However,

It was at this point that he opened the driver’s door. discovered what he thinks of vehicles bones found river thousand being bones, before returning to the surface to alert the police, he said in an interview with Radio-Canada.

Analyzes must be carried out to confirm the identity of the victim. The van is still in the water, and it is unknown when a crane can be moved to recover it.

A security perimeter was erected by the police. the police force opened an investigation to validate the information obtained by divers.

Quick research in a location logic – Vehicles bones found river thousand

Exploring with a Mission uses a sonar to conduct his research. a simple system commonly used by fishermen, specifies Mr. McIntosh.

The difference is that we do not fix it on the boat. we have it on a stick that turns on itself. It allows me to move the stick to examine the vehicle in vehicles bones found river thousand two. three dimensions, a bit like an ultrasoundhe explains.

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The team began their research near the launching ramp located near the Grand-Moulin crescent in Deux-Montagnes.

This launching ramp is the most logical. As soon as we got here. it took us five minutes to find outsays McIntosh, who calls for greater vigilance around these access points.

We must better inspect the launching ramps located near places where people have disappeared. because it is generally where we find them, within a radius of 1 to 5 miles [1,6 à 8 kilomètres]. They are typically at the nearest place which is the deepesthe says.

A series of discoveries

MM. Pritchard. McIntosh have identified nine cases of disappearance in Quebec and have been traveling the province’s rivers since the beginning of July in search of carcasses of cars that may have belonged to missing people.

Their efforts already led. on July 11, to discover the car and the body of Yvon Guévin, a man who has disappeared since 2014, in the Saint-François river in Pierreville, in Center-du-Québec.

Last week. the duo also patrolled in the Yamachiche and Louiseville sector, in Mauricie, to try to find the vehicle vehicles bones found river thousand of Mélissa Blais, disappeared in 2017, without success.

According to Mr. McIntosh, the work of the two men has made it possible to elucidate 39 disappearances to date.

We are honored to be at the service of the community and to help families have a little respitehe concluded.

With information from Colin Côté-Paulette