March 4, 2010
Police call off ground search for missing scientist
By SEAN CHASE, QMI Agency
PEMBROKE, Ont. - Police have called off the ground search for a nuclear scientist in eastern Ontario whose mysterious disappearance in January has baffled colleagues.
Lachlan Cranswick, 41, a scientist with the National Research Council in Chalk River, Ont., was last seen Jan. 18. Police said they will continue to treat the case as a missing person's investigation, but no foul play is suspected.
Friends reported Cranswick missing after he failed to show up for a curling game. Police found the front door of his house unlocked and his wallet and keys inside. It appeared the Australian native had just put out his garbage cans and recycle bins.
At the time, they theorized he was out for an evening stroll when he disappeared.
"We really don't know what happened to him but there is nothing to lead us to believe foul play is involved," OPP Det. Const. Chris Pinkerton said this week.....
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