A psychic helping a Maine father search for his daughter who disappeared in 1986 has revealed how a voice in her head guided her to a body.
Laurencia Bourget had been helping Richard ‘Dick’ Moreau look for his daughter Kim since 2004, but was stunned when a clear voice approached her and told her to look behind a local bowling alley.
She was stunned to discover a body there wearing a jacket. Interestingly, the remains belonged to an unidentified man, not Kim, but the shocking discovery appears to vindicate Bourget’s special “gift.”
“(Bourget) had a very strong feeling that there was something up there,” Dick Moreau told WMUR. But she wasn’t sure what it was. Then, in about 10 minutes, he turned around, came down and said, “Dick, you have to come up here now!”‘
Psychic Laurencia Bourget was helping Richard Moreau in his search for his daughter when she heard voices leading her to an abandoned bowling alley where the couple discovered the remains of another person’s body.
‘Thirty-eight years is a long time. It’s painful. It consumes you. But I don’t feel like I have a choice, so I’m going to do everything I have to do and hopefully get the results,” Moreau said.
He hoped to find the body of his daughter Kim Moreau, 17, who had been missing since May 1986, after leaving her home. He was only supposed to be gone for an hour.
They went to a bowling alley just down the street from Moreau’s house, about 70 miles from Portland. Bourget had described hearing a voice in his head talking about the bowling alley and felt he needed to check it out.
About 40 feet behind the abandoned Tri-Town Bowling Center in Jay, he found a winter jacket with what looked like a club sticking out of it.
Upon closer inspection, that stick was actually a bone.
Hours later, local officers and Major State Police detectives inspected the scene and discovered the bones belonged to a man, not Kim.
Moreau, now 82, hoped to find the remains of his 17-year-old daughter, Kim Moreau, who disappeared in May 1986. She had left her home and was only supposed to be gone for an hour. but he never returned.
Bourget said: ‘I felt terrible because it wasn’t her. But I’m always learning, so even though I had my attention on this case, it was clear that someone was trying to tell me something.’
Bourget’s discovery, however, surprised local police and sparked debate over whether psychic practices could be used to aid investigations, the newspaper reported. Portland Press Herald.
Moreau said that, although he is skeptical, he has taken a “turn no stone over stone approach” to finding his missing daughter.
‘Are they all right? No, but on the other hand, we will not exclude anyone from providing information for tracking purposes. “I will continue to do that until the day I die,” he told the outlet.
Bourget, 60, said she had always been intuitive, but her visions became more vivid with age. He said that when he allows himself to fall into a state of deep meditation, images appear in his mind, but they are not always clear.
While he wants to help others, Moreau was the first case he learned about after contacting him in 2004.
Bourget had seen Kim Moreau’s posters on utility poles. Kim had been out with a friend the night she disappeared and met up with two men in their 20s. He briefly returned home to tell his sister he was going for a walk, but never returned.
Bourget discovered the remains in Jay, about 70 miles from Portland, just down the street from Moreau’s home.
Kim had been out with a friend the night she disappeared and encountered two men in their 20s. He had returned home briefly to tell his sister he was going for a walk, but never returned.
Moreau said he had visited many psychics over the years, adding: “If they really believe they are trying to help you, the first thing they will say is, ‘We don’t want money.'”
Bourget never asked to be paid and spent hours in the fields and forests of Maine without success.
It took him 10 minutes to discover the remains behind the bowling alley after hearing signs about the abandoned building.
This was the first time Bourget had discovered remains, and although Moreau was briefly hopeful, he knew not to get too excited.
“Disappointments are too hard, so you have to protect yourself,” he said.
Moreau said he’s grateful his discovery will help another family get closure, but he’s ready for his family to have the same comforts.
‘Thirty-eight years is a long time. It’s painful. It consumes you. But I don’t feel like I have a choice, so I’m going to do whatever I have to do and hopefully get the results,” he told the Portland Press Herald.
Over the years, many official searches for Kim have been carried out. In 2015, an investigation was conducted at the property of one of the two men he was with that night, but nothing was found.
Moreau has said he is not seeking revenge or justice in the form of convictions or charges, he just wants to bury his daughter properly where her headstone sits in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Police have not classified it as a homicide case, but suspect foul play.
Bourget has said he will continue to help with the case, adding: “There are people who want to trust the detectives more and I understand that.” But I love doing this job.’