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Search called off for Comox Valley hiker, missing since July 8
Sylvia Apps started her hike on July 8. RCMP Handout
A map indicates where Sylvia Apps’ backpack was found. Black Press file photo
A map highlighting some of the places on Vancouver Island where people have been reported missing within the last four decades. For more information on each person, scroll down below to use the interactive map.
‘Someone knows something’: a look into Vancouver Island missing persons with interactive map - Victoria News
''One of the cases Norton has followed in detail is that of missing Comox Valley hiker Sylvia Apps, who was last seen in July 2014 south on Castlecrag Mountain. Apps, who was 69 when she went missing, was an experienced hiker who began a multi-day trek from Paradise Meadows on Mount Washington.
According to the Comox Valley RCMP, she was equipped with navigation and safety equipment, and had previously made long solo treks. The Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue, which was one of 19 different search teams from around the province that assisted with the search, found Apps’s blue backpack, containing everything except her walking poles and her camera. The items were found in a different area from where the backpack was located.
Norton characterizes the case as strange, particularly because her personal belongings were found.
“But there was no sign of her body … maybe she became disoriented, has a medical emergency and disappeared down a rock crevice … but until the body is found and identified, there will be no closure for her family.”
Sylvia Apps started her hike on July 8. RCMP Handout
A map indicates where Sylvia Apps’ backpack was found. Black Press file photo
A map highlighting some of the places on Vancouver Island where people have been reported missing within the last four decades. For more information on each person, scroll down below to use the interactive map.
‘Someone knows something’: a look into Vancouver Island missing persons with interactive map - Victoria News
''One of the cases Norton has followed in detail is that of missing Comox Valley hiker Sylvia Apps, who was last seen in July 2014 south on Castlecrag Mountain. Apps, who was 69 when she went missing, was an experienced hiker who began a multi-day trek from Paradise Meadows on Mount Washington.
According to the Comox Valley RCMP, she was equipped with navigation and safety equipment, and had previously made long solo treks. The Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue, which was one of 19 different search teams from around the province that assisted with the search, found Apps’s blue backpack, containing everything except her walking poles and her camera. The items were found in a different area from where the backpack was located.
Norton characterizes the case as strange, particularly because her personal belongings were found.
“But there was no sign of her body … maybe she became disoriented, has a medical emergency and disappeared down a rock crevice … but until the body is found and identified, there will be no closure for her family.”
