[3] Having run out of options in Montreal, John sailed to Paris in October 1829, where he would be placed under the care of another uncle, Dr. David McLoughlin.
They alleged that the rebel staff, led by one Urbain Héroux, had conspired with the local Tlingits to seize the post.
They were ultimately not prosecuted by Governor of Russian Colonies in America Ferdinand von Wrangel and released by the spring of 1844 for lack of evidence.
The official handling of John Jr.'s death was a major factor in embittering his father against Simpson and the HBC:[6]"But the hastiness of the Sitka investigation, Simspon's unqualified condemnation of Fort Stikine as a "sink of corruption:, and his refusal to punish the son's murderers as McLoughlin demanded, or even send them to Canada for trial were facts which the father never forgave.
[8] Author Debra Komar wrote an investigative history into the death of McLoughlin Jr. named The Bastard of Fort Stikine (Goose Lane Editions 2015).