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Searchers from a missing people’s charity hope they have found a trace of Nicole Morin.
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Brett Robinson of Please Bring Me Home (PBMH) was at an unnamed Etobicoke park Thursday with cadaver dogs, following up on information that is nearly 40 years old.
On July 30, 1985, 8-year-old Nicole Morin left her top-floor apartment at 627 The West Mall to meet a friend in the lobby. The children intended to use the pool in Maureen’s building.
Maureen never arrived in the lobby.
The child was never seen again.
Maureen’s name has remained in the public mind all these years, and the police have not stopped trying to find out what happened to her.
Now, as part of a new missing persons unit, Toronto police have resumed their work on the case, although it is unfortunately being treated as a homicide.
Hard-working volunteers from Please Bring Me Home (PBMH) followed up this week on a tip from a woman who was 12 years old when Nicole Morin went missing.
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She claims she saw Maureen in that Etobicoke park in the company of a man the 12-year-old recognized — because, she said, the same man had molested her in the past.
Among other reasons, the search makes sense: the park has secluded areas and is within walking distance of Maureen’s home.
Robinson said Friday that the cadaver dogs had a clear hit when they got to the park. One dog is sent out and if the dog points to something, the second dog comes in independently and the handlers see if it reacts the same way.
Both dogs reacted in the same area.
Brett Robinson of Please Bring Me Home (PBMH) was at an unnamed Etobicoke park Thursday with cadaver dogs, following up on information that is nearly 40 years old. BLACKTRACKS K9/FACEBOOK Photo by FACEBOOK /BLACKTRACKS K9
“Our search only covered about 40-45 percent of the park,” Robinson said. BlackTracks K-9 had a ‘hit’ with both of their dogs, which we will forward to the Toronto Police.”
There are no guarantees, of course, that the remains identified by the dogs belong to Nicole Morin, “but they detected the odor of human remains,” Robinson confirmed.
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He said he spoke with Western University criminologist Dr. Michael Arntfield, who suggested the PBMH team return to conduct a web search.
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“And that’s what we’ll do when we get back with the dogs.” It’s not a great walking area and we’re trying to get old photos of the park from 37 years ago,” Robinson said.
The witness who saw Maureen in the park lived across the street at the time.
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“She pointed out that some of the roads and parking lots were not there at the time. And we don’t know what the tree line looked like,” Robinson said.
Robinson said Thursday’s search was fruitful.
“This was our fourth search with BlackTracks K-9 dogs and we are very pleased with the results.”
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