Debbie Blair
| Debbie Blair | |
|---|---|
 Debbie Blair at the White Pine Beach picnic, June 20, 2016 | |
| Born | 1951 |
| Disappeared | September 29, 2016 (aged 64–65) Cypress Provincial Park, West Vancouver, Canada |
| Status | Missing for 7 years, 6 months and 28 days |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🌐 Website | Webpage |
Debbie Blair is a Canadian woman who disappeared in Cypress Provincial Park, West Vancouver, British Columbia, while hiking on September 29, 2016 with a group of friends. Her whereabouts are not known. The missing person investigation by the West Vancouver Police remains open and active. Meanwhile, ground and air search operations in the area which features unforgiving mountain terrain, have been suspended by the North Shore Rescue on October 2, 2016 due in part to bad weather conditions.[1][2][3]
Disappearance[edit]
Debbie Blair, age 65, went missing around noontime on a warm and sunny Thursday, September 29, 2016 while hiking with her regular Vancouver daytime hiking club along the Baden-Powel Trail toward Eagle Bluffs (1094 m elevation) in Cypress Provincial Park; one hour drive north-west of downtown Vancouver. She was last seen by the group members hiking in front of others, in the area of the Donut Rock Trail junction of the Black Mountain. She has not been seen since.[4][5][6]
Search[edit]
The search for Blair by the North Shore Rescue began on the same evening and continued until 1:30 am with nighttime temperatures hovering not far above freezing. The search resumed at 8:00 am Friday morning and continued throughout the day.[7] Human tracks were found near Dick Creek. After yet another very cold night, there was a heavy rain on Cypress in the early hours of Saturday, October 1, 2016. The NSR search team was made up of around 50 volunteer personnel from Surrey, Lions' Bay and Coquitlam SAR, aided by West Vancouver Police and the Abbotsford Police Dog Service. Multiple helicopters equipped with Forward-Looking-Infrared (FLIR) scanners were also deployed. Search operations have been suspended on Sunday, October 2, 2016 without finding any confirmed sign of Debbie Blair.[4][5][6]
Aftermath[edit]
The North Shore Rescue and West Vancouver Police informed the public that the search for Debbie Blair would remain inactive subject to receipt of any new information.[8] The missing person investigation however, is still open. Police requested anyone who believes they saw her since September 29, 2016 to call them. Blair is described as a Caucasian woman, 160 cm (5'4") tall, weighting approximately 59 kg (130 lbs) with short, grey hair.[8] Several theories and counter-theories have been proposed since September 29, 2016 to explain Debbie's demise. One theory is that she was suffering from undiagnosed Alzheimer's and is hard of hearing. Another theory is that she was unprepared for a worst-case scenario, possibly wearing a T-shirt without a jacket although this has not been confirmed by her group members. It is likely that she stepped off the path for privacy in difficult terrain without leaving a bag on the trail perpendicular to where she was in order to alert a slower group walking behind her; she then failed to return to the same spot herself.[9][10][11][12][13]
See also[edit]
Footnotes and references[edit]
- ↑ CTV (October 4, 2016). 'Exhaustive' search for missing hiker with dementia suspended. CTV Vancouver News, British Columbia.
- ↑ CBC News (October 2, 2016). "Search for missing hiker Debbie Blair suspended - British Columbia". CBC News.
Debbie Blair, 65, went missing around noon on Thursday, Sept. 29, after becoming separated from her hiking party. West Vancouver police say search operations were suspended late Saturday evening.
- ↑ CTV Vancouver (October 3, 2016). "Search suspended in Vancouver for missing hiker, 65". CTV News.
The search for a missing 65-year-old hiker in Vancouver has been suspended after five days of searching without any sign of her.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Emily Lazatin (September 30, 2016). "Search for 65-year-old hiker to resume Saturday morning after disappearing on North Shore mountains". News Talk 980 CKNW.
West Vancouver Police say North Shore Rescue suspended its search ...
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "West Vancouver Police looking for missing hiker". Daily Hive Vancouver. September 30, 2016.
The West Vancouver Police Department is appealing to the public to help find a missing hiker.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kenny Mason (October 1, 2016). "Pivotal day in search for senior missing on Cypress Mountain: NSR". NEWS 1130. Debbie Blair went missing on Thursday. North Vancouver. Source: North Shore Rescue Summary.
A desperate search for 65-year-old Debbie Blair continues this morning on Cypress Mountain.
- ↑ Tiffany Crawford (October 1, 2016). "Search continues for hiker missing two days in North Shore mountains". Vancouver Sun (published September 30, 2016).
Rescue crews continued to search Cypress Mountain on Saturday for a 65-year-old woman who went missing earlier last week. Debbie Blair was hiking on the mountain Thursday with friends when she became separated from her group.
Also in: Almas Meherally (September 30, 2016). "Search to resume for 65-year-old hiker missing on North Shore mountains". Vancouver Sun.An air and ground search Thursday found no trace of a hiker missing on the mountains of Vancouver's North Shore but rescuers expected to be back on the trails Friday morning, looking for any clues.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Cst. Jeff Palmer (October 2, 2016). "Cypress Mountain Missing Hiker Search - Update". Official Website of the West Vancouver Police Department. District of West Vancouver.
- ↑ Lora Grindlay (October 3, 2016). "Search called off for 65-year-old hiker missing on Cypress". Vancouver Sun.
A search for a missing hiker on Cypress Mountain has been called off. Debbie Blair, 65, has been missing since Thursday, when she got separated from her hiking group near Donut Rock trail junction. In a press release early Sunday, West Vancouver Police and North Shore Search and Rescue officials said the search was being suspended. "North Shore Rescue advises its members have exhaustively searched all areas that crews can safely access without finding any confirmed sign of Debbie Blair. The area involved includes very unforgiving terrain," said the police press release. "The search operation was suspended late Saturday.
- ↑ "Debbie Blair, 65, still missing in Cypress Mountain Resort area". CBC. October 1, 2016.
The search continues for Debbie Blair, a hiker who went missing in the Cypress Mountain Resort area on Vancouver's North Shore Thursday.
Also in: G.P. Mendoza; Mike Laanela (Sep 30, 2016). "Search continues for missing hiker Debbie Blair, 65, near Cypress Mtn Resort". CBC News.65-year-old Debbie Blair was hiking with a group to Eagle Bluffs when she got separated from her group.
- ↑ CTV Vancouver (October 3, 2016). "Unprepared hiker with dementia missing on North Shore trail". CTV News at 11:30 Vancouver.
Searchers say Debbie Blair, 65, was not prepared to spend the night outdoors ...
- ↑ "Search to resume for 65-year-old hiker on the North Shore mountains". September 30, 2016. Source: North Shore Rescue.
Police in West Vancouver say 65-year-old Debbie Blair became separated from her hiking group around midday.
- ↑ Philip Werner, SectionHiker (2016). "How to Find a Lost Hiker". Section Hikers Backpacking.
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