Update: RCMP searching for 33-year-old Drew Mancell 

Update: As of Aug. 25, 2023, at 12:05; Mancell has been located safe and sound.

Nanaimo RCMP and health-care providers are asking for help in locating 33-year-old Drew Mancell after he went missing last week. They say his disappearance has them concerned for his safety and well-being. 

Police say Mancell has no fixed address within the city and an extensive search of homeless shelters and encampments has so far turned up no sign of him.  

Mancell is described as a six-foot-two Caucasian man, approximately 190 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.  

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP’s non-emergency line.  

Justin Baumgardner
Justin Baumgardner
Justin is a local reporter in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, and is based in Duncan. He has worked in radio for over three years, with all of them in British Columbia. He was previously at 91.7 Coast FM in Nanaimo and also has shows on 95.7 Coast FM, and the weekend show on 89.7 Sun FM. When he is not on the air, he can be found travelling the island and enjoying everything that beautiful British Columbia has to offer.

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