In the spring of 1979, four-year-old Michel Pelletier vanished from his backyard in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, while playing with his six-year-old sister Julie. Both children disappeared without a trace, prompting an immediate community and police search. Seventy-three days later Julie’s body was recovered from the St. Lawrence River; Michel’s fate remained unknown and his body was never found.

A significant development came in 1993 when a person already incarcerated for other crimes confessed to abducting and murdering both children. That confession led to a conviction in 1995 and a life sentence for the perpetrator. Michel’s disappearance and the absence of his remains leave the family’s loss unresolved.

Anyone with memories of the neighborhood or information from 1979 that might shed light on Michel’s final movements is asked to come forward.