WATCH ABOVE: A Saskatoon father is pleading for help after his son went missing in Edmonton. Joel Senick caught up with him while he put missing posters up around Saskatoon in early June.
EDMONTON — The Edmonton Police Service says the disappearance of a 42-year-old man is now being investigated by the homicide section.
Police say Dwayne Demkiw was last seen around 4 a.m. on Sunday, May 31 as he was leaving work in the area of 149 Street and 128 Avenue.
His vehicle, a black, four-door 2002 Acura 3.2 TL, was found in southeast Calgary around 11 a.m. the same day. He was reported missing that afternoon.
“As we continue to investigate this file, investigators strongly believe that harm has come to Mr. Demkiw,” said Det. Brian Robertson with the EPS Homicide Section.
“We’re asking the public who live in acreages west of the city and property owners who live along the Highway 2 corridor to check their property for anything unusual or suspicious and report it to police.”
Dwayne grew up in North Battleford and Saskatoon before moving to Edmonton 15 years ago. In early June, the 42-year-old’s father plastered Saskatoon’s Broadway neighbourhood with missing posters, doing anything he could to bring his son home.
Eugene Demkiw and his wife, Angeline Demkiw, say their son is a kind man who would never harm anyone. They say their son’s disappearance is like a bad dream.
“It’s like a dream and we wake up and it’s real,” said Eugene. “This is way out of character.”
“He wouldn’t harm anybody so it’s really hard for us to believe that somebody would want to harm him.”
Angeline says Dwayne has two jobs – he works for FedEx during the week and drives for a limousine company on the weekends. He has two sons, aged 15 and 19.
“He was liked by everyone,” said Eugene. “He had a really large circle of friends in Edmonton … A great guy, liked by everyone. A bubbly guy, a great communicator. He was the one that phoned everybody.”
Angeline and Eugene are pleading with the public for their son’s safe return home.
“We have hope that Dwayne is here,” said Eugene.
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On Sunday, June 7, police and search and rescue crews scoured an area of southwest Edmonton hoping to find something that might explain Demkiw’s disappearance.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.
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