Kids found safe in Ontario after Amber Alert issued in BC

Mar 26 2022, 7:26 pm

Editor’s Note Saturday, March 26, 4:33 pm: A previous version of this story included pictures and names identifying the missing persons. These details have been removed now that they have been found.

Two children — who were the subject of an Amber Alert in BC — on Saturday have now been found safe, along with their mother, by police in Ontario.

In a release, BC RCMP say, “The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) confirmed that they had located the vehicle and the four individuals in Kenora, Ontario, just east of Manitoba. The man was taken into custody. The mother and her two children are safe and receiving support.”

The Amber Alert was issued at 12:15 pm on March 26, 2022, after Fort St. John RCMP believed that Jason Dalrymple had taken a mother and her two children against their will and that they may be in danger while in his presence.

Indications were that the suspect was heading east, possibly to Ontario.

“We would like to thank our law enforcement partners in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario who where instrumental in finding everyone so quickly. They extended the Amber Alert in their provinces, followed up on TIPS and conducted searches,” reads the release.

A suspect remains in custody and police say the investigation will continue into what happened.

The Amber Alert program was launched in BC in 2004. Since then, all activations have successfully ended with all individuals being safely located.

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