Mounties to provide new details in search for missing Vancouver Island woman
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Mounties are expected to release new details Wednesday about their investigation into the disappearance of Amber Manthorne, who was reported missing on Vancouver Island more than two years ago.
Mounties are expected to release new details Wednesday about their investigation into the disappearance of Amber Manthorne, who was reported missing on Vancouver Island more than two years ago.
The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit was called to assist in the search shortly after the 40-year-old woman disappeared from Port Alberni on July 7, 2022.
Her vehicle, a white 2021 Jeep Compass, was found abandoned on the side of a logging road south of Nanaimo two days later.
Manthorne was initially believed to be in the company of an ex-boyfriend, whom she had told friends she was going to meet with on the day she vanished, but he was later located by police who determined Manthorne was not with him.
"We understand that it may be concerning to hear that the VIIMCU has been called to assist," said Insp. Kevin O’Donnell, the officer in charge of the major crimes unit, one week after Manthorne was reported missing.
"However, we want to assure the community that this is not unusual in cases where a person’s disappearance is out of character and criminality cannot be immediately ruled out."
Shortly after her disappearance, a friend told CTV News that Manthorne was scheduled to be the maid of honour at a friend's wedding later that month. The wedding would eventually be postponed as friends and family focused instead on finding the missing woman.
