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Chetwynd, Missing Person
2025-01-29 16:05 PST
File # 2024-1987
Chetwynd RCMP continue the investigation into the disappearance of James Barnes and look to the public in efforts to further the investigation. Original Release 2024-10-22
James Barnes was reported missing to Fort St John RCMP on October 18, 2024 at 10:58 p.m. when he failed to return home from a hunting trip earlier that day. On Saturday, October 19, 2024 Chetwynd RCMP were notified as there was reason to believe James may have been in the Chetwynd area. James had left home in his pickup with his dog Murphy, a golden retriever. The truck was later found but James and Murphy were not with the truck.
A golden retriever, similar in appearance to Murphy, was found in the Halfway River area near Fort St. John. Through DNA testing it was determined that this dog was not Murphy.
James Joseph Edmund Barnes is described as:
If you have any information on the whereabouts of James Barnes and Murphy, or saw them and the vehicle back in October, you are asked to call Chetwynd RCMP at 250-788-9221.
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Email: madonna.saunderson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
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