30 YEARS. SIX BOYS. NO ANSWERS.
It has now been 30 years since six teenage boys — Jay Boyle, Chad Smith, Michael Cummins, Danny Higgins, Robbie Rumboldt, and Jamie Lefebvre — were last seen in the early morning hours of March 17, 1995, near Frenchman’s Bay and Lake Ontario in Pickering, Ontario, Canada.
Here’s what we know:
• The six teens left a basement party and are believed to have headed toward a marina at Frenchman’s Bay around 12:50 a.m., reportedly saying they were going to “goof around.”
• At 1:48 a.m., surveillance footage allegedly captured three of the boys entering the marina area.
• Investigators believe the boys may have taken a 14-foot “Boston Whaler–type” boat and a water tricycle, heading out onto frigid Lake Ontario without life jackets, where the vessel may have capsized.
• Despite extensive searches involving marine units, air support, and volunteers, no bodies, no boats, and no personal belongings were ever recovered.
• The only item found was a gas can, believed to possibly be linked to the missing boat.
Questions that still demand answers:
• If the boys drowned, how has no trace ever surfaced — no clothing, no debris, no hull?
• Was the joyride theory prematurely accepted, or were other possibilities fully explored?
• What new investigative steps could be taken now, nearly three decades later, to re-examine this case?
These boys didn’t just vanish — they were loved, they mattered, and their families still deserve answers.
If you have any information, no matter how small, please contact Durham Regional Police Service at 905-579-1520, or report anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
