Armand Simon Comtois was a 37-year-old man living in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, when he disappeared in the spring of 1985. According to Canada’s national missing-persons database, a family member last saw Armand on March 9, 1985. That encounter became the last confirmed sighting of him; authorities report that he has not been seen or heard from since.
Armand was born in 1947 and was also known by the name “Simon,” a detail that remains important when reviewing older records or memories connected with the case. Although March 9 is recognized as the date of his disappearance, he was not formally reported missing until May 2, nearly two months after he was last seen. The publicly available case information does not explain the reason for that delay, identify the family member who last saw him, or describe what Armand was doing or where specifically within the Saint-Hyacinthe area he was last observed.
At the time he vanished, Armand was described as a white male with brown hair, brown eyes and a mustache. He stood approximately 6 feet 2 inches tall, or 188 centimeters, and weighed about 201 pounds, or 91 kilograms. Authorities recorded several details about what he was believed to be wearing when he was last seen: a black coat, black pants, gray shoes and black eyeglasses. Investigators also documented a potentially important identifying characteristic involving his teeth—Armand had a partial dental appliance consisting of four upper teeth. These physical and dental details have remained part of his missing-person record because they could assist in identifying him or distinguishing him from other individuals whose descriptions might otherwise appear similar. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s national database continues to identify the disappearance as originating from Saint-Hyacinthe, while the investigating police contact is listed as the Maskoutains MRC detachment of the Sûreté du Québec.
What happened to Armand after March 9 remains largely undocumented in information available to the public. No publicly available official account provides a destination he intended to reach, a vehicle associated with his disappearance, the names of people he may have planned to meet, or evidence describing his movements after the family member saw him. Likewise, the national case record does not describe a confirmed sighting after March 9, financial activity, correspondence, telephone contact or another event establishing that he remained voluntarily out of contact. The absence of those details makes this an especially difficult historical missing-person case: the public record establishes a final confirmed encounter and a later missing-person report, but very little of the intervening story has been made public. A Quebec National Assembly document cataloguing missing-person cases also records Armand Simon Comtois as a male who disappeared on March 9, 1985, in the Maskoutains area, providing additional documentation that his disappearance has remained part of Quebec’s historical missing-person record.
Decades after he vanished, Armand remains listed in Canada’s Missing database under RCMP case reference 2014003404, with the Sûreté du Québec investigation identified by reference number SHE-850502-021. The continuing presence of his case in the national database means there has been no publicly reported resolution establishing what became of him. Anyone who knew Armand as either Armand Comtois or Simon, remembers seeing him around the Saint-Hyacinthe or Maskoutains area during the period surrounding his disappearance, or possesses information that might explain his movements after he was last seen could potentially hold an important piece of a mystery that has endured for more than four decades. His case is ultimately the story of a 37-year-old man who was last seen by a family member in Saint-Hyacinthe on March 9, 1985, was reported missing on May 2, and then seemingly disappeared from the documented record, leaving investigators and those who cared about him without an answer about where he went or what happened to him.Last Seen: Mar 9, 1985
