By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-10-31 17:36:05 | Updated at 2024-10-31 19:28:27
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A psychic helping a father in Maine find his missing daughter, who disappeared in 1986, has revealed that a haunting voice told her where to look.
Laurencia Bourget had been helping Richard 'Dick' Moreau for two decades before the pair discovered human remains behind a bowling alley earlier this month.
Bourget intuition led the pair to the grizzly encounter - which Moreau briefly believed could have been his daughter's remains.
'[Bourget] had a very strong feeling that there was something up there, he told WMUR. 'But she wasn't sure what it was. Then in about 10 minutes, she turned around, she came down, and said: "Dick, you've got to get up here now!"'
They went to a bowling alley just down the street from Moreau's house, roughly 70 miles outside of Portland. Bourget had described hearing a voice in her head talking about the bowling alley, and felt she needed to check it out.
About 40 feet behind the abandoned Tri-Town Bowling Center in Jay, she found a winter jacket with what looked like a stick poking out.
Upon closer inspection, that stick was actually a bone.
Psychic Laurencia Bourget was helping Richard Moreau on his search for his daughter when she heard voices leading her to an abandoned bowling alley where the pair discovered the remains of someone else's body
'Thirty-eight years is a long time. It's painful. It consumes you. But I don't feel like I have any other choice, so I'm going to do all the things I've got to do and hopefully we get the results,' Moreau said
He was hoping to find the body of his 17-year-old daughter Kim Moreau, who has been missing since May 1986, after leaving her home. She was only supposed to be gone an hour
Hours later, local officers and Main State Police detectives surveyed the scene and found the bones belonged to a male, not to Kim.
Moreau, now 82-years-old, was hoping to find the remains of his 17-year-old daughter, Kim Moreau, who went missing in May 1986. She had left her home and was only supposed to be gone for an hour, but never returned.
Bourget said: 'I felt terrible that it wasn't her. But I'm always learning, so even though I had my attention set on this case, this was clearly someone trying to tell me something.'
Bourget's discovery, however, surprised local police and has sparked discussion as to whether psychic practices could be used to assist investigations, reported the Portland Press Herald.
Moreau said that although he is skeptical, he has adopted a 'no-stone-unturned approach' to finding his missing daughter.
'Are they all correct? No, but on the other side of it, we will not eliminate anybody from providing a piece of information to follow up on. I'll continue to do that until the day I die,' he told the outlet.
Bourget, 60, said that she had always been intuitive, but her visions grew more vivid with age. She said when she allows herself to slip into a deep meditative state, images appear in her mind, but they aren't always clear.
While she wants to help others, Moreau was the first case she picked up after reaching out to him in 2004.
Bourget had seen the posters of Kim Moreau on utility poles. Kim had gone out with a friend the night she disappeared and met up with two men in their 20s. She had briefly returned home to tell her sister she was going for a ride, but never came back.
Bourget discovered the remains in Jay, roughly 70 miles outside of Portland, just down the street from Moreau's house
Kim had gone out with a friend the night she disappeared and met up with two men in their 20s. She had briefly returned home to tell her sister she was going for a ride, but never came back
Moreau said he had been to many psychics over the years and added: 'If they truly 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 fields and forests across Maine without success.
It took her 10 minutes to discover the remains behind the bowling alley after hearing signs about the abandoned building.
This was the first time Bourget has discovered any remains and while Moreau was briefly hopeful, he knew better than to get too excited.
'The letdowns are too hard, so you protect yourself,' he said.
Moreau said he is grateful their discovery will help another family receive closure, but he is 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 any other choice, so I'm going to do all the things I've got to do and hopefully we get the results,' he told Portland Press Herald.
Over the years, many official searches for Kim have taken place. One in 2015 was conducted of the property owned by one of the two men she was with that night, but nothing was found.
Moreau has said he is not looking for revenge or justice in the form of any convictions or charges, he just wants to bury his daughter properly where her headstone is placed at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Police have not classified it to be a homicide case, but they suspect foul play.
Bourget has said she will continue helping in the case and added: 'There are people who want to rely more on detectives, and I understand that. But I love doing this work.'
