Victoria police are notifying the public of an alarming incident where a man approached a father and asked to buy his daughter.
“This is absolutely concerning. It is something we are taking very seriously,” said Const. Terri Healy.
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On March 1, just after 3 p.m., a father was at a retail store in the 1600 block of Hillside Avenue with his three-year-old daughter when a “suspicious man” approached them, according to police.
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“The man asked the father if he wanted to sell his child and offered to give him money,” Victoria police said in a release.
“The father felt threatened by the man and reported the incident to VicPD that evening.”
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Police describe the suspicious man as in his 70s, standing six-feet-two-inches tall with a heavy build, balding with shortly-clipped hair and possibly wearing glasses.
The incident could possibly turn into a child luring investigation, according to Victoria police.
Anyone with information related to the incident is asked to contact Victoria police at 250-995-7654, ext. 1.
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