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

[Hazel]

Published: November 30, 2010 1:00 AM

An Australian band has joined in on the search for the twenty-four year old Australian man, Owen Rooney who has been missing since mid-August.

Firetree is touring across Canada and saw pictures of Owen posted around Vancouver where they were presently playing.

Then, in a chance encounter, met some of Owen’s family at a Vancouver night club.

As fellow Australians, the Firetree band members decided to use their exposure to large crowds during their performances to raise awareness about their missing countryman.

They have been holding up a large poster of Owen between songs and asking the public for help to find him.

http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/similkameenspotlight/news/111022619.html

 

[Hazel]

From same article:

As the Rooney family hunts for Owen, their lives sit on hold. Both Sharron and Steve say they are not ready to give up nor are Owen’s sisters.

“We can’t leave Owen here for Christmas. It’s too hard,” said sister Bree Rooney during a recent interview with CBC.

http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/similkameenspotlight/news/111022619.html

 

[Danaya]

I pray Owen comes home soon to his loving family!!

 

[dotr]

I posted this link in the MM thread,but it might also be relevant here.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/
Friday, Dec. 3 at 9 p.m.
Presumed Dead
Were they murdered? Abducted? Or are they living new lives? Reporters Linden MacIntyre, Hana Gartner and Gillian Findlay track the trails of three Canadians who disappeared without a trace.

 

[luckyducky]

BUMPING for Owen - this from this morning's newspaper - so sad for his family. I hope he is out there somewhere with a memory loss. It doesn't sound like he would just walk away from his family.
Woman wants her brother home



Australian man has been missing since August; search efforts reach http://www.canada.com/Woman+wants+brother+home/3956946/story.html

 

[Hazel]

Thanks luckyducky. From your link:

Rooney was being treated for black eyes and facial bruising. He disappeared before he was formally discharged.

 

[dotr]

I wonder if that description of Owen with facial bruises is out there, as that would have made him stand out more from other similiar looking young men.

 

[Hazel]

I wonder if that description of Owen with facial bruises is out there, as that would have made him stand out more from other similiar looking young men.

When he first went missing, there was mention of facial bruising and two black eyes, as well as bleeding from the ears.

After almost 4 months, my guess is there wont be any bruising now, but that is JMHO.

If someone has any ideas or suggestions for searches, posters ... anything at all, there is a link for "Suggestions" in the Find Owen Rooney site, which was created by Owen's family - here is the link:

Suggestions (you need to scroll down a bit): http://www.find-owen.com/search/label/Suggestions

 

[Hazel]

Kelly Rooney (Owen's sister) posted yesterday the following "A" News Vancouver Island link on Owen's Facebook group
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmbHmsQCKko

"Seeking Owen" VIDEO on "A" News Vancouver Island You Tube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/ANewsVanIsland#p/u/2/GmbHmsQCKko

HELP FIND OWEN ROONEY Facebook group (Wall): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=153559174657446&v=wall

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.am770chqr.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1325802

2:29pm
_QR77 Newsroom
12/11/2010

A 24 year old Australian man missing since August may be on his way to Calgary or Edmonton.

 

[Hazel]

Missing Aussie may be in Alberta
2:29pm - 12/11/2010

His mother, Sharron Rooney, says he may have been seen in Alberta. "There have been unconfirmed sightings of him in Grande Prairie. He may be heading to Edmonton or Calgary with a group of people. They are selling suncatchers."

http://www.am770chqr.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1325802

other news: http://www.am770chqr.com/News/Local/Index.aspx?pn=1

Here hoping and praying this sighting is the one, and that Owie will be home for Christmas!!

 

[luckyducky]

I have never heard of people going door to door selling suncatchers. :waitasec: I have asked around to friends as well as my son and daugher who are 19 and 21 and not one person I know has either.

 

[Hazel]

I have never heard of people going door to door selling suncatchers. :waitasec: I have asked around to friends as well as my son and daugher who are 19 and 21 and not one person I know has either.

You are right luckyducky; it DOES say 'suncatchers" right? Those are usually made of glass (stained glass?) so would be too heavy to carry around ... previous sightings said "dreamcatchers" (same as in Mariam M's case), :waitasec: so I wonder if it's a mistake.

Those inks I posted are not working for me now; when googling, I see other radio station sites are also saying "suncatchers"

Odd, other links are not working neither, here are a couple in cache version:

- CJOB-68 Edmonton: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lrAEVbfmrPIJ:www.cjob.com/Channels/News/Edmonton/home.aspx+He+may+be+heading+to+Edmonton+or+Calgary+with+a+group+of+people.+They+are+selling+suncatchers&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca

- CKNW AM980 Calgary: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:k3z5mFGH3E0J:www.cknw.com/Channels/News/Calgary/home.aspx+He+may+be+heading+to+Edmonton+or+Calgary+with+a+group+of+people.+They+are+selling+suncatchers&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca

ETA: the AM770 link is working now, go figure! lol

ETA2: Owen's mom (Sharron) just posted the same news (different link) in the HELP FIND OWEN ROONEY Facebook Wall: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=153559174657446&v=wall

 

[dotr]

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/artic...amily-finds-woman-in-philly-hospital/19757351
After Months of Searching, Family Finds Woman in Philly HospitalUpdated: 1 hour 18 minutes ago

The family, Meehan said, had been trying to find her since she disappeared on the evening of Aug. 13, when she went into cardiac arrest on a bench at Harrowgate Park, a square block of grass with a playground and benches.

She was taken to the nearby Aria Health-Frankford Campus, but since a normal heartbeat was not restored until 45 minutes after paramedics arrived and it was not clear how long her brain was deprived of oxygen, she was transferred to the Penn hospital, the Inquirer reported.


Could Owen be very sick and unrecognizable in a medical facility, in another community?

 

[Sillybilly]

Could Owen be very sick and unrecognizable in a medical facility, in another community?

<snip>

If he had no ID and didn't know who he was, I think LE would have been appealing to the public to find out who he was.

 

[luckyducky]

Man seen in Alta. not missing Australian. The family of Owen Rooney, an Australian man who went missing four months ago after suffering a brain injury, hit another dead end Monday when police said a man spotted in Grande Prairie, Alta. was not Rooney.


Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/12/13/edmonton-rooney-grande-prairie.html#ixzz183DqwZMA

 

[Sillybilly]

This is all so strange that it's almost too coincidental to rule out.

Two missing persons is bad enough, but the fact they disappeared 2500 miles apart, coupled with the odd activity of both possibly selling dreamcatchers in Western Canada. Then 3 sightings on Vancouver Island of a person matching Owen's description selling dreamcatchers, then a similar sighting is made of Owen 800 miles away in Grande Prairie, AB .. which is one of the three towns where Mariam was reportedly seen selling dreamcatchers (subsequently ruled out as being Mariam).

 

[Sillybilly]

Too late to edit my above post ... add to the above the additional coincidence that BOTH Owen and Mariam are new to our country.

 

[lisser]

I came across this article online today. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2013685655_body_of_unidentified_man_washe.html

I sent an email to the LE office with Owen's website, just in case. I hope it's not him.

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.dailyheraldtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2889524

By DAMIEN WOOD Herald-Tribune staff
Updated 1 day ago

Hopes that reports of an Australian selling aboriginal dream catchers in Grande Prairie last week could be a 24-year old missing man were shattered Monday.

RCMP confirmed the door-to-door salesman, whom they caught up with in Fairview, was not Australian Owen Rooney, who went missing from Grand Forks, B.C., Aug. 14.