North Bay police scour through more clues in Luke Joly-Durocher case

Morning North6:45Gone But Not Forgotten - Luke Joly-Durocher

Our next installment in a series of pieces looking at missing persons or unsolved homicides focuses on Luke Joly-Durocher. He's has been missing from North Bay for more than 4 years. But this week, several officers are sifting through clues in the case.

North Bay police are devoting this week to checking out tips about a historical missing persons case involvingLuke Joly-Durocher who was20 when hewent missing in 2011.

Now, the lead detective in the case says officers are sifting through recent tips to figure out which stem from false information and which are credible.

Joly-Durocher was last seen when he was turned away from a North Bay bar.

After his disappearance, two women were charged with making up stories about what happened to him.

One was convicted and the other is still before the courts.

Detective Dave Wilson said the misinformation has made it hard to figure out which leads are legitimate.

This week, up to seven officers are sifting through new tips, Wilson said, including recent information from people who say they saw Joly-Durocher near the time he disappeared.

"But we can't confirm anything at this point, and we want to make sure any information we are releasing is believed to be credible," he said.

"The difficulty with that is that the tips come in years after the fact and they were not reported at the time and the validity of the information is always difficult to assess whether it was Luke they saw or somebody else."

Luke's father RobJoly told CBC News he is confident police will find him.

"You know, it's my son and I can't give up. I want to do anything and everything that I can to let the public know that Luke is out there, and he's missing and we want him back," he said.

He said Luke's disappearance is uncharacteristic because his son wasn't into drugs or alcohol and always kept in touch.

Joly has put up a $10,000 reward for information.