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[Victoria Watcher]

Barbara Gilmour has decided to lay her missing daughter to rest so she might get some rest, too.

 

For the past seven years, the Parksville mother has done everything she can to find her daughter Carmel, who disappeared in November 2017.

 

Gilmour is under no illusion she will find her daughter alive. Carmel, 36, was a mother of two, and also an addict who hung around with dangerous people living in a homeless encampment near Parksville.

 

Gilmour believes Carmel was murdered or died of a drug overdose that someone covered up.

 

“I will not torture myself with 20 years of searching,” she said. “I don’t believe it’s a missing person’s case. At this point, I think it’s going to be DNA.”

 

Though she speaks matter-of-factly, losing her daughter has been devastating for Gilmour. She said she has often been approached by townspeople who tell her of their dreams and visions of Carmel.

 

“It’s agony. There are times I want to move out of this town because it tortures me,” she said.

 

Laying Carmel to rest will involve some kind of ceremony, said her mother.

 

“She deserves that. She was a good person and was loved by a lot of people.”

 

Gilmour understands the instability and addiction that rocked her daughter’s life.

 

When Carmel was born in Cranbrook in 1981, Gilmour was a single mother struggling with alcohol and drug addiction in the East Kootenay.

 

When Carmel was two, Gilmour gave her up for adoption and moved back to Parksville, where her family has lived for five generations. Carmel was returned to her at age four, but both she and her older brother ended up in ministry care while Gilmour got the help she needed.

 

 

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[pontcanna]

Saanich Police concerned for well-being of missing man last seen Feb. 3

Feb. 11, 2024 

 

Dolph Robinson is seen in this picture provided by Saanich Police.

Saanich police are seeking help from the public to find a missing man who hasn’t been seen since earlier this month.

Police in a news release say Dolph Robinson, 30, was last seen the morning of Saturday, Feb. 3, in the area of Shelbourne Street in Saanich.

Robinson is described as standing 5’10” and weighing 180 lbs. He has brown hair and hazel eyes.

The missing man of no fixed address is new to the Saanich area, and police are concerned for his well-being.

 

More: https://www.cheknews...-feb-3-1190417/

 

[pontcanna]

Missing Person: Dommie Malcolmson

2024-02-12

File # 2024-1908

Campbell River RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Dommie Malcolmson. Malcolmson was last seen on Monday, February 12th, 2024 in Campbell River.


Dommie Malcolmson is described as:

Caucasian Female;
15 years old;
5 ft 7 inches tall;
Med build with long blonde hair;
Blue eyes.

Police are very concerned for Dommie Malcolmson's well being. Anyone with information on Malcolmson's whereabouts is urged to contact the Campbell River RCMP at 250-286-6221 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

Missing Person: Cora Potoski

2024-02-12 

File # 2024-1908

Campbell River RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Cora Potoski. Potoski was last seen on Monday, February 12th, 2024 in Campbell River.

 

 

Cora Potoski is described as:

 Caucasian Female;
 16 years old;
 5 ft 2 inches tall;
 Slender build with long red hair;
 Blue eyes.

Police are very concerned for Cora Potoski's well being. Anyone with information on Potoski's whereabouts is urged to contact the Campbell River RCMP at 250-286-6221 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

Released by

Cst. Maury Tyre
Media Relations Officer
Campbell River RCMP

[pontcanna]

 

Saanich Police concerned for well-being of missing man last seen Feb. 3

Police in a news release say Dolph Robinson, 30, was last seen the morning of Saturday, Feb. 3, in the area of Shelbourne Street in Saanich.

 

 

T-C Feb.11:

 

UPDATE: Saanich police say Dolph Robinson has been located.

[pontcanna]

@cspoliceservice

MISSING PERSON: CSPS are looking to locate Sarah-Jane (Alaska) BYERS-DEATHERAGE (25). Sarah is 5'9, 110lbs, dark brown/black hair with hazel eyes. She has a nose piercing and a butterfly tattoo across her neck. Anyone with info. is asked to contact CSPS on 250-652-4441

 

 

 

[Victoria Watcher]

FFS. So many missing. 70% female.

Crazy.

[pontcanna]

@cspoliceservice

MISSING PERSON: CSPS are looking to locate Sarah-Jane (Alaska) BYERS-DEATHERAGE (25). 

 

@cspoliceservice

MISSING UPDATE: Our missing person has been located and the post now removed. Thank you all for the information received and for spreading the message.

[pontcanna]

Missing persons update for Cora Potoski and Dommie Malcolmson

Campbell River, Missing Person

2024-02-15 

File # 2024-1908

Dommie Malcolmson and Cora Potoski were first reported missing to Campbell River RCMP on February 12th, 2024 at approximately 3:30 pm.

Police have been able to determine that the two teens travelled together and arrived on Quadra Island at approximately 1 pm on the day they were reported missing.

It is believed that the two teens have been attempting to evade detection and are somewhere on Quadra island.

Police and family are very concerned for the well being of Cora and Dommie, said Campbell River RCMP’s Cst Maury Tyre. At this point in time, we believe that the girls may be attempting to camp in the thick forests of Quadra Island and are ill prepared to be doing so.

Police are asking that anyone on Quadra Island and Cortez Island be extra vigilant in keeping an eye out for Malcolmson and Potoski and for any signs of a camp or a recently used camp site.

Anyone with any information regarding the disappearance of Cora Potoski or Dommie Malcolmson is asked to contact the Campbell River RCMP at 250-286-6221.

Released by

Cst. Maury Tyre
Media Relations Officer
Campbell River RCMP

 

[pontcanna]

RCMP seek public assistance in locating Jessie Jeffrey

Shawnigan Lake, Missing Person

2024-02-15 

File # 2024-412

RCMP is seeking public assistance in locating Jessie Jeffrey who was reported missing on February 13, 2024.

Jessie Jeffrey was last seen on December 27, 2023.



Description of Jessie Jeffrey:

35 years-old;
5 ft 7 ins;
126 lbs;
Blonde hair;
Brown eyes.

Police are very concerned for Jessie’s health and well-being.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Jessie Jeffrey is urged to contact their local police, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

Released by

Cpl. Alex Bérubé
District Advisory NCO (Media Relations)
Island District

[Victoria Watcher]

Police were asking people on Quadra and Cortez islands on Thursday to keep an eye out for two missing teenage girls from Campbell River and for any signs of a camp or a recently used campsite.

 

Cora Potoski, 16, and Dommie Malcolmson, 15, arrived on Quadra Island by ferry at about 1 p.m. on Monday, police said. A ping from Potoski’s phone to a cell tower at 11:30 a.m. Thursday confirmed they are still there.

 

“It’s proof of life,” said Cora’s mother, Danyea Lamont, in tears on Thursday. “We’re hopeful that this means they are close and they are cold and they are tired and they just want to come home. That’s all we want. We just want them home.”

 

Family and friends are desperately searching Quadra Island for the pair.

 

Campbell River RCMP Const. Maury Tyre said Thursday the girls gathered food and camping gear while in Campbell River prior to taking a ferry to Quadra Island, unbeknownst to their families, who reported them missing.

 

Tyre said it seems like the girls may be hiding out: “At this point in time, we believe that the girls may be attempting to camp in the thick forests of Quadra Island and are ill-prepared to be doing so.”

 

 

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[pontcanna]

Teens missing on Quadra Island have been located

Two Campbell River teens missing since Monday were tracked down by an RCMP dog on Quadra Island just after noon on Friday.

 

The search for Cora Potoski, 16, and Dommie Malcolmson, 15, hadexpanded Friday to include search-and-rescue crews and an RCMP helicopter.

“We’ve got them,” said a tearful Danyea Lamont, Cora’s mother, from her Campbell River home.

“I just want to touch her and know that she’s real. I don’t think I’llever want to let her go.”

Lamont said Cora’s father as well as the RCMP and search crews are with the girls.

“This is the outcome that we always hope for in searches,” said Const. Maury Tyre of Campbell River RCMP.

“We are so fortunate in Campbell River to have such an amazing dog and dog handler.”

Lamont is not yet sure of the plan to get the girls home.

The families expressed gratitude Friday for all those who searched for their daughters.

“I can’t express my gratitude enough,” said Lamont. “To everybody who shared the post and spread the word they were missing, to the Campbell
River RCMP, Quadra Island RCMP, search and rescue crews and thoseoperating air drones — thank you.”

 

More: https://www.timescol...-island-8314310

Edited by pontcanna, 16 February 2024 - 03:21 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Two Campbell River teens missing since Monday were tracked down by an RCMP dog on Quadra Island just after noon on Friday. 

 

The search for Cora Potoski, 16, and Dommie Malcolmson, 15, had expanded Friday to include search-and-rescue crews and an RCMP helicopter. 

 

“We’ve got them,” said a tearful Danyea Lamont, Cora’s mother, from her Campbell River home. 

 

“I just want to touch her and know that she’s real. I don’t think I’ll ever want to let her go.” 

 

Lamont said Cora’s father as well as the RCMP and search crews are with the girls. 

 

 

https://www.timescol...-island-8314310

 

 

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The girls had gathered food and camping gear in Campbell River prior to taking a ferry to Quadra Island on Monday, unbeknownst to their families, who reported them missing. 

 

Lamont had said the girls were not experienced outdoors and the overnight temperatures were cold. She said her father and brother live on Quadra Island and have been searching for the girls all week. 

 

She declined to say more about why the girls might have run away, saying she wanted to protect their privacy. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presumably they ran away becasue they rightly or probably wrongly thought it would be better than their home life.  But they likely did not have a real long-term plan here.  Kids have been "running away from home" for at least 100 years.  These ones will have to change their names now, since the internet will follow them forever otherwise.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 17 February 2024 - 04:34 AM.

[pontcanna]

Missing woman located

Shawnigan Lake

 

2024-02-20 

File # 2024-412

 

The 35-year-old woman who was reported missing on February 13, 2024 has been located and is safe and sound. The RCMP thanks the public and the media for their assistance.

 

Released by

Cpl. Alex Bérubé

District Advisory NCO (Media Relations)
Island District

[Nparker]

...The 35-year-old woman who was reported missing on February 13, 2024 has been located and is safe and sound...

Presumably, it was Jessie Jeffrey that was found.

[pontcanna]

Presumably, it was Jessie Jeffrey that was found.

 

That's why the file #'s come in handy

[pontcanna]

Weather clears for aerial search for missing Errington woman Sara Sherry

Weather conditions in the search area near Nanoose Bay improved Friday, allowing searchers to begin looking from the air in helicopters and a plane for a missing woman who was last seen a week ago.

It was a vital development in the search for 45 year-old Sara Sherry who was last seen on Feb. 15.

 

 

“So we’re searching with choppers in strategic areas looking for, you know, those high probable spots where someone might be found, looking at hazards or steep terrain that doesn’t allow searchers to be able to search effectively on the ground,” said Arrowsmith SAR manager Nick Rivers.

Sara Sherry was last seen on surveillance video turning off Hwy 19 onto Northwest Bay Logging Road in Nanoose Bay. It was 6:20 p.m. on Feb. 15.

 

She was driving a grey 2017 Nissan Frontier pick up truck.

She hasn’t been seen leaving on the same road and searchers say there really aren’t any other ways to get out of the Mosaic Forest Management lands.

“Thousands. Literally thousands of miles of roads. It would be never-ending in a single vehicle by yourself to try to search this area,” Rivers said when asked how vast the search area is.

The roads should be open to the public this weekend so if you’re out there and spot Sherry, call 911.

 

More: https://www.cheknews...-woman-1192327/

 

[pontcanna]

Search crews find truck belonging to missing Errington woman

RCMP and search and rescue crews say they have found a truck belonging to missing Errington woman Sara Sherry, but Sherry herself remains missing.

The missing woman’s vehicle, a grey 2017 Nissan Frontier pickup truck, was located off a logging road about 20 kilometres south of the Highway 19 and Northwest Bay Logging Road intersection on Friday afternoon.

Searchers say the truck was found in a ditch about 15 metres off the logging road, though Sherry herself was nowhere to be found.

Mounties note that the backcountry area where Sherry’s vehicle was found is open to the public, and is a popular outdoor recreation spot.

“We are asking for those out there this weekend to be on the lookout for Sara,” said Worth.

 

“Arrowsmith Search and Rescue and civilian air search and rescue will be in the area throughout this weekend searching for Sara.”

 

More: https://www.cheknews...-woman-1192354/

[Victoria Watcher]

When did police stop using the term “high risk” in all these missing persons reports? Was that too much stigma?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 February 2024 - 09:09 AM.

[Mike K.]

Still being used. Just not in all cases that warrant it. Maybe there’s a threshold.

[Victoria Watcher]

Still being used. Just not in all cases that warrant it. Maybe there’s a threshold.

 

I have not seen it much in the last year.

 

But you are right, it is there sometimes.  

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 February 2024 - 12:49 PM.