21-year-old Katrina Demore has still not been located after being reported missing on Wednesday, Nov. 29. The photo provided by her family is about a year old, and her hair is currently dyed purple. (Nanaimo RCMP)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

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UPDATE: Missing 21-year-old woman found safe in Nanaimo

Nov 30, 2023 | 11:30 AM

UPDATE (Nov 30, 2:20 pm.) — Nanaimo RCMP and Nanaimo Search and Rescue (NSAR) have located 21-year-old Katrina Demore, who was reported missing on Wednesday, Nov. 29.

Police say she was located near the intersection of South Forks Rd. and Nanaimo River Rd. around 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30.

She was reportedly cold and treated on scene by BCEHS for exposure before being transported to hospital for a medical assessment.

The Nanaimo RCMP thanked everyone involved with NSAR for “bringing this incident to a successful resolution.”

EARLIER (Nov. 30, 11 a.m.) — Local Mounties and Nanaimo Search and Rescue are continuing to search for one adult who went missing on Tuesday, Nov. 28 near Mt. Benson.

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Twenty-one-year-old Katrina Demore is still considered missing, while 32-year-old Owen Donahue and the black Dodge pick-up associated with the missing pair have both been located.

Police are planning to speak further with Donahue to obtain more information about Demore.

Search and Rescue crews are currently searching the area of Nanaimo Lakes Rd. near the Nanaimo Lakes gate access, and a search helicopter will be assisting them on Thursday.

EARLIER — A search is underway in logging roads west of the city for a pair of people who got separated from a larger group.

Katrina Demore, 21, and Owen Donahue, 32, were part of a four-person group out for a trip on Tuesday, Nov. 28 however only two returned at the end of the day.

They were reported missing on Wednesday, Nov. 29.

“Investigators were told by one of the two that returned that [the pair] wandered off from the group during the afternoon and did not return. After approximately 90 minutes the other two adults tried searching for them but were unable to find them.”

In addition to Demore and Donahue, a black Dodge pickup truck, license plate PK-4724 is also missing and believed to be connected to the pair.

As of 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nanaimo Search and Rescue were not deployed to look for the pair.

Demore is Indigenous and described as 5’4″, 120 pounds and was wearing a grey hoodie with pink letters and black sweatpants.

Donahue is caucasian, 5’8″, 165 pounds with short brown hair and hazel eyes. He was wearing a dark hoodie and dark pants.

Anyone with information on either person, or the truck, is asked to contact Nanaimo RCMP at 250 754 2345.

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