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1988 Quebec missing person’s case solved after bones found in river identified

Jul 30, 2025 | 1:12 PM

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.

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 waterways for missing people.