Salmon Arm RCMP say missing 56-year-old man found dead

SALMON ARM — A 56-year-old man reported missing on Friday, Oct. 30, has been found dead, Salmon Arm RCMP confirmed in an update issued Sunday, Nov. 1.

Police had appealed to the public for help finding the man on Oct. 30. In that notice, the detachment said he was last seen at a family home on 73rd Avenue NE in Canoe and was believed to have left between 1:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. that morning. Investigators also believed he might be travelling in a grey-blue 2013 GMC Sierra crew-cab pickup truck.

In Sunday's update, police said his death was not considered suspicious. The RCMP did not disclose where he was found, when he died or the cause of death. The detachment extended condolences to his family and friends.


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