Police hope YouTube video will lead to tips in missing children’s case

Posted: 4:19 PM CDT Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Police are hoping the round-the-globe reach of YouTube will help them close a year-old parental kidnapping case.

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WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Police are hoping the round-the-globe reach of YouTube will help them close a year-old parental kidnapping case.

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WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Police are hoping the round-the-globe reach of YouTube will help them close a year-old parental kidnapping case.

Const. Ron Carver said police are hopeful that the five-minute-long, tearful statement by Emily Cablek will result in tips that will help police track down Cablek’s former common-law husband Kevin Maryk and her children Dominic and Abby Maryk.

“We’ve never done this before,” Carver said, adding that the Winnipeg Police Service hasn’t felt it was needed in the past.

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Dominic (right) and Abby Maryk are believed to be with their father, Kevin Maryk. Their mother last saw them Aug. 16, 2008. — handout Dominic (right) and Abby Maryk are believed to be with their father, Kevin Maryk. Their mother last saw them Aug. 16, 2008.

Cablek and Maryk were involved in a lengthy custody dispute and the court awarded Cablek primary custody of the two young children in January 2007 and gave Maryk visitation rights. Police belive he abducted the children a year ago while vacationing with them.

Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the last time Cablek last saw her children.

Cablek made an emotional plea earlier this week for the public’s help in finding her children, and Carver said Winnipeg Police believe the popular video website is the right forum to garner international attention.

“We don’t believe (Maryk and the children) are in Canada any longer,” Carver said.

Police believe Maryk, 38, has been helped by his 20-year-old nephew, Cody McKay, who hasn’t been seen in a year but whose family has not reported him as missing. Both men are wanted on Canada-wide warrants.

Carver said Winnipeg Police haven’t ruled out using YouTube for other cases in the future, but it’s not something they plan to do on a regular basis.