Ben Tyner’s family thanks community; pleads for information - Merritt Herald
The major crime unit is lending a hand to ensure nothing is missed in the investigation and to provide additional resources.
“The major crime unit will be assisting
until such time Mr. Tyner is located or his body is located and determination of cause of death has been made,” Sgt. Janelle Shoihet wrote to the
Herald.
“They will
continue to interview witnesses, we may re-interview witnesses, and looking at other evidence, tips and information that comes in as the weeks go on,” said Merritt RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore.
We have done several subsequent small searches since then,
and will continue to do so as the evidence shows up,” she said. “We can’t reveal all aspects of our investigation, but I do want to say that it is difficult for people in the community, they hear rumours, they hear theories and it is hard not to do that, but we are committed to updating the community if there is any major development in the case. So any rumours or theories that have been thrown out to this point are not true.”
“Our next step with the Tyner situation is just to re-examine where we have been, where we weren’t where the other possibilities may be and come up with a new action plan,” said Sgt. Norm Flemming “I suppose we can always hold out a measure of hope that he is injured but alive — I’d say the odds of that become a little longer every day.”
