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Maine hunter missing 50 years

Cops suspect Ludger Belanger may have been murdered when he refused to trade deer meat for a ride home.

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Ludger Belanger, deer hunter missing since 1975
Ludger Belanger, deer hunter missing since 1975 (Maine State Police)

By Ted Cohen

A Washington, Maine hunter apparently bagged his deer 50 years ago but Ludger Belanger was never seen again.

One of two suspects in his disappearance died a few months later when police say he tried to firebomb his own house in Camden.

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