Overview

📅 February 3, 1988 – Disappearance

Last Known Activity:
David, then 3 years old, was reportedly playing near the Saint-Maurice River.

What Happened:
He slipped, fell into the river’s current, and was swept away into the water according to a family member.

Immediate Response:
Authorities and local community members conducted searches at the time, but he was never found.

Detailed Case Breakdown

🔍 David Ambroise – Missing Person Case (Cold Case)

Name: David Ambroise
Age at Disappearance: 3
Missing Since: February 3, 1988
Location: Wemotaci First Nation, Québec, Canada
Case Status: Unresolved / cold case

📌 Case Summary

David Ambroise is a young Indigenous boy from the Wemotaci First Nations reserve in Québec who disappeared in early February 1988 under tragic circumstances. Despite searches and community attention over decades, his whereabouts remain unknown and the case remains unsolved.

🗓️ Chronological Timeline of Events

📅 Before February 3, 1988

David was living with his family on the Wemotaci First Nation reserve — a small Indigenous community on the Saint-Maurice River in Québec.

📅 February 3, 1988 – Disappearance

Last Known Activity:
David, then 3 years old, was reportedly playing near the Saint-Maurice River.

What Happened:
He slipped, fell into the river’s current, and was swept away into the water.

Immediate Response:
Authorities and local community members conducted searches at the time, but he was never found.

📅 1988–1990s – Initial Search & Community Stress

Initial search efforts continued in the weeks and months after his disappearance, involving local volunteers and RCMP support (typical for remote search cases, though detailed records aren’t widely published online).
(Specific dates for these searches are not publicly sourced online, but searches continued through community involvement notices.)

📅 2000s–2010s – Case Awareness and Archives

The case became documented in missing persons archives and on sites focused on unresolved disappearances, including CanadianCrimeOpedia listings and public forums discussing historic missing Indigenous children.

📅 2020s – Renewed Social Outreach
These social campaigns often include a reminder to contact the Sûreté du Québec tip line if anyone has information about his case.
In recent years (2023–2025), community groups and social pages have reposted notices asking the public for help locating David with updated appeals and supportive hashtags like #Unforgotten, #Missing, and #ColdCase.

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Facebook Post:

Name: David Ambroise
Missing Since: February 3, 1988
Location: First Nations reserve of Wemotaci, Quebec
Age: 3 years old
Ethnicity: Indigenous

Circumstance:

On February 3, 1988, David Ambroise, then 3 years old, was playing near the Saint-Maurice River in the First Nations reserve of Wemotaci, Quebec. David approached too close to the water, slipped and fell in. He was then swept away by the current, and has never been found despite searches.

If you have any information about the missing person, please contact the agency listed below:

Sûreté du Québec
1-800-659-4264

Reference Case#: 158-880203-002

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