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Investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating missing 38-year-old Melissa McDevitt, after she failed to board a flight from Victoria to Vancouver on Saturday (Dec. 10). (Courtesy Victoria Police Department)

Sooke RCMP taking over search for woman who missed flight

CCTV footage shows McDevitt heading to the trails at Sooke Potholes

Investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating missing 38-year-old Melissa McDevitt, after she failed to board a flight from Victoria to Vancouver on Saturday (Dec. 10). (Courtesy Victoria Police Department)
Ryan Albert was last seen on May 11. His family continues to search for him. (Handout) Shutterstock.com

‘We have no idea where he might be’: Sooke woman searches for missing son

Family hasn’t been in contact with the man since May

Ryan Albert was last seen on May 11. His family continues to search for him. (Handout) Shutterstock.com
Investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating missing 38-year-old Melissa McDevitt, after she failed to board a flight from Victoria to Vancouver on Saturday (Dec. 10). (Courtesy Victoria Police Department)

MISSING: Police find 38-year-old woman’s car near Sooke Potholes

Melissa McDevitt was supposed to fly from Victoria to Vancouver, but never got on the plane

Investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating missing 38-year-old Melissa McDevitt, after she failed to board a flight from Victoria to Vancouver on Saturday (Dec. 10). (Courtesy Victoria Police Department)
Port Alberni RCMP are trying to locate 13-year-old Alexis Huttunen. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

UPDATE: Missing Port Alberni teenager has been found

Alexis Huttunen last seen by her family on morning of Dec. 7, 2022

Port Alberni RCMP are trying to locate 13-year-old Alexis Huttunen. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
Saanich police are asking for the public's assistance in finding missing 72-year-old Allen Laatsch, last seen in the Panama Flats area on Monday (Nov. 28) night. (Black Press Media file photo)

UPDATE: Saanich police locate Allen Laatsch

Laatsch was subject of Nov. 29 missing person investigation

Saanich police are asking for the public's assistance in finding missing 72-year-old Allen Laatsch, last seen in the Panama Flats area on Monday (Nov. 28) night. (Black Press Media file photo)
Emma Fillipoff’s mother, Shelley Fillipoff, films the upcoming docuseries, Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff. (Courtesy of Kimberly Bordage)

Film preview about missing Victoria woman, Emma Fillipoff, set to debut 10 years later

The film trailer will be released on the 10th anniversary of Fillipoff’s disappearance from downtown

Emma Fillipoff’s mother, Shelley Fillipoff, films the upcoming docuseries, Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff. (Courtesy of Kimberly Bordage)
Photos of Thomas Pringle were released on Nov. 21 as Victoria police look for help in finding the missing 83-year-old. (Courtesy of VicPD)

UPDATE: Missing 83-year-old found safe, say Victoria police

Thomas Pringle has a condition causing him to lose awareness of his surroundings

Photos of Thomas Pringle were released on Nov. 21 as Victoria police look for help in finding the missing 83-year-old. (Courtesy of VicPD)
(Black Press Media file photo)

Missing man found dead in Esquimalt

His death is not considered suspicious

(Black Press Media file photo)
It was police service dog Halla to the rescue on Nov. 16 after a woman went missing from Duncan. (RCMP photo)

Happy ending to Cowichan missing persons case thanks to police dog

58-year-old Duncan woman recovering

It was police service dog Halla to the rescue on Nov. 16 after a woman went missing from Duncan. (RCMP photo)
Riley Norman Jones, 23, was last seen Nov. 5 in Esquimalt. (Courtesy VicPD)

UPDATE: Missing man found dead in Esquimalt

Riley Norman Jones, 23, is 5’9” with a slim build, blue eyes and short blond hair

Riley Norman Jones, 23, was last seen Nov. 5 in Esquimalt. (Courtesy VicPD)
Saanich police are seeking help locating Zeneah Edwards-Helgasson, 17, who has not been seen since 7 p.m. on Oct. 29 near Carey and Marigold roads in Saanich.

MISSING: Saanich police searching for high-risk teen

Zeneah Edwards-Helgasson has not been seen since 7 p.m. on Oct. 29

Saanich police are seeking help locating Zeneah Edwards-Helgasson, 17, who has not been seen since 7 p.m. on Oct. 29 near Carey and Marigold roads in Saanich.
Henry (Hank) Kitchell has been found safe after the 61-year-old was the subject of a missing person alert on Monday. (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)

UPDATED: Henry Kitchell found safe

61-year-old was the subject of a missing person alert on Oct. 24

Henry (Hank) Kitchell has been found safe after the 61-year-old was the subject of a missing person alert on Monday. (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)
A 23-year-old Nanaimo woman is considered a missing person as she has not had contact with her family since Oct. 1 and has not collected her belongings from an apartment she was supposed to have vacated by the end of September. (Photo submitted)

Nanaimo woman who didn’t move out of her apartment as planned now considered missing

23-year-old has not had contact with her family since Oct. 1, say RCMP

A 23-year-old Nanaimo woman is considered a missing person as she has not had contact with her family since Oct. 1 and has not collected her belongings from an apartment she was supposed to have vacated by the end of September. (Photo submitted)
Candles with messages from Shaelene Bell’s two boys were lit during her celebration of life at Sandpiper Resort on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Bell’s mother Alina Durham is urging people to write to Canada’s Governor General Mary Simon asking for a bill to be passed to help create Shaelene’s Missing Adult Alert. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Your support needed to get Shaelene’s Missing Adult Alert in place, says B.C. mom

Alina Durham hopes letters to Governor General Mary Simon will help get bill passed

Candles with messages from Shaelene Bell’s two boys were lit during her celebration of life at Sandpiper Resort on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Bell’s mother Alina Durham is urging people to write to Canada’s Governor General Mary Simon asking for a bill to be passed to help create Shaelene’s Missing Adult Alert. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
Brandon Cairney was declared missing in October 2017. He was found alive in September 2022 in Burnaby, B.C., but claims he is not Cairney. (RCMP PHOTO)

Port Alberni man missing for five years resurfaces, but denies he is Brandon Cairney

Mystery unfolds in Island Crime podcast update on men missing from Vancouver Island

Brandon Cairney was declared missing in October 2017. He was found alive in September 2022 in Burnaby, B.C., but claims he is not Cairney. (RCMP PHOTO)
Timothy Mackness was last seen on Sept. 20. He is described as a slender 59-year-old Caucasian man who stands at six feet tall. (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)

UPDATE: Timothy Mackness last seen in Saanich on Sept. 20

59-year-old considered high-risk missing person

Timothy Mackness was last seen on Sept. 20. He is described as a slender 59-year-old Caucasian man who stands at six feet tall. (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)
Victoria police found the missing woman on Saturday (Sept. 25). (Black Press Media file)

UPDATE: Missing 18-year-old found safe

Woman reported missing on Friday by family, found Saturday by police

Victoria police found the missing woman on Saturday (Sept. 25). (Black Press Media file)
Shirley Book has been found safe after being the subject of a missing person alert on Sept. 20. (Courtesy of VicPD)

UPDATE: 79-year-old Shirley Book found safe

Book was the subject of a missing person alert on early Tuesday morning

Shirley Book has been found safe after being the subject of a missing person alert on Sept. 20. (Courtesy of VicPD)
A recent photograph of Ottavio Cutillo. (Submitted photo)

UPDATE: RCMP seek witness after man goes missing on Vancouver Island

Police in Parksville want to talk to driver of Chevy Silverado with Ontario plates

A recent photograph of Ottavio Cutillo. (Submitted photo)
Ottavio Cutillo. (Submitted photo)

Oceanside RCMP ask for public’s assistance finding missing 60-year-old man

Ottavio Cutillo last seen on Sept. 8

Ottavio Cutillo. (Submitted photo)