WATCH: Christine Wood's family makes an emotional plea to the public Tuesday, asking anyone with information on the 21-year-old's disappearance to come forward.
WINNIPEG — It’s been more than two weeks since 21-year-old Christine Wood went missing in Winnipeg. On Tuesday her family made an emotional plea to the public to help find their daughter.
“Christine if you can hear me, please come home,” said her mother, Melinda, who broke out into tears. “If you can hear me, please call me… I beg you, please come home.”
Christine was in Winnipeg with her parents from Oxford House First Nation to accompany a family member to a medical appointment. She never came back to her hotel in downtown Winnipeg after going out for the night on Aug. 19.
Her family called her cell phone and texted her, but never heard back. Her family said Christine is always in regular communication with them, and this is not typical behaviour for her.
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Christine’s father, George, said they’ve been living a nightmare since their daughter disappeared. The couple, along with The Canadian Centre for Child Protection and the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, held a media conference Tuesday.
“If anybody has any information or knows whereabouts she is, or any little thing…please, help us. We need to know where she is,” George Wood said.
George Wood is asking anyone with information to come forward.
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Christine’s family said she is familiar with the city because she went to the University of Winnipeg. On Aug. 19 she was last seen in the Polo Park area. She is known to spend time in the Osborne Village area. She is described as five foot six with an average build and shoulder length dark brown hair. She maybe carrying a white purse.
“George and Melinda are brave enough to be here today because they desperately need our help,” said Christy Dzikowicz, Canadian Centre for Child Protection’s Director of Missing Children Services.
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“They need each and everyone of us to care enough to do whatever we can do find they daughter.”
Winnipeg police are investigating the disappearance. Dzikowicz said so far some people have come forward and they they saw Christine. But nothing has been confirmed.
“We love you very much and we are waiting for you,” Melinda Wood sobbed.
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