Update, 9:05 p.m. March 18:
Seventy-nine-year-old David Eric Godfrey has been found dead, according to an update from police on the evening of March 18.
In the release, RCMP and the family thanked Yukon Search and Rescue and volunteers that helped search for the Whitehorse senior who went missing on the evening of March 16.
Update, 1:15 p.m. March 18:
With 79-year-old David Eric Godfrey still missing after he was last seen early in the evening on March 16, Yukon Search and Rescue (YSAR) has set up a command post where those looking to help with the search can report. According to a Yukon RCMP statement, the YSAR command post is located at the intersection of Sycamore and Beech Streets and additional volunteer searchers are welcome. The RCMP is also "fully engaged and steadily searching" per the release.
The police reiterated the request that property owners across the Yukon capital search outbuildings, vehicles and tarped structures such as boats in an effort to locate Godfrey.
Update, 11:30 a.m. March 17:
The RCMP is continuing its search for David Eric Godfrey, missing since yesterday evening. Yukon Search and Rescue is assisting in the effort. The searchers have issued the specific request that Whitehorse residents check their properties for any footprints that may be out of place and to search outbuildings, vehicles and campers on their properties.
Original Story:
A 79-year-old Whitehorse man has been missing since the early evening of Sunday, March 16. David Eric Godfrey was last seen between 6 and 7 p.m. on March 16, according to an RCMP news release published in the early hours of March 17.
Godfrey was last seen in Porter Creek, according to the RCMP. A Facebook post to the Yukon Helpers Network group that has been used to organize the search for Godfrey specifies he went missing from the area of Sycamore Street. According to police, Godfrey was not wearing clothes suitable for the cold weather when he was last seen and may not have shoes on; they add that he may appear disoriented and that he walks slowly and normally uses a cane but he is not believed to have it with him.
Godfrey is described as 5'6" tall with an average build and a large white beard. He was last seen wearing a red jacket, black and red toque and brown pants.
The RCMP expressed concern for Godfrey's well-being. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is being asked to call the Whitehorse RCMP immediately at 867-667-5555.
Contact Jim Elliot at jim.elliot@yukon-news.com
