A desperate search in the Sooke area ended in tragedy Sunday after the bodies of two men missing since Friday are believed to have been found.
RCMP say search and rescue crews still looking for a third member of the group, who were reported missing Saturday around noon.
Police said Cory Mills, Eric Blackmore and Anthony (AJ) Jensen were last seen leaving a residence on Otter Point Road around 11 p.m. Friday in a blue pickup truck.
“We can’t believe this is happening to us, and we can’t believe this happened to him,” said Blackmore’s father William McInnes Monday.
“It was raining super hard, and I bet they were just like, ‘Hey, we’ll go out and do some puddle jumping,’ dumb kid stuff.”
Members of Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue, along with family, friends and over 100 volunteers spent all day Sunday searching the area for the trio, who are each 20 years old.
The truck was later found near the 3000-block of Sooke River Road early Sunday afternoon, police said.
A short time later, RCMP confirmed two bodies had been found who were believed to be two of the missing men, but their identities have not been confirmed.
The search for the third missing man is still underway, with RCMP and Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue combining their efforts in the search.
The BC Coroners Service is investigating to determine the cause of death for the two men found.
The mother of one of the men said she could not say anything due to the police investigation.