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Missing Person
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 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,”...
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 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...
UPDATE: Missing teenaged girl found
KELOWNA – The teenaged girl reported missing in Kelowna has been found. The police asked for the public’s help to find Teryn Dackewich, 15, on Saturday. She was reported missing on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 and RCMP had said she was known to hang out in the downtown core. “The Kelowna RCMP is pleased to...
UPDATE: Missing 12-year-old girl found
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a missing 12-year-old girl has been found and reunited with her foster family. Shyla Billy ran away around 4:30 p.m. Friday. "At this time, the Kamloops RCMP are not requesting any further information or assistance from the public but wish to thank the public and our media agencies for their...
RCMP members are searching for this woman
UPDATE 11:30 a.m. Nov. 5 : RCMP report Jessica Lynn Black has been found in the Lower Mainland. VERNON - Local RCMP members are searching for a woman who has been reported missing. Jessica Lynn Black is from the Vernon area but has been known to travel to Vancouver Island and the lower mainland of...
Family still searches for missing daughter one year later
KAMLOOPS – Caitlyn Avril Murray's family members have been searching for her with the aid of friends and community members since she disappeared near Quesnel's Fraser Bridge Inn on Sept. 30, 2013. Reeling from a breakup with her boyfriend, Caitlyn parked her vehicle near the bridge over the Fraser River and was last seen after...
UPDATE: Police locate youth
UPDATE: Daniel James Munro has been found and is safe. KAMLOOPS - Police are searching for Daniel James Munro, a 17-year-old youth from Kamloops who was last heard from Oct. 11. Munro called his caregiver around 9:30 p.m. last Saturday to say he was on his way home but never showed up - his wearabouts...
RCMP need help with 8-year-old mystery
KELOWNA – A young man with a bright future disappeared eight years ago and his family would like some closure. Aaron Charles Derbyshire, who was 22 years old at the time, was out with friends at the Level Night Club on Leon Avenue in downtown Kelowna on Sept. 20, 2006. At about 1:40 a.m. his...