Phillipe Guérin

Philippe Guérin
Case reference: 2014006285
Missing since: June 12, 1966
Missing from: North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: March 28, 1939
Age at disappearance: 27 years
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Eye Color: Brown
Hair: Brown, short
Teeth: Visible Missing
Height: 170 cm / 5ft 7in
Philippe was last seen wearing: A black sleeveless top and grey sweatpants
Details about Philippe’s case: At the age of 10, Philippe Guérin was paralyzed by polio and as a result he walked with a limp. At the time he went missing, on June 12th, 1966, Philippe was a 27-year old patient of the Ontario Hospital, a psychiatric hospital that was located in the North end of North Bay and that has since been demolished. Hospital authorities sent a letter to the Widdifield Police Department to report him as missing. In operation from 1958 to 1968, the Widdifield Police had yet to be annexed to what was then known as the North Bay Police Department.

The Widdifield Police followed up on a lead from a North Bay clergyman who picked up a hitchhiker matching Philippe’s description in the Sudbury area at Falconbridge. The hitchhiker, who the clergyman dropped off at the junction of Highways 17 and 11, south of North Bay, said he was heading to Sacré-Coeur, Québec. This lead met with negative results.

Widdifield Police were never able to locate Philippe and the investigation, now with the North Bay Police Service, remains unsolved.

If you have information on Philippe’s case, please contact any of the following:
North Bay Police Service: 1-705-497-5555
Reference Case#: NB10013474
Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477)
Online at: https://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org/submit-a-tip/submit-a-tip
Crime Stoppers provides anonymous tipping

Send email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at: canadasmissing-disparuscanada@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Sources:
North Bay Police Service
Canada’s Missing
Doe Network