Rene Bessette was seven when he was taken from his mother and siblings in Laval, Québec, on December 18, 1972. The case is described as a parental abduction by his non-custodial father. A few hours after Rene disappeared, the father’s vehicle was found abandoned on the Victoria Bridge in Montreal.

Rene is described as a Caucasian male with brown hair and brown eyes and a scar above his right eye. The Service de Police de Laval and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were involved in the investigation. Over the years age-progressed images were produced and circulated as the family continued to search for answers. Rene’s mother kept looking for him for decades and later planned a ceremony to seek some closure in the absence of definitive answers.

If anyone knew Rene, his family, or remembers relevant details from December 1972, please share what could help this long-standing search.