CANADA Canada - 6 Missing Teens, Pickering, Ontario, 17 March 1995

[branmuffin]

I lived in Toronto when these boys went missing. You shake your head when you think of the foolishness of taking a rowboat out in Lake Ontario in March. But then you remember some of the crazy things YOU did, like climb up a water tower. You feel invincible when you're that age but looking back in retrospect you realize it could have been "there but for the grace of God, go I".

I really hoped that the remains found in Niagara back in '98 was going to be closure for at least one family member but that didn't turn out.

I was checking the currents of Lake Ontario and found this chart and where a wreck or bodies may have ended up. So it was quite possible that the remains found in Niagara could have been one of the boys.

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I also checked how much ice was still on Lake Ontario in March 1995. According to the attached report in March of '95 Lake Ontario was already down to 2% ice coverage so it's very possible the remains of a boat with human remains could have drifted toward the opposite shore based on the currents in the above chart.

https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050028.pdf

It's very possible, based on the lack of ice and lake currents, that some UIDs found in New York state could be any one of these young men.

 

[Coffee56]

Cross posting. I see a resemblance between Chad Smith and Mostly Harmless from FL.

I believe the boys probably did drown the night they disappeared but have found conflicting reports that they were seen after though the reliability is questionable.

Features line up in shape distance etc - Ears, eyes, eyebrows (thinner on Chad but general shape looks the same to me), lip line etc.

I can’t tell on the nose. They seem to have the same general shape but Chad has only one photo and that area is difficult to pull out.

Chad’s lips appear fuller but MH’s lips look much fuller in pics where he’s clean shaven.

Chad has lots of freckles that I’m not seeing on MH. As a kid the sun always brought out my freckles but as I’ve gotten older they are just about gone. I’m not sure if this would still be a factor

I’m unable to find any identifying info on Chad. No height, weight, tattoos, no missing reports. Nothing other than part of this group of 6

On sightings:

FOI documents show possible sightings of the boys.
Some put the boys in Kew Beach in Toronto, near the home of Jamie, days after the disappearance. But then one witness said she spotted Jamie in a Burger King near Clarence, NY on March 19. Another person said she saw Chad at his home on March 17.

The mystery of the Lost Boys: Part 2

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)


FL - FL - Big Cypress National Preserve, Male hiker, "Denim" and "Mostly Harmless", 23 July 2018 #3

 

[Coffee56]

I find this area in the 2 interesting

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I do hope these boys will eventually be matched up to some unidentified boys who are waiting for their names back. But I don't see enough resemblance to "Mostly Harmless." MOO.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping up for 6 lost boys

 

[ChatteringBirds]

As long as I remain a member here, I'll keep bumping up their case(s), if needed...

From March 2022:

STILL MISSING: March 17 marks 27 years since six boys disappeared in Pickering

It's been 27 years since the teens dubbed The Lost Boys vanished in Pickering without a trace.

www.durhamregion.com

 

[tarabull]

The 'Lost Boys of Pickering' went missing 28 years ago

Jay Boyle, Michael Cummins, Danny Higgins, Chad Smith, Robbie Rumboldt and Jamie Lefebvre are still missing.

www.durhamregion.com