A group from Manitoba is helping search for Samuel Bird, an Edmonton teen who has been missing for nearly three months.
The Evelyn Memorial Search Team is using a hand held sonar device called AquaEye to search the North Saskatchewan River.
The device can search up to 8,000 square meters of water in under five minutes, according to the company’s website.
Edmonton police deemed the 14-year-old’s disappearance suspicious last week, the same day the Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 First Nations called on police to designate Bird’s case as a search and recovery.
Bird is described as 5’8” tall with a slim build. He has brown hair and brown eyes and may have a black-eye and stitches on his cheek and nose.
Police say he is known to frequent West Edmonton Mall and is familiar with the city’s west end and south side. He was last seen in the Canora neighbourhood in west Edmonton on June 1.
Anyone with information about Bird’s whereabouts is asked to contact EPS at 780-423-4567.
