80-year-old Shirley Love found dead in Hamilton's King's Forest area, police say
Cara Nickerson | CBC News | Posted: December 16, 2022 8:05 PM | Last Updated: December 16, 2022
Shirley Love went missing on Tuesday
Shirley Love, an 80-year-old woman who went missing on Tuesday, has been found dead, Hamilton police say.
She was found in the King's Forest area, Hamilton Police Chief Frank Bergen said at a press conference on Friday afternoon.
He said that her body was found after a search that included help from "well over 300" community members.
Bergen said victim services told the family about their discovery Friday morning, and that out of respect for the family, police would not release details of her death.
Love's niece, Carol Tsilibanis, was at the press conference. She said, "There will never be another person like her."
Love's grandson, Chris Corsini, posted a video on Friday thanking the community for coming together to search for his grandmother.
"I want to say thank you to everybody because there was over 300 registered volunteers. There was so many people just on Instagram, Twitter and Youtube and everywhere just commenting where they were looking and where they were searching," he said.
"I just wanted to send my gratitude and say how much I appreciate everybody trying. Thank you," he said.
Love was last seen near her residence on Mount Albion Road walking south toward Glendale Golf Course at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, police said earlier this week, and was not dressed for the cold weather.
Sgt. Scott Galbraith, the officer in charge of the ground search and rescue efforts, said the 300 volunteers, along with Hamilton Police Service's mounted unit, the marine unit, and volunteers from the police service's training program, Mohawk College and Hamilton Fire, all worked together to look for Love.
The search covered a 2.4 kilometre area, Galbraith said, which could be seen on a map of the search behind officers as they made the announcement.
"We give our officers GPS so that we can track where they actually are. So, what you will have seen here is the amalgamation of all of those GPS's," he said.
Bergen said the family is asking for privacy but wanted him to "express their gratitude to the many community members that have come out."