Scott Steinert was 35 and a prominent member of the Montreal Hells Angels when he disappeared on November 4, 1997, during Quebec’s violent biker war. Steinert ran escort agencies, owned the former Lavigueur family mansion on Île aux Pruches in Laval, and had become a divisive figure inside the club, reportedly leading a small faction sometimes called his group of five and clashing with members tied to the powerful Nomads chapter.

Steinert and his bodyguard, Donald Magnussen, were summoned to a meeting at the Hells Angels clubhouse in Sorel and never seen alive again. Insider testimony later given to police described the meeting as a ruse; both men were beaten — accounts say Steinert was struck repeatedly in the head with a hammer and injuries matched blows from hammers or baseball bats — bound with duct tape and dumped in the St. Lawrence River. Magnussen’s remains surfaced in May 1998; Steinert’s bound and mutilated body was found on April 15, 1999, near Saint-Nicolas.

Former member Sylvain Boulanger told investigators the deaths were an internal purge linked to Steinert’s conflicts and suspicions about cooperation with police. No prosecution has produced a conviction specifically for Steinert’s murder, and the exact identities of those who ordered or carried out the killing were never established in court. Does anyone have more information about Steinert’s activities or contacts in late 1997?