Police still looking for Owen Rooney
Posted on 16. Aug, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Grand Forks |
PRESS RELEASE from the RCMP
One year ago on August 14, 2010, Australian native Owen Kiernan Rooney disappeared and was never heard from again. His family has devoted their time, energy and life savings in trying to locate Owen or determine where he may have headed. He was last seen at the Grand Forks Hospital on that day he mysteriously vanished.
Owen Rooney.
Owen’s parents have now returned to Australia, leaving his two sisters in Canada to work with the RCMP in actively continuing the search. Prior to his disappearance, Owen attended the Shambhala Music Festival near Salmo, BC. The event was just held over the weekend of August 3rd to 8th. Owen’s family, along with the RCMP, are asking once again for the public’s help, particularly those who attended last year’s event, in garnering new tips and leads to locating Owen or where he may have gone.
The RCMP and Rooney family will continue to work together and share the goal of finding Owen.
Anyone with information regarding Owen’s whereabouts or any details on his disappearance, however insignificant the information may be, are asked to contact the Grand Forks RCMP at 250-442-8288, their local police service, Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or through the website that the family have set up.
Visit the RCMP’s website for a video reviewing the case along with photos of Rooney.
This video starts with photos of Owen Rooney. You then see an interview with Corporal Richard Lanz, followed by a re enactment, and finally interviews with Owen’s parents.
For all the coverage on Rooney’s disappearance, follow this link.
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