A Westbrook psychic had a strong feeling there was something the Moreau family should look for near the defunct bowling center on Elm Street in Jay. Laurencia Bourget, a psychic, found the skeleton remains of a male behind the former bowling center. Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal

JAY – It was a disappointment for Richard Moreau and his family that the body found Saturday near the defunct Tri-Town Bowling Center on Elm Street was not that of his daughter, but it was an opportunity for a family to have closure, he said Monday.

Kimberly Moreau was 17 when she was last seen leaving her family’s home on Jewell Street in Jay on the evening of May 10, 1986. Her family, police, volunteers and others have searched throughout Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties for 38 years to find her or her remains.

Richard Moreau, 82, said he received a call from a psychic, Laurencia Bourget of Westbrook, whom he has worked with for “quite a few” years in his search for his daughter. Bourget told him she had a strong feeling at the location, and they needed to search the area near the defunct bowling alley. He told her to come on up, Moreau said.

The family and others went out to search behind the bowling alley, and Bourget found the skeletal remains.

“We went up and the results were she was right,” Moreau said.

Police Chief Joseph Sage said when the body was found, a searcher on the scene called 911 to report it. Jay police secured the scene and called the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Forensic anthropologists took the remains to the medical examiner’s office. They will try to ascertain how long the body was there, the approximate time of death and the cause, and do DNA testing to try to determine the identity of the individual whose remains were found, Sage said.

The case is in the hands of the chief medical examiner, Sage said.

An anthropologist did tell the Moreau family that the skeletal remains are that of a male.

Moreau said everyone can do their part in trying to find Kim or her remains.

“A lot of us might go out, but are we really looking,” he said.

The best searches people could do is search little patches in the woods or in their yards and to really look at what is there.

“We were disappointed they were the wrong remains but on the other hand, there is a family out there that will find closure,” Moreau said.