Vernon Missing Person
Police dive teams return to Kal Lake in search of missing man
VERNON - Police teams are focussing efforts on Kalamalka Lake as they search for a man missing since June 27. Curtis Wilson, 24, was last seen with his friend Shane Letkeman, 32, who was found dead in the lake June 28. Wilson’s family reported him missing last week, and police launched a full scale search...
UPDATE: Missing Lumby woman has been found safe
VERNON - Police say a Lumby woman has been found safe. A family member reported Susan Catt, 54, missing about 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, to the Lumby RCMP detachment. She was found sometime Tuesday, according to a RCMP release sent around midnight. An original release said Catt left her home in Lumby around...
UPDATE: Medical patient located thanks to public tip
UPDATE 10 A.M., MAY 13, 2015 In a media release issued May 13, Vernon RCMP say Robert Parker has been located safe and sound following a tip from the public. 5:05 P.M., MAY 12, 2015 VERNON - Police are asking for the public’s aid in locating a missing man. Robert Parker, 58, left a medical...
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...
Why Enderby’s tragic dementia case won’t be the last
ENDERBY - The neighbours of a friendly Enderby senior are in shock after the 73-year-old went missing and was found dead in a remote fishing area far from home days later. Barbara Nell Derenowski lived alone in a rented unit of a house on Salmon Arm Drive in Enderby. Sometime after 2:30 p.m. Monday, she...
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...