Sudden disappearance of Deep River scientist mystifies colleagues

The Canadian Press ^ | February 21, 2010 | Canada East Interactive Staff

[hennie pennie]

TORONTO - There are still no leads in the case of an eastern Ontario scientist who disappeared without a trace last month, leaving his colleagues mystified. Lachlan Cranswick hasn't been seen since Jan. 18, when he left work at the National Research Council's Canadian Neutron Beam Centre in Chalk River, northwest of Ottawa.

His nearby Deep River house was reportedly left unlocked and his car was in the garage. His wallet, keys and passport have all been accounted for......

[hennie pennie]

http://www.proxywhore.com/invboard/lofiversion/index.php/t193820.html

This link is a compilation of the dead physicists this decade.

[fight_truth_decay]

Sex scandals rock Canadian armed forces

By Gurmukh Singh, Toronto, Feb 17 : Two sex scandals in two weeks involving top-ranking officers have shocked Canadians and tarnished the image of the country's armed forces.

2 hours by car from Ottawa to Deep River via Lachlan.buehaze.com

Man held after body found at suspicious fire Last Updated: Thursday, February 25, 2010 | 8:48 AM ET Ottawa

February 25th, 2010 ...Nuclear scientist goes missing in Tamil Nadu

“We got a complaint from his wife Feb 18 and registered a complaint as ‘man missing’. As per our information, Ananthanarayanan was disturbed about the health condition of his child and he might have gone to some temple,” Deputy Superintendent of Police (Mamallapuram) Sambandam Murthy told IANS."

[hennie pennie]

Thank you for the links; I had NO idea that there is currently a second missing nuclear scientist, thanks for the heads up.

February 25th, 2010 ...Nuclear scientist goes missing in Tamil Nadu

"We got a complaint from his wife Feb 18 and registered a complaint as 'man missing'. As per our information, Ananthanarayanan was disturbed about the health condition of his child and he might have gone to some temple," Deputy Superintendent of Police (Mamallapuram) Sambandam Murthy told IANS."

[hennie pennie]

SF Gate probably has a full sized flow chart with all 26 photographs; here's the tiny mobile version:

http://mobile.sfgate.com/sfchron/db_41167/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=lg3XoCQJ&detailindex=0&pn=0&ps=3

LOL, Dubai states that not one those 26 pictured has yet come forward.

LOL

Shocked, I tell ya, I'm just shocked.

[hennie pennie]

Here's a long message from a Yahoo Group about crystallography which is about the month long disappearance of Lachlan Cranswick; interestingly, he'd at some point turned down a position at Berkeley because he treasured the 'quality of life' he found in Deep River, Ontario.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sdpd/message/2481

[hennie pennie]

I'm posting this simply because I don't recall two of the photos at this link; perhaps there are others who've not seen them, either:

http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/people/lachlan/

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thanks for the update.

[nw_arizona_granny]

February 25th, 2010 ...Nuclear scientist goes missing in Tamil Nadu

“We got a complaint from his wife Feb 18 and registered a complaint as ‘man missing’. As per our information, Ananthanarayanan was disturbed about the health condition of his child and he might have gone to some temple,” Deputy Superintendent of Police (Mamallapuram) Sambandam Murthy told IANS.”<<<

see post 82

[hennie pennie]

PART OF A LETTER, APPEARING IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER
North Renfrew Times | Letters to the Editor

http://www.magma.ca/~drcanrt/letters2.html

.......Facts known about the evening of January 18: Lachlan came home from work after a normal day, sent an email at 6:30 pm, put his garbage cans and blue box out at the curb and then went out, apparently walking on a short errand.

His wallet, keys, camera and GPS were left in the house, his car, skis and snowshoes were in the garage, and the front door was unlocked.

Curlers have suggested some scenarios that could fit with these facts:

1. He may have been hit by a vehicle and thrown into a ditch or snowbank.

2. He may have fallen outside and hit his head hard enough to disorient him and cause him to wander. (This could account for the very unlikely course of walking onto the river ice after dark.)

3. He may have agreed to check someone's house or pets. Taking only the key for this house, he may have fallen down some stairs or otherwise come to grief inside it.

Lachlan's next older brother, Rupert, came from his teaching job in Australia and spent more than a week in Deep River.

He knew that Lachlan loved living here and was happy with his work and sports - skiing and snowshoeing as well as curling in the winter and sailing in the summer. He had no history of health problems or medications.

Rupert approved of sending this request for help from the public. Lachlan's eldest brother Dr. Noel Cranswick, his wife and son plan to come from Australia to Deep River on March 27 for five days.

Curling friends searched streets and lanes in town. Local police and the OPP search and rescue team covered the east end trails with snowmobiles and a sniffer dog, but were hampered by rain.

Helicopter searches were done, and the OPP media release spread word of the search from Ottawa to Deep River and beyond.

There are still people in town, however, who do not know that a local resident went missing.

Let's all keep our eyes and ears open, watching for clues such as items of clothing or a house that looks empty with unshovelled paths.

Somewhere there may be a clue that will help us find Lachlan.

Thank you for your help.

Ruth Harrison
- February 24, 2010

http://www.magma.ca/~drcanrt/letters2.html

[hennie pennie]

In the first few pages, somewhere, in the WS messagethread about Lachlan, one poster mentions great surprise that he would leave finished work on his desk -- as opposed to putting it away, and leaving a clean desk, particularly if he was going to take a few vacation days.

I have no idea what his regular work habits were -- but maybe he left the finished work right out on his desk, prominently for anyone to notice -- because he knew he wasn't going to return??? So that his coworkers could easily locate the finished project???

Also, he's obviously smart enough, that had he chosen to simply disappear altogether and RE-start elsewhere, far far far away under a new identity, seems like he's quite smart enough to pull it off.

Something else noticed as a bit odd at WS is that he put out his recycling bin alongside the garbage -- but the pickup for recyclables was not the next morning, but rather the next week.

Someone who lives in the same town or area as LC mentioned that it was peculiar that he not only put out the garbage, but also put out his recycling the same evening -- the garbage pickup was the next morning, but the recycling pickup wasn't for a week.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/printthread.php?t=95134&pp=25&page=7

"Blue box pickup is every other week. Interestingly, although the next blue box pickup was on Jan 26th, Lachlan's blue box was out by the street the morning of the 19th, beside the garbage bin.
safetytwin 02-24-2010 08:42 PM

[hennie pennie]

There is something wrong with this entire story; the missing man is a nuclear scientist -- but he was hired to code computers to track the employees' healthcare???

LOL

Here's a link to the post I made on TM:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2418483/replies?c=3123

[hennie pennie]

The BBC has thumbnails of ALL 26, located here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8517716.stm

[hennie pennie]

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ASIO in fresh Israel spy probe

http://m.theage.com.au/world/asio-in-fresh-israel-spy-probe-20100226-p949.html

The new Australian passports have since been used to gain entry to a number of countries that are hostile to Israel, including Iran, Syria and Lebanon. All three countries do not recognise Israel and specifically forbid Israeli citizens from entering......

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Asio targets new spy suspects

http://m.news.com.au/WorldNews/fi475403.htm

.....According to two Australian intelligence sources who have been in touch with Fairfax, the three men under surveillance have all emigrated to Israel within the last decade.

One of the men has changed his surname three times, while the other two have changed theirs' twice.

After the name changes the men apparently obtained new Australian passports, which they used to gain entry to a number of countries that are hostile to Israel, including Iran, Syria and Lebanon.

Fairfax believes all three men share an involvement with a European communications company that has a subsidiary in the Middle East.

When two of the men were contacted by Fairfax both denied they had been involved in any kind of espionage activity.

ASIO said it had no comment to make on the case.

[hennie pennie]

Sorry to bother you all, but does anyone happen to know if there is an "Australian PING List" here on Free Republic?

Nuclear scientist Lachlan Cranswick originally from Australia, where his brothers & their families currently live, was last seen leaving his job (in Canada) on January 18, 2010.

There has been so little reportage about Cranswick's disappearance that it's just unbelievable; if any of you happen to ever notice any articles in the Australian press, could you please post a link to the article here in this thread?

Thank you much.

[Velveeta]

Oh my, now there are 2 missing?!

[hennie pennie]

Kalpakkam: Missing scientist killed himself

http://m.ndtv.com/s/5265/2092?itemId=NEWEN20100132824

Kalpakkam: The missing scientist from Kalpakkam Atomic Centre was found dead on Friday. The scientist, working with the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam was missing since last 11 days. Ananthanarayanan, an E-grade Scientific Officer at the centre's computer division, had not returned home since February 15. Authorities of the Kalpakkam atomic plant had said that Ananthanarayanan was not involved in any sensitive projects.

[hennie pennie]

Say, FTD...

Do you suppose that the Indian nuclear scientist who was working on employee health care records and recently committed suicide might be related to the scientist of the same surname, ~ Ananthanarayanan ~ you know, the one who writes quite a few articles about crystallography in the journals????

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=crystallography+Ananthanarayanan%0D%0A

[hennie pennie]

MISSING NUKE SCIENTIST
Missing nuclear scientist found dead in Chennai
Published on Fri, Feb 26, 2010

SUICIDE?: Police claims it to be a case of suicide in Chennai.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/missing-nuclear-scientist-found-dead-in-chennai/110728-3.html

Chennai: S Ananthanarayanan, a Scietific Officer at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research(IGCAR), who had gone missing since February 15, was found dead at a railway track at suburban Guduvancheri on Friday.

Police claims it to be a suicide.

PTI adds:

The body of the 37-year old S Ananthanarayanan was found near the railway track between Vandalur and Guduvancherry section on February 15, the day he went missing, but was identified only last night by his father-in-law, Kalpakkam.

He was run over by a suburban train at about 11 am on the same day when he was reported missing and the body was lying in Thambaram Government hospital mortuary since then, they said.

Ananthanarayanan, employed with IGCAR since 1997, last attended duty on February 12, IGCAR sources said. He was working on developing hospital Data Management System at IGCAR.

According to IGCAR sources, he was not involved in any sensitive work and not privy to classified information.

[hennie pennie]

Perhaps the initial identification of this man as a nuclear scientist was inaccurate in the MSM??

S Ananthanarayanan, Missing Computer Engineer In Kalpakkam Found Dead - Jumptags.com

http://www.jumptags.com/view/1350b986-a323-4960-87e0-4c470da16de2/

[Fred Nerks]

Nothing I could find in the Australian press.

Here’s a link to Lachlan Cranswick’s website:

http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/