Surrey RCMP urge public to remain vigilant as Amber Alert for Bolton siblings enters 2nd week
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As the Amber Alert for two B.C. siblings who were allegedly abducted by their mother enters a second week, police say they’re focusing their search within the province while pursuing tips from Alberta and Saskatchewan.
As the Amber Alert for two B.C. siblings who were allegedly abducted by their mother enters a second week, police say they’re focusing their search within the province while pursuing tips from Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Joshuah Bolton, 10, and his sister Aurora Bolton, 8, were supposed to be returned to their father’s home in Surrey on July 17, following a scheduled trip to the Okanagan with their mother, Verity Bolton.
An Amber Alert for the siblings was launched two days later—exactly three weeks after the pair left for the camping vacation with their mother.
The fact that Verity Bolton had access to her children in the weeks before they were reported missing has made it challenging to put together a timeline for where the siblings were during that time, according to Cpl. Vanessa Munn of Surrey RCMP.
Speaking to CTV Morning Live on Wednesday, day eight of the search, Munn said there’s no evidence to suggest the Bolton siblings have left the province.
“We have received some tips from Alberta and Saskatchewan and we’re actively following up on all of them, but at this time none of those tips have been substantiated,” said Munn.
She says the search efforts are mainly focused on B.C.’s Interior and the area around Kamloops—the city where Verity Bolton was last spotted at a grocery store on July 15.
