MONTREAL – New elements that arisen around two Laval residents who have been
missing since last Wednesday have added more mystery to the case.
Police now say one of the two men's cellphones was used several hours after
they left the bar Au Diable Vert in Montreal, the last place they were seen.
"We can confirm that there were cellular communications with one or both of
the missing men's phones," said Daniel Lacoursiere, a spokesperson for the
Montreal police.
As days go by, the families and friends of Vincent Lamoureux, 20, and Hugo
Pereira, 22, are increasingly worried. The two young men who led quiet lives
apparently vanished four days ago.
The roommates went out for a drink at Diable Vert last Tuesday night and
left the bar moments before closing time, around 2:40 a.m. "What happened
after they left, who did they meet? At this point, we have no idea,"
Lacoursiere said.
The vehicle they were driving is also missing.
Early Sunday morning, family members, friends and acquaintances gathered and
proceeded to comb areas of Montreal and Laval hoping to find any clue as to
the whereabouts of the two students in the fire safety program at College
Montmorency.
"We gathered about 60 two-person teams to look for clues from the Plateau
Mont-Royal all the way to Laval, but we found nothing," Real Leboeuf,
Vincent Lamoureux's uncle, said.
The most disconcerting fact in this affair is that everyone stress that the
two young men are "absolutely not the type to leave without giving any news
to anyone."
"That's what worries the families the most. It's totally incomprehensible.
We have absolutely no leads. If we were dealing with kids who make it a
habit of disappearing for a couple of days without saying anything, we could
understand," Leboeuf said.
