The Case That Was Never Solved

The disappearance of Nicholas Barclay remains officially unsolved.

In the years since 1994, various investigators — official and amateur — have continued to examine the case.

The absence of any confirmed sighting, any returned remains, or any definitive evidence of what happened to Nicholas has kept the case in a state of perpetual uncertainty.

The conspiracy around Bourdin’s impersonation has added a layer of complexity that makes the underlying disappearance even harder to investigate.

The contamination of any family testimony by the questions raised by Bourdin’s accusations — about Jason, about the family’s possible knowledge of the impostor — means that the original mystery has been overlaid with new questions that themselves cannot be definitively answered.