Bourget reached out to Richard in 2004 with an offer of help.

At this point the father had watched the case go cold as ice. He was ready to accept anyone’s help.

“I have been to many mediums over the years,” Moreau said. “I can tell you this much: If they really believe they’re trying to help you, the first thing they’ll say is, ‘We don’t want any money.'”

Bourget never asked for money. He spent hours in the fields and forests of western Maine without any success.

Bourget said he heard references to the bowling alley in his mind a few years ago. Then this year, while watching a program about psychic research, he heard the voice again. He said it felt like a message.

The closest bowling alley to Moreaus was on Jay, but it had closed years ago and a “No Trespassing” sign stood guard.

IT The call took less than 10 minutes behind the building before discovering the remains of the unidentified male.

Laurencia Bourget searches a wooded area in Jay on Sunday, October 27. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer

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Jay Police Chief Joseph Sage and Sgt. Brandon Kelly did not respond to multiple messages seeking information for this story. But Kelly told a local television station last week that receiving information from a medium that led to a discovery was a surprise and a first for him.

“It was great to have that happen. It’s not something we usually count on,” he said.

Maine State Police spokeswoman Shannon Moss said it’s not common for detectives to follow leads from psychics, but it does happen. Amy St., a young woman who was beaten and then shot to death in Portland’s Old Port in 2001. He mentioned Laurent’s case.

“Detectives are following up on all leads they receive from the public,” Moss said.

The detective in this case, Joe Loughlin, spoke openly about contacting a psychic for this case. He even wrote a book about it.

his name Vicki Monroe and still works as a mediumAlthough it is not so common anymore in cases of disappearances. St. The Laurent case was his first case.

Monroe, St. He said he saw visions of Laurent and knew the name of the suspect, whose identity has not been publicly disclosed. Also, St. He saw pictures of a farm that turned out to be where Laurent’s body was buried in a shallow grave.

Monroe said skepticism is built into the work.

“I don’t bother trying to convince people,” he said in an interview. “Since I was 4 years old, I can only share what I see and hear. And some people find confirmation in this.

Another Maine case in 1971 was linked to information shared by a medium.

Police investigating the disappearance of 11-year-old girl Barbara Ann Ripley were sent drawings of a house and barn by an old man who said he had a prediction about where the girl might be.

The girl was not found until ten years later, but police re-examined these drawings and found they matched perfectly with the location in North Yarmouth.

Elmer Dougherty, who sent them, died years ago and has not been questioned.

It’s common for families to want to turn to the supernatural when other efforts to find answers fail, Fresno professor Matthew Sharps wrote in an article published this spring in California State University’s Psychology Today magazine.

Sharps said it was “not possible to show that true premonitions cannot exist” because you can’t prove anything negative, and cautioned against giving them too much weight.

“During stressful times surrounding tragic crimes, this ability to predict futures can be very comforting, but such predictions have not proven to be reliable,” he wrote. “Unfortunately perhaps we can explain many premonitions in purely psychological, non-prophetic terms.”

What isn’t clear, however, is how Bourget knew ruins would be found behind the old bowling alley. Was this just a coincidence?

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Bourget said police didn’t really ask him how he searched that spot. And he hasn’t received any calls from them since.

This is the first time he has discovered human remains. They were taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Augusta, but no positive identification was made and the cause of death was not released.

Richard Moreau, who was on the field with Bourget, said he was hopeful for a short time but knew not to get too excited.

“Disappointments are very difficult,” he said. “So you’re protecting yourself.”

There have been many official police searches for Kimberly Moreau over the years. Including a massive search of the property of one of the two men she was with that night in 2015. Nothing found.

Moreau said he was grateful that the discovery would give another family answers, but he also wanted closure.

“Thirty-eight years is a long time,” he said. “It’s very painful. It consumes you. “But I don’t think I have a choice, so I’m going to do whatever I have to do and hopefully we get results.”

At this point, Moreau said he doesn’t care if anyone is charged or convicted in connection with his daughter’s death. Although police did not classify the incident as a homicide, they suspect foul play.

Moreau wants to give Kimberly a proper burial in a plot at Holy Cross Cemetery in Livermore Falls. The gravestone is already there. So is he.

Bourget, meanwhile, said he would continue to work with Moreau for as long as he wanted, without pay. Bourget said he thinks it’s healthy to be skeptical and doesn’t hold grudges against people who don’t believe him.

“There are people who want to have more trust in detectives, and I understand that,” he said. “But I love doing this job.”

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