Mounties ask for help as they look for missing Fort Smith teen girl as well as Hay River teen boy (Updated)

Keira Lena Olfie's photo courtesy of RCMP

According to two RCMP news releases that came in at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, both teens have been found safe.

RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen girl from Fort Smith and a missing teen boy from Hay River.

In a news release, Mounties state that Keira Lena Olfie, 16, was last seen on Monday at about 9:00 pm near the Fort Smith Public Library.

Keira Lena Olfie is described as Inuit, 5’2″ tall with a slender build.

She has brown hair with red highlights, and brown eyes.

Police say at the time of disappearance, Keira Lena Olfie was wearing jeans and a sweater  but the colour of both garments is unknown.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Keira Lena Olfie is asked to call Fort Smith RCMP at 872-1111, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 nwtnutips.com, (click on “submit a web tip”) or text: “nwtnutips” plus your message to 274637.

Meanwhile Hay River RCMP is again asking for the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Dallas Casaway-Gray.

RCMP in Hay River are looking for 14-year-old Dallas Casaway-Gray. (Photo courtesy of RCMP).

There does not appear to be a connection between the two disappearances.

Dallas Casaway-Gray was reported missing on Monday, and was last seen Monday just after midnight at his residence in Hay River.

“Dallas Casaway-Gray has been reported missing several times in the last 2-3 weeks,” police state in a news release. “RCMP publish news releases on missing persons and ask for the public’s assistance when they have exhausted all avenues of investigation to locate, and believe the missing person may need help or their safety could be at risk.”

Dallas Casaway-Gray was located last week in northern Alberta, according to RCMP.

He is described as First Nation, with short brown hair, brown eyes, measuring 5’8” (177 cm) and weighing approximately 136 lbs. (62 kg).

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Dallas Casaway-Gray is asked to call Hay River RCMP at 874-1111, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 nwtnutips.com, (click on “submit a web tip”) or text: “nwtnutips” plus your message to 274637.

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John McFadden
John has been in the broadcast journalism industry since the 1980s. He has been a reporter in Yellowknife since 2012 and joined CKLB in January of 2018. John covers the crime and court beat as well as reporting on other areas including politics, business, entertainment and sports. He won seven national community newspaper awards while he was a journalist with Northern News Services Limited (NNSL). John worked in Ontario before coming North including stints as a TV sportscaster in Peterborough and senior news writer for CBC and CTV in downtown Toronto.