Salmon Arm RCMP ask for help to find missing person from 23 years ago

Salmon Arm RCMP are asking for the public’s help to track down a man who went missing in the early 2000s.

Raymond “Ray” Kohout is a nurse, husband and father of three who has been missing since April 29, 2002, according to a press release from police.

Kohout was last seen around 4:30 p.m. on a blue mountain bike on the Trans-Canada Highway between Salmon Arm and Canoe.

His bike was found between Salmon Arm and Sicamous a few months later on Sept. 11, 2002.

He’s Caucasian, 5’4” and 150 lb. He has black hair, brown eyes and he was born in 1960.

Anyone with information has been asked to contact Salmon Arm RCMP at 250-832-6044 and Reference Case number 2002-2259.

Tips can also be given through Crime Stoppers or the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains.