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UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack man thought to be in Kelowna located

UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack man thought to be in Kelowna located | iNFOnews.ca
Gene David Siedekum, 58, was last seen in Vernon on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Credit: iNFOnews.ca

UPDATE: Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022

Kelowna RCMP say a missing 81-year-old Chilliwack man with dementia has been found and he's safe.

All personal information about the missing person has been removed from this article.

Monday, Dec. 19, 2022

An 81-year-old man suffering from dementia may be in the Kelowna area after walking out of his supportive housing unit in Chilliwack.

If you locate the missing person, or know of his whereabouts, stay with him and contact the Kelowna RCMP by calling 911 or the non-emergency number at 250)-762-3300 and reference file number 2022-77181.

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Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics

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