Found Deceased Canada - Melissa McDevitt, 38, Victoria, BC, 8 Dec 2022

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The search for 38-year-old Melissa McDevitt began on Dec. 10, after she failed to arrive for a scheduled flight from Victoria to Vancouver.

The last time she spoke with her family was on Dec. 8, and on Dec. 10 her vehicle was found abandoned at the Sooke Potholes west of Victoria.

Search for missing woman in Sooke scaling back until big push this weekend

The search for a woman missing in the Sooke Hills park area of Vancouver Island has been scaled back to give crews a break after five days of searching.

vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca

Melissa, 38, is described as a Caucasian woman standing five feet tall and slim, weighing 105 pounds. Melissa has a very small build and her family describe her feet as children’s sized. She lives with alopecia and may be wearing a wig or have short, dyed, rainbow-coloured hair. Melissa is neuro-divergent and may appear to show signs of cognitive delay. Two recent photos of Melissa are below.

ALERT | Have You Seen High-Risk Missing Woman Melissa McDevitt ?

Date: Saturday, December 10, 2022 File: 22-46861 Victoria, BC – We need you help as we work to locate high-risk missing woman Melissa McDevitt. Melissa,

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Melissa was seen on video on Dec 11th, the day after her car was found nearby. There is a 27 second video in the link.

There's a big search going on right now, hopefully they will find her soon.

Sooke RCMP surveillance footage of missing 38-year-old Melissa McDevitt (VIDEO)

VicPD handed over the investigation of a missing 38-year-old woman to Sooke RCMP which began on Saturday.

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Search for missing hiker near Victoria suspended

Approximately 170 search-and-rescue volunteers from across B.C. converged on the hiking trails near Sooke, B.C., on Saturday in an effort to locate Melissa McDevitt, who last spoke to her family on Dec. 8.

vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca

The search for a missing 38-year-old hiker who disappeared earlier this month near Victoria has been suspended.

Approximately 170 search-and-rescue volunteers from across B.C. converged on the hiking trails near Sooke, B.C., on Saturday in an effort to locate Melissa McDevitt, who last spoke to her family on Dec. 8.

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Still missing

Below is a feature that ran in mid-January, detailing Melissa's life, the obstacles she overcame and just who she is in general.

Searching for a seeker: The fearless life and tragic disappearance of Melissa McDevitt

 

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Still missing

Below is a feature that ran in mid-January, detailing Melissa's life, the obstacles she overcame and just who she is in general.

Searching for a seeker: The fearless life and tragic disappearance of Melissa McDevitt

What a beautiful, heartbreaking article. I hope Melissa's body is found and returned to her family soon.

 

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Not found yet but an update. Her parent's were able to hack into her Garmin account and see that she had mapped out a hiking route and also that she has visited the same parking lot and area a few times the week she went missing.

‘Monumental shift’: New details in search for woman who never returned from B.C. hike - BC | Globalnews.ca

Searchers analyzing McDevitt's Facebook page noticed that she recorded all of her hiking routes using a Garmin watch she seen in recently posted photos.

globalnews.ca

 

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Search for neurodivergent woman who disappeared on Sooke trail has caught a break | Watch News Videos Online

Watch Search for neurodivergent woman who disappeared on Sooke trail has caught a break Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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The RCMP are reactivating the search for Melissa this weekend, spurred on by the information found on her Garmin and the ability to focus on a more specific area.

“We are looking for objects that are going to be very difficult to spot, her hiking poles, shoes, those sorts of things. We’ll be conducting more of a grid type of search as opposed to an initial response search, which is running along, working on trails and looking for evidence that someone has left the trail,” said Berry.

Search for missing hiker Melissa McDevitt back on

Hopefully they will find something and Melissa's parents could at least have some degree of closure.

 

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Here is a screen capture from the Global News video showing the route that Melissa took the day before she went missing. They are guessing that she planned to continue further on along that track the day she went missing and will be focusing their search to the north of where the dotted line ends.

Search for neurodivergent woman who disappeared on Sooke trail has caught a break | Watch News Videos Online

 

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Search for missing woman Melissa McDevitt suspended in Sooke

 

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A loose group of volunteers who organized on social media under the name "Mindful of Melissa" ultimately located her remains after spending most weekends since her disappearance searching for her, Island District RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Alex Bérubé told CTV News on Thursday.

Remains of missing hiker Melissa McDevitt found on Vancouver Island

The skeletal remains of a 39-year-old hiker who went missing in the southern Vancouver Island backcountry one year ago have been found.

bc.ctvnews.ca

 

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Near to where her soul is: Missing hiker Melissa McDevitt is coming home

Almost exactly a year after a hiker vanished in the backcountry of British Columbia the night before a trip home to Haywood County for Christmas, her remains have been located. Melissa McDevitt will be remembered for far more than her fearless life and tragic disappearance. She’ll more so be r...

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