The partially redacted report details at least 36 hours of serious missteps by Mounties that began with a report from Michayluk’s family that she had disappeared
Amanda Michayluk’s final moments were spent walking alone in the cold and snow through a Saskatchewan field as her family anxiously waited for an RCMP search and rescue team that would never arrive.
Michayluk, 34, had been out collecting firewood with her father when their vehicle got stuck in snow. When it started to get late and dark, Michayluk attempted to walk home, which was about two or three kilometres away, to get help.He drove back to the area he’d last seen her and tried several times to follow the path she had taken, but it was impassible due to large snowdrifts.
One officer found a set of boot prints that ended at tire tracks. The commission’s report says the obsession with this detail would have officers unreasonably conclude Michayluk was picked up by a passing motorist. Officers were also confused by time zones based on where Michayluk’s phone last connected with a cell tower. Maidstone is near the Alberta boundary and the cell tower was running on Central Standard Time, but the area where Michayluk was last seen runs on Mountain Time in the winter.
The report notes the civilian search party was able to locate Michayluk very quickly by following her tracks, “which were still clearly visible, a day after had disappeared.”Michayluk’s family complained to the RCMP that its members failed to conduct a proper search. Mounties investigated the complaint and the family brought it to the commission after an RCMP report failed to address a number of key issues.
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