Too Close To Home
My community is in a state of shock, as we have learned that one of our own has been subjected to something so horrible. This little girl attends the same school as my children. I ask God, Why ? Let us pray for the safe return of Carmen, and peace for her family. Now is the time we must pull together and bring this child home.
Police in the North Okanagan community of Armstrong, B.C. fear an 11-year-old girl who went missing on her way home from a video store Tuesday night has been abducted.
Carmen Kados left home on her scooter to pick up a video in the downtown area of the small B.C. Interior community of Armstrong, which was within walking distance of her home.
"We are fearing the worst and it appears to be an abduction of some sort," Cpl. Henry Proce of the Vernon RCMP detachment told The Canadian Press Wednesday.
"Our forensic ID unit is on the scene right now where she dropped some of her possessions."
He added that it appeared something distracted or stopped her while she was cutting through a parking lot. She left behind some possessions, including her scooter and a "Chicken Little" video she rented and her cellphone.
Police described Carmen as having blonde, shoulder-length hair and blue-green eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt, light blue shorts and green sandals.
She left her home at about 7 p.m. local time. When she didn't return two hours later, her mother called 911 and family members went to search for the girl.
The RCMP Southeast District major crime unit were called in to assist the Armstrong detachment and they have set up a command post in the community.
Proce told CP about 12 investigators and 60 search and rescue people were on the scene, and police were "pulling out all the stops on this one."
"We've had our helicopter here, we've got two dog masters here, but they need to be pointed in the right direction. They need something to follow up on, but that hasn't been too forthcoming as yet," he said.
Investigators fanned out from the parking lot where Carmen disappeared, but the town is situated in the Spallumcheen Valley and surrounded by farm land.
"This is rural land, farm land, rolling hills, they're all over the place here," Proce said.
CTV Vancouver's Renu Bakshi said police have received a number of tips from the public.
"One tip came through Crime Stoppers, which from my understanding is quite significant. (Police) said within 24 hours they will also be speaking with known sex offenders who live in the area," she said.
Employees at Video Express, where Carmen rented the video, said they were concerned about Carmen's safety.
"We're worried. We're hoping for the best," clerk Sherry Aikin told CP.
With files from CTV Vancouver's Renu Bakshi and The Canadian Press
Police in the North Okanagan community of Armstrong, B.C. fear an 11-year-old girl who went missing on her way home from a video store Tuesday night has been abducted.Carmen Kados left home on her scooter to pick up a video in the downtown area of the small B.C. Interior community of Armstrong, which was within walking distance of her home.
"We are fearing the worst and it appears to be an abduction of some sort," Cpl. Henry Proce of the Vernon RCMP detachment told The Canadian Press Wednesday.
"Our forensic ID unit is on the scene right now where she dropped some of her possessions."
He added that it appeared something distracted or stopped her while she was cutting through a parking lot. She left behind some possessions, including her scooter and a "Chicken Little" video she rented and her cellphone.
Police described Carmen as having blonde, shoulder-length hair and blue-green eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt, light blue shorts and green sandals.
She left her home at about 7 p.m. local time. When she didn't return two hours later, her mother called 911 and family members went to search for the girl.
The RCMP Southeast District major crime unit were called in to assist the Armstrong detachment and they have set up a command post in the community.
Proce told CP about 12 investigators and 60 search and rescue people were on the scene, and police were "pulling out all the stops on this one."
"We've had our helicopter here, we've got two dog masters here, but they need to be pointed in the right direction. They need something to follow up on, but that hasn't been too forthcoming as yet," he said.
Investigators fanned out from the parking lot where Carmen disappeared, but the town is situated in the Spallumcheen Valley and surrounded by farm land.
"This is rural land, farm land, rolling hills, they're all over the place here," Proce said.
CTV Vancouver's Renu Bakshi said police have received a number of tips from the public.
"One tip came through Crime Stoppers, which from my understanding is quite significant. (Police) said within 24 hours they will also be speaking with known sex offenders who live in the area," she said.
Employees at Video Express, where Carmen rented the video, said they were concerned about Carmen's safety.
"We're worried. We're hoping for the best," clerk Sherry Aikin told CP.
With files from CTV Vancouver's Renu Bakshi and The Canadian Press
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