B.C. RCMP suspend renewed search efforts for missing cowboy
April 14
There are still more questions than answers after renewed search efforts for a missing B.C. cowboy were called off on Friday evening.
RCMP Sgt. Janelle Shoihet said Ben Tyner, who was living in Merritt, B.C., at the time of his disappearance on Jan. 28, is still unaccounted for.
The search was conducted by the Southeast District MCU and the Merritt Detachment with support from Air Service, the Tactical Troop, and the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team and Police Dog Service,” Shoihet said in an email on Sunday morning.
“The investigators still need to determine the next steps.”
Earlier this year, the RCMP revealed the disappearance was being treated as suspicious in nature.
On Sunday, Shoihet declined to comment on why authorities believe the disappearance may involve criminality.
“I can’t go into any specifics with respect to how the determination was made that his disappearance is considered suspicious,” she said.