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Justin "Woody" Pollari was 14 when he disappeared from St. Joseph Island, Ontario on Friday, December 7, 2001. He'd be 39 now.

For almost 25 years they've called him a runaway. But he left everything — his clothes, his money, the board that never left his side — and vanished without a trace. That's not a runaway.

The people who know are on that island, and some of them will never phone a tip line or talk to police. But they'll talk to me, face to face, once they trust me. And there are locals holding pieces of this who never see a post like this at all. The only way to reach them is to **be there** — in the community, knocking on doors.

That's what the family's fund is for. Not overhead — the drive north, the days on the island, the conversations that only happen in person: https://gofund.me/d0d07a9de

Jay Nicoll is a licensed private investigator (Nicoll Investigations, Richmond Hill, Ontario) and host of the Ontario Cold Cases podcast. Allegations referenced are under investigation and are not findings of fact.

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For almost 25 years, Justin Pollari's disappearance has been dismissed as a runaway. Four months and 60+ witnesses later, the evidence says otherwise — and a formal submission to the OPP is in preparation. But the last stretch of this case can't be worked from southern Ontario. The people who know what happened are on St. Joseph Island. Some of them, for their own reasons, will never sit down with police — but they'll talk, in person, to an investigator they've come to trust. Others are older residents who never see a social media post at all, and can only be reached by knocking on the door. This fund pays for exactly that: getting onto the island and staying long enough to do it right — the travel, the days on the ground, the face-to-face conversations that finally move a 25-year-old case. Every dollar is a mile closer to bringing Justin home.

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Justin Pollari — A Property For Sale, And A Race Against Time

We can now account for almost every hour of Justin Pollari's final day on December 7, 2001. A restaurant earlier that day. A friend's place where people saw him drinking with other teens. The Community Hall later that night — where his father came in and forcibly removed him. The moment he returned. A play-fight outside that gave him a cut lip. A ride home from two friends. We've also confirmed something the original investigation never did: the abuse Justin was living with at home — confirmed by a teacher, a school principal, and a childhood friend who spoke to him two months before he disappeared.

And now we need help, urgently. A property has been identified — confirmed by Justin's mother as one his father used — where a witness who worked there believes Justin is buried. That property is currently for sale. If it changes hands and is disturbed, evidence could be lost.

We're preparing a formal OPP submission. This is the moment that matters most.

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