Senior missing since July found dead
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A Winnipeg senior missing since July has been found dead, RCMP said Tuesday.
The body of Stewart Campbell, 69, was found Monday in a bush area about three kilometres southwest of Springstein, a news release said.
Police had received a tip that a cat crate with Campbell’s last name on it was found in the area and a ground search later ensued. A previous aerial search failed to locate him.
Campbell had been last seen at a friend’s place in Stonewall at about 3:30 a.m. on July 15. He was reported missing two days later. RCMP issued a silver alert — sent about missing adults with cognitive impairments — on July 18.
His car was found in the Rural Municipality of MacDonald, east of Starbuck, on July 24.
Lana Knor, a relative of Campbell, said last month he hadn’t been diagnosed with dementia but did get mixed up on occasion. She said Campbell had taken a cat with him.
Stonewall RCMP continue to investigate.
