Neil McDougall left Three-Way Demolition in Durham on Friday, October 11, 1985 with a co-worker and went home. He had an argument with his wife and the friend left. After supper Mr. McDougall went to Ayton, to the Commercial Hotel. He left the hotel with someone else and they met up elsewhere with the co-worker. Mr. McDougall returned to the hotel and left at closing time, between 1:30 – 1:40 am. He was last reported leaving a residence on Edmund Street, Ayton at 2 a.m. October 12, 1985. His pickup truck was discovered near Ayton later that day. The ashtray was filled with different brands of cigarette butts. He has been described as meticulous, habitual, responsible and hardworking. When he went missing, Neil was planning to adopt his wife's children. Foul play is suspected. Mr. McDougall was declared legally dead in 1996. In 2007, the case was reopened and OPP Det.-Const. Dan Linkenheld told the media that police believe they knew what happened and they needed someone to finally talk about what they would only call "an event" attended by "many people" after bar-closing time the night McDougall disappeared.

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Audrey Desjardins disappeared on her way home from St. Davids canning factory
Website hoped to link Welland woman missing since 1996

(Archived) Sun Media, Nov 18, 2009

The case of Audrey Desjardins, one of those highlighted on the site, has stumped investigators and relatives for years.

NRP Det. Const. Deb Smith said the then 43-year-old woman was last seen 13 years ago after she dropped off a friend in Welland following a night shift at Nabisco.

As usual, the two women told each other they’d see each other again that night for work.

“No one ever saw (Audrey) again,” Smith said.

The burgundy 1985 Ford Crown Victoria she had been driving – a Mother’s Day present from her husband – has never been spotted, either.

Police carried out 35 dives in the Welland Canal and water bodies across the region over the course of five years looking for the missing woman without success.

The case remains fresh on the minds of dive unit members and others who’ve searched for Audrey, regardless of the time that’s passed, Smith said.

“It impacts everyone when someone goes missing. It’s not just the family that loses. It’s the community that loses,” she said.

“I think that’s what makes this project so special – we care.”

Gaetan Desjardins said he hopes the online database will help bring the family some answers about what happened to his wife.

“We may get some closure,” he said. “It’s almost 13 years ago. They didn’t find a car. They didn’t find clues. Nothing. There’s no trace. If you have a trace, you have something to go on.”