Found Deceased Canada - Owen Rooney, 24, Grand Forks, BC, 14 Aug 2010

[Hazel]

Owen Rooney​

Video: Search for Owen Rooney
by Kelly Hayes - Story: 57090
Sep 24, 2010 / 8:00 am

link to old video: http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/57090/Video-Search-for-Owen-Rooney

another link to same old video: http://watch2video.net/owen-rooney-missing-video-JgyS5_3NWvH.html

ETA: (am still looking for that new RCMP video, but no luck, maybe it hasn't been released yet? In the article - post above - it says it will be release Nov. 1st.)

 

[Hazel]

We are desparately searching for our son, who disappeared from the hospital in Grand Forks, BC, on August 14, 2010. He has an Australian accent and was last seen wearing a dark shirt and shorts.

We are asking for your help in the search. If we can use this blog to inform each other of the places we have searched, that will hopefully prevent a duplication of efforts.

Do you have any further ideas? Enter any info by clicking a Comments link below. Thanks!!

----> http://www.find-owen.com/ <---

Contact RCMP: 250-442-8288 or Kelly Rooney: 778-686-3534 or Crimestoppers: 1-800-222-8477.

 

[Sillybilly]

Interesting that the RCMP spokesperson makes reference to having received a few Crimestoppers tips. I wonder if those tipsters are people who just don't wish to get overly involved, or are actually from peeps who don't wish their identities known because they have more personal knowledge.

 

[Hazel]

RCMP release Owen Kiernan Rooney video
Updated: November 09, 2010 4:49 PM

Australian man Owen Kiernan Rooney is still missing and RCMP have put together a video, which re-traces his last known steps.

The video also includes a plea from parents Sharron and Steve for more information on Rooney's disappearance.

RCMP VIDEO: http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/grandforksgazette/news/107000273.html

 

[Hazel]

RCMP release Owen Kiernan Rooney video
Updated: November 09, 2010 4:49 PM

Australian man Owen Kiernan Rooney is still missing and RCMP have put together a video, which re-traces his last known steps.

The video also includes a plea from parents Sharron and Steve for more information on Rooney's disappearance.

RCMP VIDEO: http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/grandforksgazette/news/107000273.html

 

[Sillybilly]

Search for missing Australian turns from B.C. to Alberta
By Sherri Zickefoose, Calgary Herald - November 9, 2010 9:03 PM

....

Before he went missing, Rooney sent several texts to a girlfriend in Grande Prairie, Alta.

Sharron wonders if Owen has hitchhiked to Alberta.

"His focus may have been to get to her," said Sharron.

"He had contacted me two days before and was ready to come home," she said, adding that he had not purchased an airplane ticket. His paycheque from working as a Kelowna pub cook remains uncashed.

....

full article at:
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Search+missing+Australian+turns+from+Alberta/3803614/story.html

 

[Hazel]

Some new bits and pieces in following article:
'We have to find him': case of missing Owen Rooney baffles police
November 10, 2010 - 1:40PM

The Rooneys this week filed a complaint with Canadian health authorities about the circumstances under which their son was released from Kootenay Boundary Hospital, according to Canadian media reports.

Mrs Rooney told The Globe and Mail newspaper there were "lots of questions about what the hospital did and didn't do".

"He was only two hours away from Kelowna [where he lived], where he was living and had friends and support network," Mrs Rooney said.

"I don't know why they wouldn't have had a social worker come take him home."

Canadian police say one of their officers was called to Christina Lake, a small town about 20 kilometres east of Grand Forks, where a man was "acting suspiciously".

"The male was identified as Owen Rooney, of Australia, and it appeared that he had been in a fight," Corporal Richard Lanz says in the video.

A statement from Canada's Interior Health Authority, responding to the Rooneys' complaint, said Mr Rooney had been kept overnight for observation, the Globe and Mail reported.

The Kootenay Boundary health region's director of acute care, Ingrid Hampf, said patients were not restricted to their rooms.

"They can go outside or to the cafeteria; they can leave the property," Ms Hampf said.

"Owen did go outside a number of times on that summer day and did come back inside. While we can recommend a patient stay at our site for observation, we can't prevent a patient from leaving our facility &#8211; at times patients do leave prior to discharge; while not preferred, they are free to do so.

"There are only exceptional circumstances where the hospital and physicians can intervene, and that is, for example, if a patient has been committed under the Mental Health Act. That was not the case here."

http://www.smh.com.au/world/we-have-to-find-him-case-of-missing-owen-rooney-baffles-police-20101110-17mzh.html

We had been wondering if it was Owen the person acting 'suspiciously' at Christina lake, now that has been confirmed in that video.

First time I heard that Owen's passport was not found among his belongings, and has not been recovered by authorities. Wouldn't he have been asked to produce some kind of identification at the hospital? Could he have lost it during the assault/fight at Christina Lake? Could he still have his passport with him?

I have never heard of a social worker taking a patient home, maybe that is something they do in Australia?

Where could Owen be? Lost in the wilderness? It's been 3 months

 

[sherlockh]

His passport was left behind in his apartment.

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/ferniefreepress/news/107001793.html

By Rebecca Edwards - The Free Press
Published: November 10, 2010 3:00 PM

An Australian man who has been missing since August could have been hitchhiking along Highway 3 to Alberta, it has emerged.

 

[Hazel]

His passport was left behind in his apartment.

That is what we have learned from original statements, but on one of the latest videos
recently released, they are saying differently, unless they got it wrong this time around.
Sheflockh: do you know for sure Owen's passport was found in his apartment?

here is the link again to that video ... listen around the 1:03 mark:

http://www.smh.com.au/world/we-have-to-find-him-case-of-missing-owen-rooney-baffles-police-20101110-17mzh.html

 

[Hazel]

Hunt for missing man turns east

According to the RCMP, his wallet and ID papers were not in the backpack and have not been located either.

He was given morphine in hospital and was also experiencing side-effects from using magic mushrooms for the first time a few days earlier at Shambalah Music Festival in Salmo.

http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/ferniefreepress/news/107001793.html

 

[sherlockh]

Yah, that is strange. I remember at first they thought his passport was missing, then later they found it in his apartment as reported for example here:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/7960303/missing-nsw-man-in-canada-remains-a-mystery

And now they say it is missing again? Maybe some other id papers are missing and the reporter is confused with his passport? I don't know.

 

[Hazel]

Owen Rooney's parents release photos of his tattoos
Wed Nov 10 09:00:00 PST 2010

After meeting with the family of Owen Kiernan Rooney yesterday, his parents have released photos of his tattoos in hopes of furthering the investigation and finally locating him.

The tattoo with the triangle and the words
"Australian Made" underneath, is located
on the outside of Owen's right calf
It has been described as the size of the bottom of a coffee mug.

The other tattoo with a circle is located
on his left shoulder blade
about 3 inches across
​

http://bc.rcmp.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=50&languageId=1&contentId=17482

source for images: http://www.find-owen.com/2010/11/owens-has-two-tattoos.html

 

[Hazel]

Owen Rooney's parents release photos of his tattoos
Wed Nov 10 09:00:00 PST 2010

After meeting with the family of Owen Kiernan Rooney yesterday, his parents have released photos of his tattoos in hopes of furthering the investigation and finally locating him.

The tattoo with the triangle and the words
"Australian Made" underneath, is located
on the outside of Owen's right calf
It has been described as the size of the bottom of a coffee mug.

The other tattoo with a circle is located
on his left shoulder blade
about 3 inches across
​

http://bc.rcmp.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=50&languageId=1&contentId=17482

source for images: http://www.find-owen.com/2010/11/owens-has-two-tattoos.html

 

[dotr]

A father and daughter out for a stroll on a Surrey, B.C., trail stumbled upon charred human remains, say Mounties.

The RCMP homicide team is investigating the find, discovered Saturday in a ravine.

The gender and cause of death has not yet been determined.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/11/14/16136176.html
An autopsy will be conducted early this week.

Police are asking the public to come forward with any information.

 

[Hazel]

A father and daughter out for a stroll on a Surrey, B.C., trail stumbled upon charred human remains, say Mounties.

The RCMP homicide team is investigating the find, discovered Saturday in a ravine.

The gender and cause of death has not yet been determined.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/11/14/16136176.html
An autopsy will be conducted early this week.

Police are asking the public to come forward with any information.

Thanks dotr, though IMO Surrey is too far away:
Surrey is about six hours drive from Kelowna (Owen's intended destination) and
06:48 hours from the Grand Forks Hospital

Looking at the map, I noticed that Bowen Island is much closer to Surrey - north west - (thinking of Jodi H. )

MAP: http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Christina+Lake,+British+Columbia+(beaten)&daddr=Grand+Forks,+British+Columbia+(Hospital)+to:Kelowna,+British+Columbia+(destination)+to:Surrey,+BC+(charred+remains+found)&geocode=FXBW7AIds0j0-CmrRrEA6bZiUzHxAfEKbT5CNg%3BFXMp7AIdQ63w-CkDsMz-t61iUzFUszZ6SfR9WA%3BFWkb-QId51fh-CmzMMfjtox9UzH3xLTaPeX4Tg%3BFelL7QIdTMut-Clbpz9NA9yFVDHgmNWrmEiL0g&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=48.850258,-114.631348&sspn=2.219446,5.817261&ie=UTF8&ll=49.589349,-120.827637&spn=2.090279,5.817261&z=8

Leyend:

[ A ] Christina Lake, British Columbia (where Owen was beaten)
[ B ] Grand Forks, British Columbia (where Owen was last seen - Hospital)
[ C ] Kelowna, British Columbia (Owen's destination - home)
[ D ] Surrey, BC (unidentified charred remains found)

 

[dotr]

Hazel, you are one organized efficient person!
who is the missing person that you are referring to?Just in case this applies to that situation, I will add this link which has a tad more info.
Charred body found in North Surrey
SURREY/CKNW(AM980)
http://www.cknw.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1311304
11/14/2010


The RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is unable to determine if a body found in a North Surrey neighborhood Saturday afternoon is a man or a woman because it was so badly burned.

Cpl. Dale Carr says the site under some high-tension towers along a BC Hydro right-of-way at 138th Street and Kenmore Drive is secured, "There's a number of points that we have covered off and will remain covered off while we conduct our crime scene investigation. The trails in that area will not be in use and people will be turned away."

He says the body will remain in place until investigators have been able to more accurately look over the scene.

Carr says the sex will likely have to be determined through an autopsy, which won't occur until at least Monday.

The remains were found by a man out for a walk with his daughter over the noon hour.

 

[Hazel]

Hazel, you are one organized efficient person!
who is the missing person that you are referring to?Just in case this applies to that situation, I will add this link which has a tad more info.
Charred body found in North Surrey
SURREY/CKNW(AM980)
http://www.cknw.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1311304
11/14/2010


The RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is unable to determine if a body found in a North Surrey neighborhood Saturday afternoon is a man or a woman because it was so badly burned.

Cpl. Dale Carr says the site under some high-tension towers along a BC Hydro right-of-way at 138th Street and Kenmore Drive is secured, "There's a number of points that we have covered off and will remain covered off while we conduct our crime scene investigation. The trails in that area will not be in use and people will be turned away."

He says the body will remain in place until investigators have been able to more accurately look over the scene.

Carr says the sex will likely have to be determined through an autopsy, which won't occur until at least Monday.

The remains were found by a man out for a walk with his daughter over the noon hour.

lol dotr :blushing:

From that new link you just posted, it appears it is a recent event, so I'm no longer thinking it could be Jodi Henrickson (17 years old). She was last seen June 20, 2009 (more than a year ago).
Here is the link to her thread, if you want to read about her disappearance from Bowen Island

Jodi's thread #1: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85854

 

[Valleyboy]

Surrey is up near the top of the list of murders in Canada.

This is the case that Hazel is refering to.

CANADA Canada - Jodi Henrickson, 17, Bowen Island British Columbia, 20 June 2009 - Part 2 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

 

[redsky]

I hope Owen is found soon - it seems he has a great family who will never give up on him. Thank you to everyone for all of the work - it has helped me to get a better picture of what may have happened.