Friday, May 24, 2013
NATIONAL MISSING CHILDREN'S DAY
Tomorrow is "National Missing Children's Day" in Canada, as declared by the Solicitor General in 1986. Every year thousands of Canadian children are reported missing. These children are either runaways or victims of parental or non-family member abductions. Thankfully, the majority of these children are safely recovered but unfortunately some cases remain open for years and some children are never found.
The movement towards National Missing Children's Day began back on May 25, 1979, when Etan Patz, just 6yrs old, disappeared from a New York City street on his way to school. The massive search and media attention that followed focused national attention to the problem of child abduction and lack of plans to address it. This momentum grew and as many more missing and murdered children's cases arose, these cases began receiving an increase in media attention with photographs of missing children appearing on milk cartons and subsequently in 1983, this day being proclaimed National Missing Children's Day in that Nation. This day has since moved to become an annual reminder to all of our communities to renew efforts to reunite missing children with their families and continue to make child protection a priority.
It is through the many partnerships the Winnipeg Police Service Missing Persons Unit has formed with numerous other law enforcement agencies within Manitoba, across Canada and abroad and various other agencies such as the entire Media community, Street Reach Winnipeg, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Centre, and many others, that we are able to achieve success in our role of dealing with the complexities surrounding missing children cases. We greatly appreciate and extend our gratitude to all of our partners for the role they play in helping us to achieve success and keep children safe.
The potential for an abduction of a child can create real fear and anxiety for families and loved ones. Specific preventative resources for families and communities wishing to reduce children's risk of being abducted are available and can be reached through the MissingKids.ca website at http://missingkids.ca/pdfs/MK_ReduceRiskAbduction_en.pdf.
Today, the Winnipeg Police Service is further requesting the public's assistance in locating three of Winnipeg's missing children.
MISSING PERSON – JADE YOUNG, C13-93905
The Winnipeg Police Service is requesting the public's assistance in locating a 13 year old female, Jade YOUNG. YOUNG was last seen on May 18, 2013, in the East Kildonan area of Winnipeg.
YOUNG is described as: Caucasian, 5'0" in height, 115 lbs., shoulder-length black hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a red shirt, black jacket with gold on it, light coloured jeans and high top runners.
Anyone with information regarding YOUNG's whereabouts is asked to contact the Winnipeg Police Service Missing Persons Unit at 204-986-6250.
MISSING PERSON – GABRIEL MOUSSEAU R13-34448
The Winnipeg Police Service is requesting the public's assistance in locating a 17 year old male, Gabriel MOUSSEAU. MOUSSEAU was last seen on May 21, 2013 in the North Kildonan area of Winnipeg.
MOUSSEAU is described as: male, Aboriginal, 6'1" in height, 237 lbs., short black hair, brown eyes, and a tattoo on his neck.
Anyone with information regarding MOUSSEAU's whereabouts is asked to contact the Winnipeg Police Service Missing Persons Unit at 204-986-6250.
MISSING PERSON – AMBER GUIBOCHE, R10-94044
The Winnipeg Police Service Missing Persons Unit continues to request the public's assistance in locating a missing female, Amber Rose Marie GUIBOCHE.
GUIBOCHE, who was 20 years of age at the time of her disappearance, was last seen during the evening hours of November 10th 2010, in the area of William Avenue and Isabel Street. Investigators believe that GUIBOCHE may have entered a red truck as shown below.
GUIBOCHE has not made contact with any of her family or friends since this time which is unusual and out of character for her. Investigators and family members are concerned for her well-being.
GUIBOCHE is described as: (currently) 22 year old female with a fair complexion. She is 5'5" in height, weighs approximately 105 pounds and has hazel eyes. She has a slight / thin build with long straight brown hair often worn in a ponytail. She was last seen wearing a white Adidas hoody with gold stripes down the sleeves. She was also wearing "skinny" style blue jeans with new white and pink coloured skater style runners.
Anyone with any information regarding any of these three missing person cases is asked to contact the Winnipeg Police Service Missing Persons Unit at 204-986-6250.
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