Family and friends from Thompson and surrounding areas have been traveling to Leaf Rapids to help with the search for John Merasty.
Sherman Merasty says his 88-year-old grandfather hasn’t been since August 7th.
Family thought he was at a wedding in The Pas:
“We didn’t really think it was too serious otherwise we would’ve began the search way back then. We were waiting to for him to come back from The Pas and we finally spoke to some family from that wedding and they never seen John Merasty there”
A crowd funding page has been set up by the Merasty family, to help fund their search efforts.
RCMP say Merasty is aboriginal in appearance, about 5 foot 7 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Leaf Rapids RCMP at 204-473-2944 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
