Found Deceased CANADA - Lawrence Hamilton, 72, West Kelowna, BC, 25 Mar 2018

[Gardener1850]

WEST KELOWNA – Volunteers continue the search for a 72-year-old West Kelowna man who went missing from a residential care home last weekend.

Lawrence Hamilton was last seen leaving Lakeview Lodge around 3 p.m. March 25. An avid walker known to travel up to 70 km in a single day, he could be anywhere, and nearly 30 volunteers from Kelowna, West Kelowna, Vernon and Penticton have been combing the area.

A media release from Kelowna RCMP Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey says members of the public can expect to see search and rescue volunteers actively searching through West Kelowna neighbourhoods and rural areas.
“RCMP have utilized both police service dogs and all-terrain vehicles to conduct ground searches in both the urban and rural areas of West Kelowna. RCMP Air Services along with a search and rescue aircraft have also supported the search from above,” he says.

Hamilton is described as a 72-year-old Caucasian male, approximately 6 feet tall, 177 pounds, with grey hair dyed brown and hazel eyes.
He was last seen wearing a dark blue puffy jacket, a pair of blue jeans, a lime green golf shirt, with a blue and green scarf, a pair of black gloves and a pair of beige shoes.

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/west-kelowna-senior-still-missing/it51324

 

[doodles1211]

"He's what I call the marathon walker. He could cover distance and go a great distance," Nairn said.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/cana...ur-west-kelowna-for-missing-senior/ar-AAvjWp3

This could make the search so hard...

 

[cybervampira]

Search called off for missing West Kelowna senior
https://infotel.ca/newsitem/search-called-off-for-missing-west-kelowna-senior/it51414
WEST KELOWNA – The search has been called off for a 72-year-old West Kelowna man who went missing during a walk over a week ago.

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Central Okanagan Search and Rescue volunteers and staff spent close to a week scouring West Kelowna but a media release says the search has been unsuccessful.

Search and rescue teams from Penticton, Kamloops, Nicola Valley, Oliver/Osoyoos, Shuswap and Vernon joined Central Okanagan Search and Rescue to scour 68-square kilometres of West Kelowna and the surrounding area,” the release says. “Search dogs, bikes, ATVs, trucks and ground crews covered a total of 1,660 kilometers on road and trail over the past week."

Teams also used helicopters and drones and a six-person swift water team spent eight hours investigating creeks and the lakeshore.

“An average of 41 searchers per day volunteered nearly 1,400 hours over five days without finding any sign of the missing man,” the release says. “Anyone with information is urged to call RCMP as the search can be reactivated if any more information becomes available.”

 

[tarabull]

Body found near creek
April 8, 2018

https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-223155-101-.htm#223155

 

[tarabull]

RIP Lawrence

Deemed not suspicious
https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-223155-101-.htm#223155

 

[Darling136]

A senior who went missing in the Okanagan late last month has been found dead, according to RCMP.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lawrence-hamilton-missing-1.4611056

Deceased