Renewed plea for DNA sample from family of missing Stratford, Ont. man
Investigators are one step closer to finding out what happened to two Stratford, Ont. men who disappeared on a fishing trip 57 years ago.
Ontario Provincial Police recently made a public plea to the relatives of Neil Wormsbecker, 29, and Hank Englebertus Halff, 30. They were requesting genetic samples from biological family members to compare to human remains listed in their DNA database.
As a result, OPP said they’ve received several tips and they have since been in contact with Halff’s relatives.
They are, however, still looking for Wormsbecker’s family.
Both men were last seen on Oct. 22, 1967.
“They went out fishing from Goderich,” OPP Const. Craig Soldan said on Oct. 2. “There was a storm that came in. They were last seen just south of Goderich, out in Lake Huron fishing.”
Wormsbecker and Halff were never seen or heard from again.
In the years since their disappearance, police lost contact with their families.
The Wormsbecker family, or anyone else with information on the missing men, are asked to contact Huron County OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or 519-482-1677. Anonymous tips can also be shared with Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or P3tips.com.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
DEVELOPING BMO site outage impacting online services
The Bank of Montreal has confirmed an outage impacting online services via the bank's website.
W5 Investigates How a clothes donation bin company passed itself off as a charity, while donated items were put up for sale
In part two of a four-part investigation into the seedy underbelly of the lucrative clothing donation bin industry, CTV W5 uses trackers tp reveal a for-profit operation masquerading as a charity.
Does the updated COVID-19 vaccine protect against the XEC variant?
The XEC strain, a hybrid of Omicron subvariants KS.1.1 and KP.3.3, was first detected in Canada in mid-August and the number of COVID-19 cases with the XEC variant has rapidly increased.
Unspecified number of Liberal MPs set to confront Trudeau, ask him to step down
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face down his own caucus members in a hotly anticipated meeting this morning, as several of them plan to try to convince him to step aside.
'Unbelievably violent': Gisele Pelicot, French victim of mass rape, takes the stand
Gisele Pelicot, the 72-year-old victim of mass rape whose ordeal has shocked the world, told a trial in southern France on Wednesday that she was determined that making her case public should help other women and change society.
Halifax police confirm body of Walmart employee was found in walk-in oven
Police have confirmed the body of an employee who died at a Walmart in Halifax over the weekend was found in a walk-in oven.
'Prayers are needed': Father and children who suffered severe burns in Springfield, Ont. fire undergo surgery
A father and his two children who suffered severe burns in a Springfield, Ont. house fire have undergone surgery.
Bank of Canada to release interest rate decision, economic forecast today
The Bank of Canada is set to make its latest interest rate decision this morning.
American Airlines fined US$50M over mishandling of disabled passengers and wheelchairs
The U.S. government fined American Airlines $50 million for failing to provide wheelchair assistance to passengers with disabilities and damaging thousands of wheelchairs over a five-year period.