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UPDATE: Williams Lake RCMP locate Elliott Dester

Dester had been reported missing
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Elliott George Dester. (Photo submitted)

Update:

Elliott George Dester has been located safe and sound, RCMP confirmed Tuesday, Sept. 26.

Original:

Williams Lake RCMP are asking the public’s assistance in locating Elliott George Dester who has not been seen for over a month.

On Friday, Sept. 22, police received a report that Dester was missing.

He is described as an Indigenous male, 55 years old, 5’ 10”, 221 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair.

“Elliott often frequents Williams Lake and Vancouver,” said Cpl. Madonna Saunderson, North District RCMP media relations in a news release.

Anyone with information about Dester or where he might be is asked to contact the RCMP at 250-392-6211.

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A B.C. gal, I was born in Alert Bay, raised in Nelson, graduated from the University of Winnipeg, and wrote my first-ever article for the Prince Rupert Daily News.
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