Robert Barron Citizen
Local police are asking the public’s assistance in locating Everett Jones.
Jones, 47, left his home in the Club Road area of Duncan on Feb. 10 at approximately 11 a.m. without indicating where he was going, and hasn’t been seen since.
Family and friends have been looking for him, but have not turned up any clues as to his whereabouts.
Jones is known in the commercial area of Duncan and his usual daily stops have been canvassed.
North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP have checked and eliminated Island hospitals and locations Jones is known to frequent.
Police are asking for help in locating Jones as he is of diminished mental capacity.
Members of the Cowichan Valley Search and Rescue team have been activated and are focusing on trails and bushes in the Duncan area.
“This is out of character for Mr. Jones, and the recent inclement weather increases the urgency of the search,” said Cpl. Krista Hobday.
Jones is a First Nations man with short dark hair, eyeglasses, no teeth and is clean shaven.
He is approximately five foot 10 and 170 pounds and was last seen wearing a camouflage jacket and beige trousers.
Shawneen Nichols, manager of Cowichan Valley Search and Rescue, said Jones lives just across the street from where he was seen last.
She agreed that Jones’ disappearance is “extremely out of character.”
“We’ve got helicopters up and we’ve got people on the river,” Nichols said.
“We think it’s possible he might be down [fallen and injured], and that’s what’s preventing him from getting home.”
Anyone with information on Jones’s whereabouts is asked to contact the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522.