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UPDATE: Kamloops police find missing 13-year-old
KAMLOOPS - Officers found a missing teenager who was last heard from yesterday, Wednesday, May 6. Shyla Billy is 13 years old, aboriginal, 5'3" and weighs 130 pounds. She has brown hair with blonde highlights and brown eyes. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, said police were concerned for Billy's well-being and...
UPDATE: Kelowna teen located
UPDATE: 10:55 A.M., MAY 25, 2015 RCMP say Raven Graham has been located. 9:27 A.M., MAY 5, 2015 KELOWNA - Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a teen missing since mid-April. Raven Graham, 17, was reported missing April 14. She is described as Caucasian, 5’5” and 115 lbs with blonde hair and...
UPDATE: Woman no longer considered missing
UPDATE: 7:19 A.M., MAY 6, 2015 RCMP say the woman is no longer considered missing after her family was able to determine she is safe. 12:36 P.M., MAY 4, 2015 KAMLOOPS - A woman missing for nearly a week is now the focus of an RCMP search. Kamloops RCMP say Elizabeth Karlson, 27, has not...
UPDATE: Kelowna teenager found
KELOWNA – A Kelowna teenage last seen on Thursday, April 30 has been found. RCMP say Gabriel Hamel, 16, has been located. Police are not releasing any other information about the missing case. To contact the reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander at halexander@infonews.ca or call 250-491-0331. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or...
UPDATE: Dirt biker no longer missing
"THE FAMILY IS VERY HAPPY THE WORST DIDN'T HAPPEN" VERNON – The search for a missing dirt biker in the Vernon area has been called off after the man showed up at home this morning. “The Vernon RCMP want to let the public know that the missing man on the dirt bike has returned home...
UPDATE: Missing woman located
UPDATE: 8:37 A.M., APRIL 22, 2015 RCMP say Amanda Teasdale has been located. KAMLOOPS - Local officers are asking for the public’s assistance to find a 19-year-old woman last seen on April 17, 2015. Staff Sgt. Grant Learned, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says Amanda Teasdale is First Nations, 5’9”, 140 pounds with brown...
UPDATE: Missing boy located
UPDATE: 2:37 P.M., APRIL 21, 2015 RCMP say the youth has been located. KELOWNA - Police say this boy didn't come home last night and that's not like him. That's 15-year-old Kyle Davidson and he was last seen Monday morning, April 20, and his family says his disappearance is out of character. In a release...
Missing Kamloops woman
KAMLOOPS – RCMP are hoping someone has seen a woman who went missing on Monday. Police say they are concerned about Tracey Dallyn’s, 50, well being and would like her to contact police or her family members. Dallyn was last seen on April 13 and was wearing a red jacket, blue hoodie and blue jeans....
High risk man travelling to Kelowna sought
KELOWNA - A man travelling by bus to Kelowna is being sought by Surrey RCMP, who say they are concerned about his well-being. Steven Fayant, 22, was last seen in Surrey in the evening of April 13 and has not been heard from since. It is believed the "high risk" man, who does not have...
Body found in river was missing woman
KAMLOOPS – A body found in the Thompson River last week was that of a woman who went missing more than three months ago, according to her best friend and the B.C. Coroner's Service. Megan Latchford says the family of 33-year-old Deseree Smith was given the news by the B.C. Coroners Service Tuesday night, five...
UPDATE: Missing Enderby woman found dead
UPDATE: 9:39 A.M. MAR. 5 A missing senior with dementia was found dead Wednesday afternoon. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says people fishing in the Salmon Lake area found Barbara Derenowski, missing since Monday afternoon, and reported it to the Merritt RCMP detachment. “Early indications appear that Barbara got her truck stuck in snow on a...
Patient reported missing from Kelowna General Hospital has been found
UPDATE: Kelowna RCMP say Rebecca Wolfe, 31, has been located and is safe. ——— KELOWNA – RCMP are asking for the public’s help to find a woman missing from Kelowna General Hospital. Rebecca Wolfe, 31, went missing on Thursday, Feb. 5 from the hospital, according to a media release from the RCMP. She is 5’8”...
Missing Kelowna man found
UPDATE: RCMP say a man reported missing Feb. 26 has been found. As per our…
Kamloops RCMP officer to focus on prostitution and missing person files
KAMLOOPS – Prostitution in the city is at a plateau and the local RCMP detachment is taking the opportunity to move forward with initiatives to help connect with sex workers. Supt. Brad Mueller says changes in policy and steps required to investigate prostitution cases created the need for an internal position to liase between officers,...
UPDATE: Missing woman found
MERRITT - The missing woman the Upper Nicola Band and Okanagan Indian Band were in search for has been located. Before she was found, Annie Joe Gottfriedson, 20, of the Upper Nicola Band was last seen Feb. 16 at noon near Nicola Street in Merritt. “Our concerns run deep for Annie Jo and her family,”...
Vernon RCMP still looking for one of two missing women
VERNON - Two women went missing from Vernon medical facilities Monday, Feb. 16. It didn’t take police long to locate the first woman, Natasha Archibald, 51, who was reported found Tuesday morning. She was returned to hospital to complete her medical treatment. The second woman, Heidi Roos, 52, remains missing. Vernon RCMP say the incidents...
UPDATE: Missing West Kelowna teenager found
WEST KELOWNA – A teenager from West Kelowna who had been missing since Monday, Feb. 9 has been found. RCMP asked for help to find Megan Cowan, 18, on Thursday, Feb. 13. "The West Kelowna RCMP is pleased to confirm that the 18-year-old woman reported missing has been located, and she is safe and sound,"...
UPDATE: Missing teen located
UPDATE: 7:39 A.M., Feb. 11, 2015 RCMP say the missing teen has been located safe and sound. 2:23 p.m., Feb. 10, 2015 KAMLOOPS – Local RCMP members are asking the public for assistance finding a missing 15-year-old. Makayla Maskwa was last heard from on Feb. 8. She has not been home since Jan. 30. Maskwa...
Mother frustrated by RCMP handling of missing daughter
KAMLOOPS – A local mother is calling for a change in RCMP protocol for missing persons after her daughter went missing twice in a two-day period last week and could have stayed missing if friends hadn’t come to her aid. Jenny Dodman filed a missing persons report after her daughter didn’t come home when she...
UPDATE: Missing Vernon man found
UPDATE: 6:45 p.m. Feb. 2 The man reported missing has been found and is in…
UPDATE: Missing Kamloops teen safe and sound, again
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops teenager who went missing on Wednesday, was found on Thursday, but reported missing again on Friday, has finally been located. Kamloops RCMP confirms Shanna Dodman, 15, is safe and sound, but won't answer any questions about the confusion surrounding the missing person case. Dodman was originally reported missing by Kamloops RCMP...
UPDATE: Police locate missing Vernon woman
UPDATE: 8:39 a.m. Dec. 31 Vernon RCMP say Brandy Hauser, 30, was located at a residence in Vernon. She had been missing since Dec. 15 and police put out an appeal for tips Dec. 29. VERNON - Police are on the lookout for a Vernon woman not seen since Dec. 15. A concerned family member...
UPDATE: Man missing since end of November found
KELOWNA – The 52-year-old Kelowna man missing missing since Nov. 26 has been found. Kelowna RCMP say Gerald Gordon Heuft has been located safe and sound. "Thanks to the media and public for your assistance," Const. Kris Clark says in a media release. RCMP asked for the public's help to find the missing man on...
Have you seen this woman?
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for help to find Deseree Smith, who has not been heard from since November. Police say the 33-year-old Kamloops resident is known to frequent Surrey and Salmon Arm but has not made contact with family or friends in those areas. She was officially reported missing Dec. 2 and police are...