On the morning of November 25th, 1975 Belanger went deer hunting with his wife and brother off of Route 206 in Washington. The three had originally separated and then met up with each other a short while later. Belanger decided to continue to hunt while his brother and Linda returned home sometime around 9:00 am that morning. When they left him, Belanger was last seen walking across a field into the woods off of Route 105 with his hunting rifle. Belanger was never seen again. He was wearing a red and black plaid jacket, green cotton pants, a blaze orange hat and green rubber boots.