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Melissa McDevitt

People who were searched for or rescuedmissing woman11 articles2022–2024

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Role(s)missing woman; missing hiker; deceased; search subject
Appears in11 articles
First recorded13 December 2022
Last recorded16 January 2024

Every mention, with the words used

Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue puts training to the test
Sooke News Mirror, 16 January 2024 · role: search subject

"hiker Melissa McDevitt, the American tourist who had gone missing in Sooke"; "it was later confirmed that she had died while on a trail near the Sooke Potholes"

Remains found of hiker who went missing near Sooke
Times Colonist, p. A3, 8 December 2023 · role: deceased

"The remains of a 38-year-old woman who went missing after going hiking near Sooke Potholes almost a year ago"

Search for missing hiker suspended
Times Colonist, p. A3, 11 July 2023 · role: missing hiker

"McDevitt, 38, was last seen on surveillance video on Dec. 9 in the Charters Creek fish hatchery parking lot"

Extensive search for missing hiker in Sooke suspended
Victoria News, 10 July 2023 · role: missing hiker

missing hiker Melissa McDevitt

New evidence revives search for hiker missing near Sooke
Times Colonist, p. A1, 7 July 2023 · role: missing hiker

"McDevitt, 34, an avid hiker, was last seen on surveillance video Dec. 9 carrying hiking poles"

Search called off for missing hiker in Sooke area
Times Colonist, p. A3, 20 December 2022 · role: missing woman

"who was spotted on surveillance video Dec. 9, the day before she was scheduled to fly to see her family in North Carolina"

Search for missing Victoria woman suspended
Victoria News, 19 December 2022 · role: missing person

Victoria resident Melissa McDevitt

Close to 200 people search for Victoria hiker missing near Sooke
Times Colonist, 17 December 2022 · role: missing person

Melissa McDevitt, 38, was scheduled to travel from Victoria to Vancouver on Dec. 10

Search continues for missing woman after vehicle found in Sooke
Times Colonist, p. A1, 13 December 2022 · role: missing woman

"McDevitt, a Victoria resident, has been missing since Friday when she was last seen heading to a hiking [trail]"

Search continues for woman missing in Sooke area after car found
Times Colonist, p. A3, 13 December 2022 · role: missing woman

"a 38-year-old woman last seen in surveillance video on Friday"; "wearing a burgundy long-sleeved top and blue pants, and carrying hiking poles"

Sooke RCMP taking over search for woman who missed flight
Victoria News, 12 December 2022 · role: missing person

missing 38-year-old woman Melissa McDevitt