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John Edward Claus Missing Person Case

Last seen in Cormorant Lake, Manitoba on Sep 25, 1970

Victim Details

John Edward

Claus

92

37

75 inches

75 inches

198 lbs

198 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Scar Right Abdomen, appendix scar Tattoo Left Forearm, heart and scroll

Sep 25, 1970

Cormorant Lake

Manitoba

The Pas RCMP

The Pas

Manitoba

(204) 983-5461

(204) 983-5461

Law Enforcement

20141513283

The Pas RCMP

Brown

Blue

Blue

No

09/17/2026


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John Edward Claus was a 37-year-old man who was last seen on September 25, 1970, in the Cormorant Lake area of Manitoba. His disappearance is an old and unusually sparsely documented case, with very little of the original investigative record surviving in material that is publicly accessible online. What is consistently associated with the case is Cormorant Lake itself, a large body of water in northern Manitoba beside the community of Cormorant. The Manitoba government describes the community a ...
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Last Seen: Sep 25, 1970

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