"So very missed": Emotional appeal from family of abducted Surrey children
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to remove any reference to the children involved after they were found safe on July 29, 2023.
Today marks the seventh day of an ongoing Amber Alert after two children in Surrey were not returned to their father. The family is sharing more information and photos of the children.
While RCMP continues to investigate and respond to tips from the public, the family emphasize, “They are so much more than ‘missing children,’ more than a few photos.”
On Wednesday, July 19, RCMP issued an Amber Alert as part of its effort to locate the Bolton siblings.
Mounties said it’s since learned the abduction might have been pre-planned and they have reason to believe the children who are travelling with their mother and two males have gone “off the grid.”
(Lower Mainland RCMP)
In a statement provided to the RCMP, the family said their siblings are devastated and are deeply missed and loved by friends, cousins, aunties, uncles and grandparents.
“Both kids love a good ‘scratch-back’ before bed and we take this time to chat and connect with them one-on-one. They share their day, their hurts, their questions with us, and then go to bed with a good snuggle and kiss.”
Last week, police said they suspect the children and their mother, Verity Bolton, are travelling in the company of Verity’s father, Robert Bolton, and Verity’s boyfriend, Abraxas Glazov, and that they could be using several means to travel throughout the province.
A photo of Abraxas Glazov, 53, who is from Nelson and has connections to the Deadman Valley and Vidette Lake area. (Surrey RCMP/Handout)
The family is from Surrey, which is why the Amber Alert was issued by RCMP in that city; however, the last known sighting of Verity was in Kamloops on July 15.
The children were last seen on July 7, 2023, when they attended a gas station in Merritt.
At the time, Verity was believed to be driving a dark blue Dodge Ram 2500 truck, and she has been seen towing a number of trailers, including a horse trailer and travel trailers.
Anyone with information on the suspects and the children’s whereabouts can contact the RCMP tip line at 604-599-7676 or email here.
If you see the children, call 911 immediately.
With files from Claire Fenton