Harold Mares Fortier was 80 years old when he was last known to have contact with others in Livermore, Maine, on August 17, 1988. He was a White/Caucasian man, about 6 feet 1 inch to 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighing roughly 190 to 200 pounds, with white balding hair and brown eyes. The available missing-person records describe him as someone who wore thick eyeglasses, and on the day he disappeared he is believed to have been wearing khaki work clothes, dress shoes, and carrying a key ring with
many keys. His case is listed in NamUs as MP54389, with Livermore in Androscoggin County identified as the place from which he went missing.
The known circumstances are quiet and deeply concerning. Harold lived alone, and the information available through missing-person listings says he had become increasingly forgetful before he vanished. When he was gone, his home did not appear to have been intentionally closed up for a long absence: the lights were reportedly left on, and his car was still in the driveway. Those details have shaped the understanding of the case, because they suggest Harold may not have planned to leave or travel far. The prevailing belief recorded in public case summaries is that he may have wandered away from home, leaving behind the ordinary markers of his daily life.
The Maine State Police have been identified as the investigating agency connected to the case, specifically through the Major Crimes Unit Central. Maine State Police missing-persons information notes that its online list is not a complete statewide list and that the Office of Chief Medical Examiner serves as Maine’s official clearinghouse for missing people, using NamUs to help track and manage missing-person case files. In Harold’s case, NamUs remains the central public-facing record, preserving the basic facts of his disappearance decades after he was last seen.
The passage of time has not softened the sadness of Harold Fortier’s disappearance. What remains is the image of an elderly man, living by himself in rural Maine, whose life was interrupted without warning: lights left burning, vehicle left behind, familiar clothing and personal items noted in case files, and no clear public account explaining where he went. The case rests on a small but important set of facts: Harold Mares Fortier, age 80, disappeared from Livermore, Maine, on August 17, 1988; he was described as tall, white-haired, balding, brown-eyed, and wearing thick glasses; he may have been experiencing forgetfulness; and investigators have treated the circumstances as consistent with the possibility that he wandered away from home.Last Seen: Aug 17, 1988
