Name: Beaver Island forum reports the death of Douglas Edgar, 2024
Start: 2024-12
End: 2024-12
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2024-12
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathcommunitylaw-enforcementbiography
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On December 29, 2024, the Beaver Island Forum reported that Doug Edgar had died shortly before Christmas. Earlier forum notices identify a Douglas Edgar associated with Beaver Island as a former detective and deputy.

Evidence limits

The December notice is a brief community report, not an obituary, death certificate, or funeral notice. It gives no exact death date, cause, or further biography. The identity connection to the earlier Douglas Edgar references is probable but not independently documented in the surviving December post.

Sources

Marie LaFreniere, “Doug Edgar RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, December 29, 2024.
The post reports that Doug Edgar died shortly before Christmas and says more information would follow, but preserves no obituary, exact date, cause, or funeral details.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018359
Beaver Island Forum, “Meet The Beaver Island Reader Writers 7/9 @7pm!” and “Stolen Chainsaw-Found-Returned,” July 2012 and July 2017.
Earlier forum notices identify Douglas/Doug Edgar as a former detective and as a deputy involved in resolving a 2017 island incident. These establish a likely identity/context connection, but do not independently verify the 2024 death notice.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005171
Beaver Island Forum, “Meet The Beaver Island Reader Writers 7/9 @7pm!” and “Stolen Chainsaw-Found-Returned,” July 2012 and July 2017.
Earlier forum notices identify Douglas/Doug Edgar as a former detective and as a deputy involved in resolving a 2017 island incident. These establish a likely identity/context connection, but do not independently verify the 2024 death notice.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011899

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island forum reports the death of Douglas Edgar, 2024”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-douglas-edgar-death-2024/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Doug Edgar RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, December 29, 2024. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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