Disappearance of Adrien McNaughton
Adrien McNaughton | |
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| Born | Adrien McNaughton November 9, 1966 |
| Disappeared | January 12, 1972 (aged 5) |
| Status | Missing for 52 years and 11 months |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Height | 3 ft 0 in (0.91 m) |
| Parents |
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The disappearance of Adrien McNaughton (born November 4, 1966)[1] is the case of a five-year-old boy who went missing while on a fishing trip on June 12, 1972.[2][3]
Disappearance
While on a family fishing trip at Holmes Lake near Calabogie, Ontario, Adrien was fishing for about an hour with his father. Adrien became tired and stopped fishing because his line was tangled. He sat down on a nearby rock, then left the lakeshore to play a short distance away. He then wandered away from his father and his three older siblings into a wooded area.[4] The father Murray McNaughton, after noticing that Adrien was missing, sent Adrien’s eldest brother Lee McNaughton to the car to search for him. When Lee didn't find Adrien a search was sent out to find him. Hours later when Adrien was not found, the police were contacted.[5] At the time of his disappearance he was last seen wearing a blue nylon parka jacket, an orange striped shirt, blue jeans, brown shorts, and running shoes.
Investigation
A massive search was conducted to find McNaughton as thousands of volunteers led by the armed forces searched the area where Adrien had gone missing.[6] While extensive searching was conducted, no clues to his whereabouts, or anything was found.[7]
Aftermath
In 2009 with the use of new digital technology, his parents hoped to find him as an adult.[8] Also in 2009 when Adrien's parents were contacted by the Toronto Sun, his mother declined to be interviewed and referred questions to the police.[9] A CBC original podcast called Someone Knows Something, investigated Adrien McNaughton's disappearance, beginning in 2015. The show is hosted, written and produced by award-winning Canadian filmmaker David Ridgen, and it's first episodes were released in March 2016.[10] On April 23, 2016, as part of the investigation for SKS, five highly trained volunteers conducted a search dive of Holmes Lake, looking for the remains of McNaughton, after four separate cadaver dogs indicated that they were detecting human remains in the area.[11] A tooth-like object and small piece of rubber that may have belonged to a shoe were uncovered under eight feet of water.[12] It is believed that these might be remains of McNaughton.
See also
References
- ^ "The Doe Network: Case File 1968DMON". www.doenetwork.org. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ nurun.com. ""Someone Knows Something" about Adrien McNaughton | Pembroke Daily Observer". Pembroke Daily Observer. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "Adrien McNaughton | 5 | Missing June 12, 1972 | Holmes Lake, Brougham Twp". www.unsolvedcanada.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "Adrien McNaughton | 5 | Missing June 12, 1972 | Holmes Lake, Brougham Twp". www.unsolvedcanada.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "Timeline | Somebody Knows Something | CBC Radio". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "Mercury-Advance - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "OPP hopes technology helps find boy missing 37 years | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "Man missing since 1972". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "CBC true-crime podcast prompts lake search in 1972 cold case of missing boy". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ CBC (2016-05-03), Someone Knows Something: The Dive | CBC, retrieved 2017-03-12
- ^ InsideOttawaValley.com. "Missing Arnprior boy's cold case may have new clues". www.insideottawavalley.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.