Concern grew in the summer of 2019 for 27-year-old Danick Bourgeois of Eastern Ontario after he was last heard from in July in the St-Bernardin area of Nation Municipality. His family reported him missing in September 2019. At disappearance he was described as a white male, 5 feet 7 inches and 148 pounds. The Ontario Provincial Police in Hawkesbury asked the public for help locating him.

In 2020 the case shifted when Bourgeois was identified as a suspect in an older homicide. A Canada-wide warrant was issued charging him with second-degree murder in the December 2015 death of 65-year-old Frederick John Hatch, who was last seen in Nepean on December 16, 2015 and whose body was found the next day near a brush fire in a wooded area close to Erin. Law enforcement has publicized the search through programs including billboards and social media and warned the public not to approach him.

If anyone knew Danick Bourgeois, his movements in 2019, or has information about the 2015 death of Frederick John Hatch, please contact police.