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Behchoko man missing Searchers looking for Frank Alfred Black
Kassina Ryder
Northern News Services
Published Monday, September 2, 2013
BEHCHOKO/RAE-EDZO
RCMP and search and rescue workers in Behchoko are looking for a 57-year-old man from Behchoko.
Frank Alfred Black has not been seen since Aug. 29, according to an RCMP news release. Black is knowledgeable about the land and has survival skills.
The release states Black left a cabin on Russell Lake by himself on Aug. 29. RCMP were notified that he was missing on Aug. 31 after community members performed a search but were unable to locate him.
RCMP searched the area where Black was last seen using the detachment's jet boat and performed an aerial search on Sept. 1, but both search efforts failed to find him.
RCMP and members of the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association continued the aerial search on Sept. 2 and found Black's boat with his equipment still inside. A ground search revealed footprints leading from the boat into the nearby forest.
RCMP and other searchers scoured the area, but have been unable to find Black. The search continues this afternoon.
Anyone with any information about Black is asked to contact the Behchoko RCMP detachment or Crimestoppers.
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