Editors note: On Jan. 2, 2022, EPS said the woman was found dead. Police said her death was non-criminal in nature.
Edmonton police are asking the public for help looking for a 21-year-old woman after she went missing the evening of Dec. 28, as extreme cold temperatures continue to hit the city.
Davinia McKinney (nee Carter) was last seen in the city’s west end, in the Belmead neighbourhood near 182 Street and 90 Avenue around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Police said her husband spoke to her on a social media app at that time but she has not been heard from since.
McKinney was not dressed for the weather and had left her purse, cellphone and wallet behind.
The Edmonton area remains under an extreme cold warning. When McKinney left her home, the wind chill was around -35.
Friends and family say her disappearance is out of character and there is concern for her well-being.
Her husband, Braeden McKinney, is currently out of town working near Terrace, B.C., and said he believes she may have been in duress and had been drinking when she left the home.
“It’s pretty hard, she was having an episode,” he said. “My mom lives near us so she’s been working with the police and I’ve been posting on social media.
“That night (police) used K9s, the helicopter, and there was no heat tracings or anything,” Braeden said. “They used ground foot yesterday and the day before.”
McKinney is described as five feet seven inches tall and weighing 120 pounds with shoulder-length brown hair.
Anyone with information should contact the Edmonton Police Service at 780-423-4567 or by dialling 377 on a mobile phone. Tips can also be submitted anonymously online to Crime Stoppers.