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Police seek four missing persons

Jessica Crouch-Sinclair, 16, was last seen around 4 p.m. on Oct. 15, 2009, in the southeast area of Winnipeg.

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Jessica Crouch-Sinclair, 16, was last seen around 4 p.m. on Oct. 15, 2009, in the southeast area of Winnipeg.

WINNIPEG — Winnipeg police are seeking the public’s help in finding four missing persons. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the following people should contact the Winnipeg Police Service Missing Persons Unit at 986-6250.

• Nicole Houle, 16, was last seen Oct. 18 in the North End.

Winnipeg police consider Houle to be a child in need of protection as she is at high risk of being exploited or victimized and investigators are concerned for her well-being.

She is described as aboriginal, 5’6", 140 pounds, with medium build, dark shoulder length hair and brown eyes.

She is believed to be in the company of Thunder Belanger, 21, also aboriginal, 5’10", 150 pounds, with a thin build. Belanger is wanted on a warrant of arrest by police.

• Jessica Crouch-Sinclair, 16, was last seen Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. in the southeast part of Winnipeg.

Crouch-Sinclair is Metis, 5’5", about 100 pounds, has medium length brown hair and hazel eyes and has a prominent dimple in her left cheek.

Investigators believe Crouch-Sinclair may be in the company of a 20-year-old male acquaintance identified as Bradley Kenneth Jones.

Crouch-Sinclair is considered at high risk of being exploited, victimized and is easily influenced. She is known to frequent the St. Vital Mall area and north of that location near St. Anne’s Road and Fermor Avenue.

• Thomas Gregory Hawley, 58, was last seen in late March, 2009, and is known to frequent hotels in the Osborne Village and downtown areas of the city.

Hawley is Caucasian, 5’10", 160 pounds, has medium length grey hair, a grey goatee, and brown eyes. He also has a crooked right pinky finger.

• Cheyenne Catcheway, 13, was last seen Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. around Broadway and Sherbrook Street.

Catcheway is considered at high risk of being exploited or victimized and investigators are concerned for her immediate well-being.

She is described as aboriginal, 5’5", 110 pounds, brown eyes, and short black or dark brown hair usually worn in a ponytail. She was last seen wearing a black hoody with "Roots" written across the front, white "skater" type running shoes and blue jeans.

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