Kamloops Missing Person
Police asking for public’s help in missing person case
KAMLOOPS - Police are asking for the public’s assistance in the search for a man reported missing May 18. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP detachment, says the police helicopter, the dog unit and Kamloops Search and Rescue spent the evening searching the area where the man’s truck was located. Agency members...
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: 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: Search called off after Kamloops family returns home safely
UPDATE: 8:31 A.M., MAY 4, 2015 RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Cheryl Bush says the family has returned home safely. 7:18 A.M., MAY 4, 2015 KAMLOOPS - A family of four has gone missing near McLure and helicopter search crews are scouring the area in hopes of locating them. Kamloops Search and Rescue was called in around...
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 Kamloops man found
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man who went missing on Monday has been found safe and sound today. Robert Isbister, 39, had not been seen or heard from all week, which was out of character for the man according to RCMP. In a news release Friday, April 10, police say Isbister is no longer missing. To...
UPDATE: Both missing teens located
KAMLOOPS - RCMP members have found two teens who went missing Feb. 26. Sarah Robinson had been away from her home since Feb. 17 and was last seen on Feb. 23. She was reported found March 2. A second teen, Brittany Pattison, was reported as missing after she was last heard from on Feb. 25....
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 senior located
UPDATE: 5:08 P.M., FEB. 25 The man has been located and returned home safely. KAMLOOPS - An 80-year-old man has not been seen since he left his home earlier this afternoon and RCMP are asking for help in finding him. Gerald Fraser, who suffers from dementia and is hard of hearing, left his home around...
Mounties exhaust ground search in Samantha Paul investigation
KAMLOOPS - Mounties have wrapped up their search for clues in the death of Samantha Paul near White Lake and Campbell Lake but they aren't saying much about what they found. Cpl. Cheryl Bush said in a release today they discovered some skeletal remains which they believe are Paul's. She was reported missing in September...
Renewed call for information in decade old homicide case
KAMLOOPS - The body of Shana Labatte was discovered in the Mission Flats area in 2004 and RCMP are again asking for help from the public in solving the decade old case. Labatte’s body was discovered near a walking trail March 23, 2004 and RCMP were quick to say the 31-year-old had been murdered. At...
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...