Search-and-rescue volunteers have been deployed in the Mount Douglas area to help find a missing 64-year-old man with dementia.
Christian Dube, who goes by Chris, has been missing from Broadmead Lodge and was last seen about 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the area of PKOLS/Mount Douglas Park.
On Monday, police released an updated photo of him and and provided a new description of his clothing.
“We are thankful to receive assistance from Peninsula Emergency Measures Organization search-and-rescue team to assist us with our ongoing efforts to locate Christian,” said Saanich police Insp. Damian Kowalewich.
Police are asking residents south of PKOLS/Mount Douglas Park along Ash Road, Shelbourne Street and Cedar Hill Road to check any security-camera footage dating back to Saturday for any sign of Dube.
Dube’s niece Brittany Dube said Tuesday that her uncle’s condition might not be apparent at first if someone encounters him. “He can seem quite coherent at times,” she said.
Dube has been a Broadmead Lodge resident for about five months, she said, and had to walk through two doors to get outside.
He could be travelling around the capital region on foot, police said, and is known to frequent Saanich and Esquimalt, as well as the Lochside Trail.
He is five-foot-six, of medium build, and has blue eyes, shaggy brown hair and a greying goatee, and was wearing a black winter jacket, blue jeans, brown shoes, a baseball cap and a black Reebok backpack with a purple-coloured pattern.
The jacket has a hood and a white lining, and has a Cleveland Browns NFL logo on the front left side.
Broadmead Lodge said in a statement that it has been working closely with police, Island Health and Chris Dube’s family to support the search effort.
“The safety and security of our residents are our top priorities,” the statement said. “We are reviewing all circumstances around this situation and remain committed to co-operating fully with authorities.
“At this time, we respectfully ask for patience and understanding as we focus on finding Chris and ensuring the safety of all in our care.”
Anyone with information on Christian Dube’s whereabouts is asked to contact Saanich police at 250-475-4321 and quote file number 24-22074.
“The more people that we can get out there the better,” Brittany Dube said.
Police are asking anyone who sees him to keep him in sight and call 911.
