Normally, the name of a victim would not be released in a case like this but Lafreniere said police identified Lin to put the families of other missingpersons at ease.
The navy said it refused to comment on specific aspects of the case and has previously said a Service Inquiry established in September would assess current missingpersons procedures.
Police are treating Levy's disappearance as a missingpersonscase and have repeatedly said they are not considering anyone a suspect because there is no evidence of a crime.