On May 24, 1970, 16-year-old Claire Gagnon of Gould Street in Dieppe, New Brunswick, did not return home for Sunday dinner at 5:00 pm. This was out of the ordinary for the teenager and concerned her parents. The last confirmed sighting of Claire was sometime between 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm that same day.
On May 25, 1970, some 24 hours later, her body was discovered just 300 yards (900 ft) from her home. She was found with a rope around her neck and a towel in her mouth
Law enforcement confirmed Claire Gagnon was the victim of a homicide.
A man was charged in 1993 after he had confessed to killing Claire. It was later confirmed that this person had been a resident at a psychiatric hospital at the time of Claire’s murder so they dropped the charges.
Over the 50 years since her death, there have been numerous leads and investigators assigned to the file, however, to this date the person or persons responsible for her death have yet to be identified.
If you have any information regarding Claire Gagnon’s case, please contact:
New Brunswick RCMP Major Crime Unit
Telephone: 506-452-3491
Email: jdiv.mcu@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
N.B. Crime Stoppers
Online at: https://crimenb.ca
Telephone: 1-800-222-TIPS (8477)
All calls are confidential.
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