A search is ongoing for missing 82-year-old Elizabeth Gilchrist in north Nanaimo around the Stephenson Point area. (Nanaimo RCMP)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

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RCMP & Nanaimo SAR searching for missing senior near Stephenson Point

Dec 13, 2022 | 1:09 PM

UPDATE — Search crews recovered the body of Elizabeth Gilchrist late Tuesday afternoon.

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NANAIMO — A large search is underway for a missing senior.

Elizabeth Gilchrist, 82-years-old, is believed to have wandered away from her home on the water side of Stephenson Point Rd. between the evening of Monday, Dec. 12 and the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 13.

Her daughter arrived at the home just before 11 a.m. Tuesday and immediately reported her missing.

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“(The daughter) found the front door open and her mother missing,” O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW. “The daughter searched the area for about 30 minutes then called us.”

RCMP say Gilchrist has significant medical issues and there is a great deal of concern for her safety given her age and the current weather conditions.

The approximate current search area in the Stephenson Point Rd. area in north Nanaimo, east of Hammond Bay Rd. (Google Maps)

She is described as 5’4″ tall with a slim build and platinum coloured hair. A description of what she was wearing at the time is not available.

Multiple officers from the local detachment as well as Nanaimo Search and Rescue are looking for her in the immediate area.

An RCMP helicopter has also been deployed in the search.

Anyone who sees Gilchrist is asked to call 911. Those with information about her potential whereabouts can contact the Nanaimo RCMP at 250 754 2345, quoting file number 2022-43490.

Nanaimo Search and Rescue have deployed in an effort to locate Gilchrist. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

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