Resolved Canada - Pamela Harvey Rousseau, 23, Greater Sudbury, Ont, 25 December 1978 *remains found March 1979 - id'd 2025*

[Romulus]

The Doe Network:
Case File 2041DFON[FONT=&amp]

[/FONT][FONT=&amp]Pamela Harvey Rousseau
Missing since December 1978 from [/FONT]Greater Sudbury, Ontario,[FONT=&amp] Canada
Classification: Missing[/FONT]

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[FONT=&amp]Vital Statistics[/FONT]

• Date Of Birth: March 7, 1955
• Age at Time of Disappearance: 23 years old
• Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5’6; 125 lbs.
• Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Reddish blonde hair; brown eyes.

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[FONT=&amp]Circumstances of Disappearance
Rousseau was last seen at her apartment complex on Lloyd Street in Greater Sudbury, Ontario in December of 1978. She had left her son with her neighbor and never returned.[/FONT][FONT=&amp]Family had been expecting her for the Christmas holidays and she did not attend. When they began inquiring of her whereabouts they discovered that she had been missing for some time.
All her identification and personal belongings were left behind.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&amp]Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

[/FONT][FONT=&amp]Greater Sudbury Police
705-675-9171
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Crime Stoppers
705-675-8477
1-800-222-8477
[/FONT][FONT=&amp]Source Information:
Greater Sudbury Police
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http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2041dfon.html

 

[iulia]

Ontario Cold Case: Dedicated mom leaves toddler, never to be seen again

 

[CastlesBurning]

MISSING: Pamela Harvey (Rosseau) - 1978 - Sudbury, ON — Canada Unsolved — CANADA UNSOLVED

! Missing Persons - Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers !

 

[dotr]

Missing Persons - Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers

MISSING
''Name: Pamela Harvey (Rousseau)
Gender: Female Race: Unknown
DOB: 03/07/1955 Age: 66
Height: 5ft6in Weight: 125
Hair: Blonde Eyes: Brown

Last Known Location: Last seen at her apartment complex on Lloyd Street in the City of Greater Sudbury
Missing Persons As Of: 12/01/1978
In December of 1978, Pamela Harvey (Rousseau) was last seen at her apartment complex on Lloyd Street, in the City of Greater Sudbury. She had left her son with her neighbour and never returned. Family had been expecting her for the Christmas holidays and she did not attend. When they began inquiring of her whereabouts, they discovered that she had been missing for some time. She is described as 5'6, 125 lbs., reddish/blonde hair, brown eyes. She was 23 years of age and it is unknown what she was wearing at the time of her disappearance. All her identification and personal belongings were left behind. Police investigation to date cannot rule out the possibility that Pamela has been a victim of foul play due to the duration of time since she went missing.''

 

[Romulus]

2041DFON - Pamela Harvey Rousseau​

Name: Pamela Harvey Rousseau
Case Classification: Missing
Missing Since: December 1978
Location Last Seen: Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: March 7, 1955
Age: 23 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5’6
Weight: 125 lbs.
Hair Color: Reddish blonde
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Rousseau was last seen at her apartment complex on Lloyd Street in Greater Sudbury, Ontario in December of 1978. She had left her son with her neighbor and never returned.

Family had been expecting her for the Christmas holidays and she did not attend. When they began inquiring of her whereabouts they discovered that she had been missing for some time.

All her identification and personal belongings were left behind.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: Greater Sudbury Police
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 705-675-9171
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A

Agency Name: Crime Stoppers
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 705-675-8477; 1-800-222-8477
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A

Information Source(s)​

Greater Sudbury Police

2041DFON - Pamela Harvey Rousseau

 

[spartanx]

it has all the appearance of a kidnapping.. poor young girl with a son who never got to see her again..
rest in peace

 

[The4TierBridge]

She has been identified through DNA and dental records as an unidentified remains case recovered in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, in March 1979. I do not believe this body was ever in the NCMPUR or Quebec Coroner databases, and could find no other information on the exact date or recovery circumstances besides that this death is considered a homicide, and the suspect died in 1979.

Quebec police solve murder of Pamela Harvey after 47 years

On December 25, 1978, Pamela Harvey was reported missing, and after 47 years, answers to what happened have finally been found. Harvey was 23 at the time of her disappearance and was last seen in the Greater Sudbury region. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) says that in March 1979, the body of an...

montreal.citynews.ca

 

[TrueCrimeGale]

She has been identified through DNA and dental records as an unidentified remains case recovered in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, in March 1979. I do not believe this body was ever in the NCMPUR or Quebec Coroner databases, and could find no other information on the exact date or recovery circumstances besides that this death is considered a homicide, and the suspect died in 1979.

Quebec police solve murder of Pamela Harvey after 47 years

On December 25, 1978, Pamela Harvey was reported missing, and after 47 years, answers to what happened have finally been found. Harvey was 23 at the time of her disappearance and was last seen in the Greater Sudbury region. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) says that in March 1979, the body of an...

montreal.citynews.ca

Rest in peace, Pamela. Thank goodness for advancements in DNA and technology that have helped make resolutions like this possible. As hard as this news is, it's even harder to go so many years never knowing what happened to your loved one. This gives us so much hope for other missing people to be found. My love goes out to her family during this hard time.

And to all the people out there who have committed crimes like this in the past, I hope you are forever looking over your shoulder, wondering if you might be next. Or better yet, spare yourself the torture and come forward. It's time.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

n 2025, a forensic dentist was able to connect Harvey's case with the unidentified homicide victim, and follow-up tests by the Quebec coroner's office confirmed the match.

Police say detectives determined the person believed to be responsible for her killing died in 1979.

A spokesperson with the Quebec provincial police would not provide further comment about the presumed killer or details about the homicide investigation.

The Montreal Gazette reported on March 21, 1979, that an unidentified young woman found by two hunters in a wooded area of St. Eustache had been shot twice in the head

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/pamela-harvey-identification-quebec-9.7148379

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“After 47 years of uncertainty, Pamela Harvey’s family can finally begin to grieve with answers, knowing that her identity has been restored with dignity and care,” a joint news release states. “Pamela was never forgotten, and her case reflects the unwavering perseverance of investigators across jurisdictions who believed that answers were still possible.”

Her parents, Yvonne and Gerald Harvey, took in her young son and raised him. The family never stopped looking for Harvey, even hiring a private detective in the early 1990s who turned up a promising, but ultimately fruitless lead. Gerald Harvey died in 2015.

Harvey grew up in McKellar, Ont., near Parry Sound. In her late teens, she moved to B.C., married and had a son, before moving to Sudbury in 1977 and taking a job serving at the Kingsway Hotel.

Sarah May is the author of the 2019 book “Unsolved Sudbury: Missing. Murdered. Unexplained”, in which she details Harvey’s disappearance.

May told Sudbury.com in 2019 that her research suggests Harvey was murdered due to her knowledge of a 1978 Sudbury murder linked to a dispute involving rival outlaw biker gangs.

Harvey, May learned, was dating a man named Leonard Daoust, who was a member of the Coffin Wheelers biker gang. On Nov. 12, 1978, Daoust murdered a man named James Dacey on the street across from the Kingsway Hotel, and went on to spend 27 years in prison for the crime.

Then, in March 1979, the body of an unidentified woman was discovered in St-Eustache, Que.

“Investigators determined that she was the victim of a homicide,” the March 31 joint press release states. “Despite the limitations of forensic science at the time, the evidence was carefully collected and preserved by investigators and LSJML forensic specialists and has been securely maintained ever since.”

https://www.innisfiltoday.ca/police-beat/pamela-was-never-forgotten-body-found-in-quebec-in-1979-identified-as-missing-ontario-woman-12086289