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#StillMissing Ben Tyner, 32, from WY. Missing from Surrey, B.C., Canada. Jan. 26.

3/19/19
SURREY, B.C. — The case of a rancher who has been missing in B.C. since January is being treated as a suspicious disappearance.

The sudden disappearance of 32-year-old Ben Tyner near Merritt has switched from a missing person case to a criminal investigation.

RCMP Sgt. Janelle Shoihet says she can’t share why, but police now believe the manager of the Nicola Ranch could have been a targeted victim.

“After having taken a good look at all the pieces of the puzzle — two months of investigation — pieces are not quite fitting where they should fit.”

Tyner was last seen on Jan. 26 as he rode out on horseback, possibly to search for cattle in the surrounding hills. He was reported missing two days later when his saddled horse was found wandering on a logging road off Highway 97 northwest of Merritt.

An extensive search that included RCMP and volunteers on foot and horseback, as well as in helicopters, vehicles and snowmobiles, found no trace of Tyner.

Shoihet says early on, investigators requested assistance from major crime detectives, but until this week police had said their was no indication of foul play.

“Initially, there was nothing that was definitive in determining that it was criminally related — just out of character. But now, after putting all the pieces of the puzzle together … the investigators in the Southeast District can now say that they believe that Mr. Tyner did not go missing of his own volition. It is suspicious and likely, there’s some criminality related to his disappearance.”

Officers are asking people who may have information but haven’t spoken to police to come forward.

“That one missing piece might be something you think is insignificant, but could really be the turn-key piece of information for an investigation like this,” Shoihet said.

Before they left for their home in Wyoming in mid-February, Tyner’s family renewed their plea for any tips that might help the police investigation into his disappearance.

“Our hearts are shattered and our lives have been thrown into turmoil,”Tyner’s mother Jennifer told a news conference at the time.

“To think that I will never again see his smile, or hear his infectious laugh, never see him realize his dreams, never have him wrap his arms around me again, is unthinkable.”

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Disappearance of B.C. cowboy Ben Tyner 'likely' criminal, say RCMP

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The sudden disappearance of 32-year-old Ben Tyner near Merritt has switched from a missing person case to a criminal investigation.

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#StillMissing Ben Tyner (from WY) missing from Nicola Ranch near Merritt, British Columbia, Canada. 1/26/19.

2/28/19
Into their fifth week investigating the disappearance of 32-year-old Nicola Ranch manager Ben Tyner, Merritt RCMP is hoping dashcam footage may hold some clues to the cowboy’s whereabouts.

Tyner was last seen Jan. 26 when he rode out of the ranch, possibly to search for cattle in the surrounding hills.

His riderless horse was discovered two days later wandering a logging road off Highway 97 near the Nicola Ranch. The horse was unscathed with nothing to indicate how it had lost its rider.

Following his disappearance, RCMP, search and rescue, air services, police dog teams, and volunteers combed the area, on foot, in vehicles, on snowmobiles, horseback, helicopters and utility vehicles, but Tyner was not located.

The RCMP’s major crime unit has since joined the investigation, but police say there is no indication of foul play.

Police are now appealing to the public to provide investigators with any dashcam footage recorded in the Merritt area on the weekend of Jan. 26 and 27.

Tyner, a Wyoming man who was hired at the Nicola ranch in November, is described as being around 6-3, 240 pounds with dark hair and beard and normally wears a black and red woollen hat with ear flaps.

It’s believe Tyner rode to an area known as Swakum Ridge, northwest of Merritt, and may have been searching for stray cattle belonging to the ranch.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts or with dashcam footage is asked the contact the RCMP’s southeast district major crimes unit’s tip line at 1-877-987-8477.

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#Missing Lita King, 14, walked away from Central High School on Feb. 11. Cheyenne, WY.

2/26/19
The search for a missing 14-year-old Cheyenne girl has now entered its second week.

Cheyenne Police Department spokesman Officer Kevin Malatesta says Lita King walked away from Central High School on Feb. 11.

"We don't know where she's at," he said. "We've followed up on the leads that we have here in Cheyenne and haven't been able to contact her."

"She's been a runaway in the past ... so we're not looking at her as an endangered person," he added. "(But) whoever she's staying with, who is preventing her from returning to her family or harboring her while she's being a runaway, is committing a crime."
King is described as being 5-foot-4 and around 170 pounds. She has brown eyes and had brown hair at the time she ran away.

​Anyone with information on King's whereabouts is asked to call police dispatch at (307) 637-6525.

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Cheyenne Police Department spokesman Officer Kevin Malatesta says Lita King walked away from Central High School on Feb. 11.

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2/21/19
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (KGWN) In a recent national study of the states with the highest number of missing people, Wyoming came in at number seven. The study was per 100,000 people and while Wyoming does have substantially less residents than other states such as California or Texas, there are still 45 open missing persons cases in the Cowboy state.

The Cheyenne Police Department reports that locally, missing people are usually juvenile runaways or those who are prone to wandering off and those residents usually qualify for a free program called Project Lifesaver. Participants in the program receive a free tracking bracelet that allows CPD to use radio telemetry to locate where the person is at.

When a lot of people hear the term “missing person,” often a movie based on people going missing pops into their head of someone being snatched while on their daily run. CPD Public Information Officer Kevin Malatesta stressed that while that does occasionally happen and gain national news attention, it is more common for juveniles to run away or people with disabilities or a form of dementia to wander off. When those uncommon instances in Wyoming do occur of human trafficking, the Community Action Team steps into place and is in charge of human trafficking investigations through both stings and posing as a prostitute or someone looking for one.

“A lot of it is, typically women, coerced in this lifestyle,” said Officer Malatesta. “Offered drugs, offered money, and basically enticed into and kept in it against their will.”

The approach CPD takes when dealing with cases involving prostitution is to investigate whether human trafficking is involved.

“We really try to work with them in helping them to get out of that lifestyle,” said Officer Malatesta. “It’s a very difficult thing to do and often something that can’t be done alone.”

CPD wants wants to be alerted if you notice any odd activities around you.

“People should always be aware of their surroundings,” said Officer Malatesta. “If you see suspicious activity, somebody’s following you, you feel unsafe, let us know. We want to know about it so we can investigate it, figure out what’s going on.”

To check out the breakdown and view the list, head to www.vivintsource.com/smart-home-academy/2019-missing-persons-by-state/

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#StillMissing Ben Tyner (from WY) missing from Nicola Ranch near Merritt, British Columbia, Canada. 1/26/19.

2/8/19
The Major Crimes Unite of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been called to investigate the disappearance of rancher Ben Tyner. The RCMP issued a statement saying they have no evidence to suggest foul play, but the agency wanted to cover all of its bases.

Tyner, 32, was employed by the Nicola Ranch in British Columbia, and went missing Jan. 26 in a remote area northeast of Vancouver, B.C. A hunter found his horse wandering alone in the bush in full tack the following Monday. The RCMP searched for Tyner for a week before suspending their hunt, partially due to frigid temperatures.

More than a dozen search teams combed the snowy backcountry south of Kamloops, B.C., amid temperatures as low as -5 F, but suspended the search Sunday, Feb. 3. Tyner was originally from Wyoming.

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The Major Crimes Unite of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been called to investigate the disappearance of rancher Ben Tyner.

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#Missing Ben Tyner (from WY) missing from Nicola Ranch near Merritt, British Columbia, Canada. 1/26/19.

1/31/19
The 32-year-old man missing in B.C.'s southern Interior area has been identified as Ben Tyner, a cowboy with the Nicola Ranch near Merritt.

Officials with the ranch confirmed Tyner is the man missing and he is a manager at the cattle operation.

Tyner was last seen on Saturday, Jan. 26, but a search was not launched until Monday, when loggers in the Nicola Valley found a horse in full gear, but no sign of its rider.

Tyner is from Wyoming and his family is travelling from the U.S. state to help in the search.

Tyner was still missing as of KTW’s Thursday afternoon press deadline. Updates will be posted online at kamloopsthisweek.com.

Merritt RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore said other ranchers believe Tyner rode to an area known as Swakum Ridge, northwest of Merritt, searching for cattle belonging to the ranch.

Police say he wasn't immediately reported missing because he was working on his days off and may not have told anyone about his plans.

RCMP dog services and air support, along with members from nine southern B.C. search and rescue teams — including the Kamloops operation — continue to scour the area, but police say active logging and herds of wild horses have obscured possible tracks.

Local hunter Kim Robinson, the man who tracked down child killer Allan Schoenborn when he was at large for nine days in 2008, said he found Tyner’s horse early Monday morning, around 5:30 a.m.

“It took me about 20 minutes to get him because he was pretty jumpy — something happened to him. He only had one rein,” Robinson said. “But I caught him and tied him up to a tree.”

Robinson called a few local cowboys at that time to notify them.

“When they called me back at 12:30 p.m. — this really pissed me off — they told me that it was the manager of the Nicola Ranch’s horse, who had been missing since Saturday night. I don’t know why nobody knew.”

Robinson’s frustration didn’t end there, however, as he said he was restricted from searching the mountain by search and rescue and RCMP crews.

“I don’t need anyone to hold my hand up there,” he said, noting he had been out hunting on the ridge every morning for the past month.

Anyone with information or who may have seen a man riding in the Swakum ridge area on Saturday or Sunday is asked to contact the Merritt RCMP at 250-378-4262.

— with files from Canadian Press

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1/1/19
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WSET) -- President Trump has sign a new bill into law to keep your family members safe.

The president signed the Ashanti Alert Act, which is legislation that creates a new federal alert system for missing or endangered adults between the ages of 18 and 64.

The law is named after Ashanti Bille, the 19-year-old was abducted in Norfolk in 2017.

Her body was discovered in North Carolina 11 days after she was reported missing.

When Ashanti was abducted, she was too old for an Amber Alert and too young for a Silver Alert.

The Ashanti Alert, like the other alert systems, would notify the public about missing or endangered adults through a national communications network to assist law enforcement in the search.

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12/27/18
LARAMIE, WY - UPDATE THURSDAY 6:30 AM:

Authorities say four snowmobilers from South Dakota who were missing in Wyoming have been rescued.

According to the Carbon County Sheriff...

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12/27/18
LARAMIE, WY - UPDATE THURSDAY 6:30 AM:

Authorities say four snowmobilers from South Dakota who were missing in Wyoming have been rescued.

According to the Carbon County Sheriff's Office, Jeremiah Christensen, Zachary Christensen, Jim Bruining and a 16-year-old are all safe.

The four were reported lost or overdue on Sunday around 6 p.m. after they did not check out of their hotel.

The Carbon County Sheriff's Office tells KSFY News the group got lost in whiteout conditions and rough terrain last week.

After three days of recovery efforts, crews were able to rescue the four by using snow shoes after spotting them from a helicopter.

They survived by rationing food, having a fire, melting snow for water and building a shelter from snow, log poles and pine boughs, the sheriff's office said.

They are now on their way back to South Dakota uninjured.

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StillMissing Zach, Cole and Miah Christensen and Jim Bruining, missing snowmobiler's. Laramie, WY. 12/22/18.

12/25/18
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) – Searchers are looking for four snowmobile riders from South Dakota missing in Wyoming’s Snowy Range Mountains.

The search for Zach, Cole and Miah Christensen and Jim Bruining resumed Tuesday in the mountains west of Laramie. Albany County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jeff Beeston says they were last seen Saturday afternoon.

Beeston says overcast skies and intermittent snow is limiting the searchers’ visibility but the teams still hope to be able to use aircraft to help them look for the snowmobilers.

The sheriff’s department was notified that they were missing Sunday evening after they failed to check out of their lodge in Albany as planned.

Snowmobile teams also looked for the men Monday. The sheriff’s department says the search area is very large because it’s not known exactly where the men planned to go.

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