CANADA Canada - Norman Welsh, 31, North Bay, Ont, 19 July 1976

The disappearance of Norman Richard Welsh remains unsolved after 40 years.

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Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: September 15, 1944
Age at Time of Disappearance: 31 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 6'1" (185 cm.); 141 lbs. (64 kg.)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Brown hair, cut short; blue eyes. Slim build.
Marks, Scars: Scar on head.
Clothing: Checked knit blue and grey pants; checked black and white shirt; slippers.
Dentals: Has a 2 tooth partial plate and is missing his front upper left tooth, teeth slightly stained.

Circumstances of Disappearance
Welsh was last seen in North Bay, Ontario on July 19, 1976 while on holiday with his mother. An incident occurred July 18, 1976 in the Sturgeon Falls area, and Norman was subsequently brought to the hospital. While in the hospital he was described as bitter and uncooperative wanting to return home to St. Catherines. While being escorted at the North Bay Psychiatric Hospital, he ran off to a wooded area. It is believed he had $14.00 on his person at the time of his disappearance.


Police highlight 40-year-old cold case

Norman Richard Welsh was last seen running towards the bush area on the former North Bay Psychiatric grounds on July 19 in 1976.

Welsh's case is part of a continuing series of media conferences on its unsolved missing person investigations.

Welsh required medication for epilepsy. He was known to have seizures and there was concern he would have difficulty recovering from a seizure on his own.

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There isn't much on the net about him. The police did search for him immediately after he ran from the hospital. Here is a pic of the hospital being torn down. There are heavy woods behind it.

Bumping for Norman...this month is the 44th anniversary of his disappearance.

Private Investigator seeking answers over missing persons cases at old psychiatric hospital - Timmins News

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...They may be decades apart but Ellen White still sees unique parallels between six missing persons cases which all are tied to the old North Bay Psychiatric Hospital which was located on Highway 11 North, north of the city of North Bay.

Ellen White, is a private investigator who runs a podcast called “Whereabouts Unknown".

"The common link is they all happened at the old psychiatric hospital; the old building on the highway," said White, who is based out of Barrie.

The six, include Philippe Guerin (1966), Dawn Carisse (2001), Terry Zubko (1982), Norman Welsh (1976), Glen Wesley (2010) and Russell Hoffert (2000).