The Mysterious Escape Of Convicted Criminal Jerry Bergevin Explained

The Daily Mail reports that a $25 reward was offered for Bergevin's return to no avail. The lack of technology in 1969 ultimately aided his breakout. However, new advancements have failed to find him (per USA Today). In 2013, his granddaughter Angela Michels, spoke out about her search for Bergevin. Various family members told Michels that he had died in California. There were also reported sightings of Bergevin in New Orleans. In 2009, officials got a tip that he was living in Detroit. When they visited his alleged home, they found that it had been burned down and abandoned years before.

Simply put, he had "dropped off the face of the earth." Prison Roster writes that the search for Bergevin's would come to an end in 2013. Per Fox News, he was granted "administrative discharge," because he had not been seen in 43 years and was at the time, 80-years old. This would mean that if he was found, he would not have to return to prison. Michels stated that this news was "bittersweet." Her grandfather was finally free but she had failed to uncover what had happened to him. If alive, Bergevin would be 90 in 2022. Michels has previously expressed her belief that her grandfather has long been dead.

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