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RCMP searching Colliery Dam, Nanaimo in relation to missing Makayla Chang

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WATCH: Nanaimo Search and Rescue search a park in connection with the disappearance of 16-year-old Makayla Chang – Apr 2, 2017

Nanaimo RCMP and search and rescue crews are currently performing a search in the area around Colliery Dam, Nanaimo in relation to the disappearance of 16-year-old Makayla Chang.

Police could not confirm details surrounding the case, but said “there is nothing to indicate she may be there, we are just being thorough in our investigation.”

RCMP and search and rescue crews convene at Colliery Dam in Nanaimo in relation to missing Makayla Chang. Global News

Chang went missing in Nanaimo on March 20. Earlier this week, police said they believe she could have traveled to Metro Vancouver with a 53-year-old man, Steven Michael Bacon.

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Chang is 5’1″, 110 lbs. with dyed red hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing a grey hoodie and multi-coloured leggings. She wears glasses and has piercings in her lip and in the skin above her upper lip. She also wears wigs and may dress as a male at times. She also goes by the names of Kayla or Finn.

Bacon is 5’10”, 210 lbs.  and has white hair.

Anyone with information about Chang’s whereabouts is asked to contact Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or at 1-800-222-8477 if they wish to remain anonymous.

RCMP are searching for Makayla Chang. Nanaimo RCMP
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With files from Jon Azpiri and Amy Judd

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