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At approximately 11.5 p.m. on Monday 8.

8. At approximately 11.45 PM on Monday, April 24, 1995,

Constable Robert Cross was manning the public information desk at the

Ottawa-Carlton Regional Police Headquarters when he saw a man approaching.

The man was in his mid-40s with balding grey hair and a bushy mustache. When the man reached Constable Cross's desk, he informed the officer

that he wished to report a missing person. The man's name was Brett Morgan. He was worried about his partner, 46 year old Louise Alice.

Brett had last seen Louise more than 48 hours earlier when she'd left to visit an old friend at around 2 PM on Saturday, April 22.

The friend lived in a cottage near Wakefield in the Gattano Hills, a forested area in the neighboring

province of Quebec.

It was only a 30 minute or so dry from Ottawa, and Louise planned to stay there one or two nights.

Brett Morgan said she had been cheerful and excited about her weekend retreat.

But the following day, Brett received a phone call from Louise's friend saying that she'd never arrived.

Brett wasn't overly concerned, as Louise had mentioned she might visit another friend in the area as well and spend a night with her.

Perhaps she had decided to go there first. But when there was no sign of Louise by Monday evening, Brett began to raise the alarm.

He called a number of Louise's friends asking if anyone had seen her.

Nobody had. One person Brett called was Brenda Misson, the second friend Louise had

planned to visit while away. Brenda hadn't seen Louise, but Brett's call jogged a memory.

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