Londonderry News

Caitlin McGovern and Eugene Losik

Eugene Losik, 25, of Andover, Massachusetts, is still missing. His parents, of Hudson, NH, have offered a $10,000 reward to anyone that can provide information that could bring him home safely.

Eugene is a 2003 NAHS graduate, and an Engineer at Raytheon, was last seen on a hotel surveillance camera walking out the back exit at the Long Wharf Hotel in Boston at 2:24 a.m. on Feb. 20, 2010. He hasn’t been seen since. Eugene and his fiancé’, Caitlin McGovern, along with a group of friends had booked rooms at the hotel to stay following a birthday party they attended. Caitlin and her close friend, Polina Orlova, went up to their room and were asleep shortly before 1:00 a.m.. Eugene and his good friend, Rick Keilty, decided to go for a walk and purchase a deck of cards. The men returned around 1:15 a.m., following at 2:24 a.m. the surveillance camera shows Eugene walking out the hotel’s back door. Fears exist that it’s possible that Eugene may have fallen into the water which begins 100 feet beyond the parking lot of the rear of the hotel.

The Boston Police and Fire Departments have conducted numerous water searches that included the Coast Guard, the State Police, Everett and Quincy Police Departments and civilians. There were 50 divers, search boats, sonar equipment, underwater cameras and helicopters, but no trace of Eugene was found. Cadaver dogs as well as a specialty aged scent dog, from Maine, have also been used. While the police and dog handlers feel that the higher possibility of Eugene being in the water, despite unsuccessful attempts to locate him, Caitlin is not so sure that is what happened. She stated that “Eugene is not fond of water, for him to want to go out and gaze over the water is just not something he would have done. He was not so intoxicated that he wouldn’t have known what he was doing.” She also stated “when we arrived at the hotel, the first thing he said was how much the water looked like black asphalt.” While he knows how to swim, concerns exist by Eugene’s family and friends that perhaps he was approached by strangers and abducted, or went for a longer walk and perhaps something else may have happened to him?

Caitlin has been holding on very strong and has been instrumental in organizing groups to help distribute missing posters of Eugene. She has spent days going from hospital to hospital with the hopes that if Eugene is a patient that recognition will be made. She also has served as the family spokesperson as Eugene’s parents are extremely distraught and she helps avoid possible communication errors as they have very strong accents. Another candlelight vigil is being planned. Eugene’s co workers are very worried as well as his previous professors, friends and many acquaintances. Eugene loves to make people laugh, is very self disciplined and responsible. It is not in his nature to not make contact with his fiancé or family.

Eugene is 5-foot-11, muscular build, with close-shaved blond hair and blue eyes. When last seen he was wearing a grey T-shirt, blue jeans and black dress shoes. He had his wallet with $20 and credit cards and his car keys with him. His cards have not been used. His cell was with him as well, however, his battery ran out of charge and repeated calls went unanswered. Rick Keilty established and manages a website for Eugene at www.findgenelosik.com. Anyone with information on Eugene is asked to call Boston detectives at 1-617-343-4248, or make an anonymous call to 1-800-494-TIPS.

We ask the community to please say prayers for the Hudson family of Eugene, his fiancé Caitlin and his many friends.

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