Kamloops woman followed by man in white van

A Kamloops woman is warning others to beware after she was followed by a white van in the Tranquille area.

Julie Smith — who asked that her real name not be used out of concerns for her safety — said she was walking home from work at roughly 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, when she stopped briefly at Save-On-Foods along Tranquille Road.

She heard a honk and looked around but saw no one she recognized. While walking towards the Brock Shopping Centre, she noticed a white van was driving by her very slowly. A man inside was staring at her and the window was rolled down but she couldn’t see him well enough to describe him.

It was dark but she said there was blue lettering with “reliant” on the side of the van. It pulled into the shopping centre parking lot in a location she would have to walk past. She waited but the vehicle kept running and no one got out.

“I’m staring right at the vehicle… and I pulled out my phone and they noticed and sped out of the parking lot and sped down Tranquille.”

She decided to post about it on Facebook because of the missing women in the area. Shannon White has been missing from Kamloops since Nov. 1, 2021. 

“I’m just a firm believer if you see something, say something,” she said.

RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Chris Manseau said a RCMP report was filed but there was nothing to identify the vehicle.

There were no other files linked to the incident and the file will be monitored for the future and it's under investigation, he said.

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