US EditionSearch for B.C. Woman Underway After Sailboat Found Abandoned
- A search is underway for 34-year-old Amber Nitchman after her 30-foot sailboat, Gypsy Soul, was found abandoned near Bayshore Drive, Nanaimo, on May 15.
- Authorities launched the search following reports of the vessel adrift north of Neck Point, with uncertainty about who was on board or how many people were involved.
- Nanaimo RCMP, Coast Guard, Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, and Search and Rescue teams have conducted extensive water and ground searches but have not located Nitchman as of May 16.
- RCMP spokesperson Gary O'Brien stated that the search efforts will continue as long as the JRCC requests, and encouraged anyone with information to call 250-754-2345.
- The ongoing investigation and search highlight the unknown circumstances of Nitchman's disappearance and the coordinated effort to determine her whereabouts.
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Search underway for 34-year-old woman after sailboat washes ashore near Nanaimo
A search is underway in Nanaimo after a 35-foot sailboat was found abandoned and drifting near Bayshore Drive on Thursday afternoon. The vessel, named Gypsy Soul, is registered to 34-year-old Amber Nitchman. It was discovered unoccupied just after 2 p.m. on May 15th, prompting an extensive search effort involving Nanaimo RCMP, Nanaimo Search and Rescue, […] The post Search underway for 34-year-old woman after sailboat washes ashore near Nanaimo …
Water SAR 'stood down' Saturday: RCMP now lead search for missing woman whose boat was found near Nanaimo
Following lengthy air and water patrols Thursday and Friday near Nanaimo, search and rescue crews were stood down Saturday morning, with RCMP now leading search for the missing 34-year-old woman. Cst. Gary O’Brien with Nanaimo RCMP told CHEK on Saturday that after no leads from the air and water searches, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) stopped the search and handed the investigation over to RCMP. “There are no leads,” he told CHEK. …
Search underway for B.C. woman missing after empty boat washes ashore – Energeticcity.ca
NANAIMO — Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say a search is underway both at sea and on land after a woman’s sailboat was discovered washed ashore and empty. Mounties say 34-year-old Amber Nitchman is the registered owner of the 10-metre white sailboat that was found Thursday near Bayshore Drive and Hammond Bay Road off Nanaimo. No one was on the boat, and Nanaimo Search and Rescue, the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Center, the coast guard and Nanaimo RCMP …
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