Dive teams search Winnipeg waterways for Catherine Curtis
The search for a missing 60-year-old woman continued Friday, with police dive teams focusing on waterways in the western part of Winnipeg.
Curtis, 60, was receiving treatment for mental health issues at Grace Hospital before going missing
CBC News ·
Dive teams search Winnipeg waterways for Catherine Curtis
9 years ago
Duration 1:16
The search for a missing 60-year-old woman continued Friday, with police dive teams focusing on waterways in the western part of Winnipeg.
Social Sharing
The search for a missing 60-year-old woman continued Friday, with police dive teams focusing on waterways in the western part of Winnipeg.
Winnipeg's Bear Clan Patrol search for Catherine Curtis
9 years ago
Duration 2:09
The Bear Clan Patrol is combing the riverbanks searching for missing 60-year-old Catherine Curtis. Curtis was last seen on Monday leaving the Grace Hospital where she was being treated for depression.
Catherine Curtis was last seen Monday morning in St. James. She was admitted to the Grace Hospital on April 13 for mental health issues, Curtis's daughter Janelle DePeazer said.
She left on a hospital-approved unaccompanied walk Monday and never came back. Curtis's family says it is unlike her to not check in with friends and family.
Surveillance footage shows Catherine Curtis leaving Grace Hospital Monday morning. (Courtesy of Janelle Depeazer)Police and volunteers have searched parks and other outdoor spaces in and around the hospital in the past few days, but dive teams were used for the first time Friday.
Police are encouraging homeowners in St. James to check buildings on their property for Curtis.
She is 5-foot-4, thin, weighs 85 pounds and has long white hair she often wears in a ponytail. She was wearing a navy blue jacket, dark plaid pants and white sneakers when she was last seen, police said.
Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is urged to contact the missing persons unit at 204-986-6250.
Catherine Curtis, 60, has been missing since Monday. Dive teams searched waters in the western part of Winnipeg Friday. (Meagan Fiddler/CBC)
Corrections
Catherine Curtis has not gone missing before, her family says. An earlier version of this story stated she had.
The Bear Clan Patrol is combing the riverbanks searching for missing 60-year-old Catherine Curtis. Curtis was last seen on Monday leaving the Grace Hospital where she was being treated for depression.
