Douglas Stewart
BABINEAU
68
31
72 inches
72 inches
159 lbs
159 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
In the late autumn of 1988, the life of Douglas Stewart Babineau, a man of either 31 or 33 years, became a long and troubling question mark. On the evening of November 27th, he was among a small group of people at a house party on First Avenue in Moncton, New Brunswick. It was a gathering at his girlfriend's home, with only about half a dozen people in attendance. At approximately 1 a.m., in the early hours of what would become November 28th, Douglas, who was reportedly quite intoxicated, informed his girlfriend that he would be right back and left the party with another man who was also there. He was never seen by his girlfriend again. There was a subsequent sighting of him in a car with another man the following day around 3 p.m. in the Westbrook Circle area off Berry Mills Road, but this would be the last time anyone reported seeing Douglas. At the time he went missing, he was described as being 6 feet tall and weighing 159 pounds, with long blonde hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a brown leather jacket, beige pants, a yellow, black, and orange wool hat, green rubber boots, and black leather gloves, and he may have also been wearing eyeglasses. For years, the disappearance of Douglas Babineau remained a silent case, a source of unending pain and uncertainty for his loved ones. Then, in November of 2001, a significant development emerged when police received a tip that led them to two specific locations where it was believed his body and a weapon might be found. One of these sites was off New Scotland Road, and the other was off Highway 126. For over a week, investigators searched and excavated the areas, but their efforts yielded no remains or any weapon connected to the case. The information that prompted this extensive search came from a crown witness who recounted a disturbing story. He claimed that he and another individual, Michael Louis Joseph Perron, had disposed of a tarp containing what he was told was a dead deer carcass. The witness alleged that he was unaware of the tarp's true contents until a human foot, which he identified by the boot as belonging to Babineau, slipped out. According to the witness, Perron then gestured to him to remain silent, implying he would face a similar fate if he spoke out. In exchange for his testimony, the witness was granted immunity. Michael Louis Joseph Perron was later charged with indignity to a human body and received a two-month conditional sentence followed by two months of house arrest. He never revealed the identity of the person whose body was in the tarp or where they had taken it. The case of Douglas Stewart Babineau's disappearance is a story that began at a small party and spiraled into a lasting mystery. The initial departure with another man, the brief final sighting in a car, and the grim details that surfaced over a decade later all paint a troubling picture of his final known hours. Despite the passage of time and the chilling testimony that led to a conviction for indignity to a human body, the central questions remain unanswered. The searches for Douglas yielded nothing, and what truly happened to him after he left the party that November night remains unknown. His case stands as a solemn reminder of a life interrupted and a family left without closure.
Nov 28, 1988
Moncton
New Brunswick
J Division RCMP //
New Brunswick
506-451-6052
506-451-6052
Law Enforcement
2012146958
J Division RCMP //
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Build: Medium; Complexion: Ruddy; Hair details: Long
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