BC RCMP have issued an amber alert in the search for a missing Alberta two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette.
The Crowsnest Pass RCMP received a report of the abduction of a two-year-old female child which took place at 3:30 a.m. on September 14, 2015 in Blairmore, Alberta, a small town in southwestern Alberta near the B.C. border.
The town is on the highway to British Columbia via the Crowsnest Pass, and B.C. residents are being asked to be on the lookout.
Police are also looking for an unknown person driving a new model white van, with a large rear antenna with a flag attached. The vehicle was last seen driving west from the residence.
Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette is described as Caucasian with brown eyes and light brown, straight hair.
Police have now confirmed that her father, Terry Blanchette, was found dead at the scene of the abduction, and that homicide is suspected.
RCMP Superintendent Tony Hamori said the incident is now being treated as a homicide.
“Any suspect or suspects seen inside that van should not be approached by the public,” Hamori said. “We could be dealing with a single suspect or more than that.”
Hamori said that the girl is not with her mother, who was separated from the father, and living in another town.
Anyone who may have seen Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette or the suspect vehicle are asked to call 9-1-1 immediately.
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