Ralph Bernard Grant, 69, vanished from a Huntsville-area residence advertised as a Christian retirement home in the late 1990s. Known to some as Duke, he lived at one of two properties run by a trio of siblings at 970 Yearley Road and a farm on North Lancelot Road. Grant had serious health problems, including removal of his lower jaw for cancer, which left him unable to speak easily or fully care for himself.

Grant was one of four seniors who disappeared from those homes; the other missing residents were Joan Dorothy Lawrence, John Leroy Crofts, and John James Semple. The Ontario Provincial Police opened a major investigation by December 1998 and have since treated the disappearances as homicides. Reportedly, benefit checks for the missing seniors were cashed by the home operators. Despite OPP appeals and rewards, Grant’s remains have not been found and the investigation remains open.

If anyone lived or worked in the Huntsville area in the late 1990s and has information about the homes or the residents, please come forward.