Ethan Sampson was 28 when he was swept away during a winter storm on Jan. 30, 2020, when heavy rains and high winds tore down trees and ripped into the banks of the Cowichan River.
Almost every day after work, Darrick Sampson sits at the spot on the Cowichan River where his son vanished during a historic storm almost three years ago. And he cries.
Ethan, a member of Stz’uminus/Cowichan First Nations, was last seen leaving the Quamichan Big House after an initiation ceremony, just metres from the Cowichan River. Sampson said Search and Rescue British Columbia volunteers took to boats and walked shorelines, deploying metal detectors, ground-penetrating radar and ultraviolet scanners for any clues.
Sampson said he realizes his son could have been swept out of sea, a distance of about three kilometres, in which case he might never be found. But he said the family has given authorities DNA samples for comparison if a body shows up in Canadian or U.S. waters. Duncan RCMP Const. Bert Calvo said Tuesday the file remains open and under investigation by RCMP detectives.
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