Search efforts shift to ground recovery for teen missing in Oldman River
LETHBRIDGE – It was a heartbreaking news conference on Thursday morning, in which fire rescue and police officials were clearly demoralized. After a week of diving and searching the Oldman River, they have been unable to locate the body of a missing 14-year-old boy who disappeared under the water last Friday evening, July 6.
It was revealed by police that the boy was walking along the river bank with a friend and his grandmother when he slipped into the water and disappeared.
Dana Terry, the Fire Department’s Deputy Chief of Support Services, began the news conference by extending condolences to the family of the missing boy, during a very difficult time for them.
Terry confirmed that a meeting with the dive rescue leaders Wednesday night determined it was time to halt dive efforts, even though it was a very difficult decision.