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Brandon police ask for help in locating missing 20-year-old man

Officers say the 20-year-old man was reported missing by his family on June 16.

Police say family are concerned for the young man's safety

Alexander Quon · CBC News ·
A close up of a Brandon Police Service car.
Brandon police said the man was reported missing on Friday morning. (Riley Laychuk/CBC)

UPDATE: Brandon police said Vishay Patel is believed to be deceased after a body was found near the Assiniboine River.

Brandon police are asking for the public's help as they try to locate a 20-year-old who was last seen on Friday. 

Police say family members of Vishay Patel reported him missing to police shortly after 10 a.m. 

He was last seen on a home video surveillance camera leaving his home in a grey 2012 Honda Civic, police said in a news release on Saturday.

A photo of a man in a plaid shirt.
Vishay Patel was reported missing by family members on June 16. (Brandon Police Service)

The vehicle was later found in the parking lot of Home Depot on Friday evening. 

A witness told police they had possibly seen Patel walking from Home Depot toward the Discovery Centre. 

On Saturday, Brandon police said a search and rescue operation was underway near the centre and asked the public to avoid the area.

Family and Brandon police are concerned for Patel's safety. 

Anyone with information on his location, or if he is located, are urged to contact police at 204-729-2345. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alexander Quon

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Alexander Quon has been a reporter with CBC Saskatchewan since 2021 and is happy to be back working in his hometown of Regina after half a decade in Atlantic Canada. He has previously worked with the CBC News investigative unit in Nova Scotia and Global News in Halifax. Alexander specializes in municipal political coverage and data-reporting. He can be reached at: alexander.quon@cbc.ca.

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