More than three months since the disappearance of Kamloops resident Shannon White, police continue to investigate potential leads.
“Shannon White has yet to be located. The investigation into her disappearance is ongoing,” Kamloops RCMP Const. Crystal Evelyn told KTW.
No new information from the RCMP has been released since the first few weeks of the investigation.
With the onset of spring bringing snow melt over the next few weeks, Evelyn said police are asking the public to keep an eye out for any clues that may assist the investigation.
“When the snow comes, it buries a bunch of stuff, so you never know what’s going to be a clue in an investigation like this,” Evelyn said, suggesting people take stock of anything they think might be helpful.
“Usually trust your spider sense, I always tell people,” she said.
As for where police are focused on for the retrieval of possible clues, Evelyn suggested all areas.
“Just wherever you’re out and about,” she said. “You never know where that clue is going to be found or what that clue is going to be.”
On Nov. 1, 2021, White, 32, vanished after leaving her Bestwick Court home in Lower Sahali to drive two kilometres to her job at Kamloops Hyundai at 940 Notre Dame Dr. in Southgate.
Her black 1997 Jeep TJ was found abandoned the next afternoon, Nov. 2, downtown in the 200-block of Nicola Street and the RCMP’s serious crimes unit has been investigating.
On the day White left for work, her Jeep was spotted shortly after she was expected to have arrived at work, at 8:30 a.m. The vehicle was seen leaving Kamloops west on Highway 1 for a 45-minute period. Later that day, the Jeep was seen travelling north past Rayleigh on Highway 5 at about 5:30 p.m. before returning south at about 6:15 p.m.
By Nov. 10, Kamloops Search and Rescue and the RCMP were searching for White in the wilderness west of Kamloops, off Highway 1, and north of the city off Highway 5, including in Heffley Creek, by Nov. 15.
Police also had a presence in the Silver Sage Trailer Court off Highway 5 in the days after White disappeared as officers searched the travel trailer of White’s ex-boyfriend. White’s friends have told KTW the two had a tumultuous relationship and breakup about a year earlier.
Police cleared the trailer court by Nov. 16, and, to date, no charges have been laid in connection to White’s disappearance, Evelyn said.
After weeks of searching, Kamloops Search and Rescue ended its involvement on Nov. 21 due the unlikelihood of finding anything with winter approaching.
Asked if any additional RCMP searches have been held recently or are planned for the future, Evelyn said police are still looking for White and will assess further investigative avenues, including any subsequent searches going forward.
Evelyn noted that multiple public searches organized via social media have also taken place and encouraged people to participate in any additional public searches in the future.
White stands 5-foot-5 and weighs 180 pounds. She is white and has blond hair, green eyes and fair skin. She sometimes wears glasses, has a Medusa lip piercing and a tongue piercing and several large arm tattoos, including a portrait of her dog, Buddy.
Anybody with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000.
