Yellowknife RCMP ask for public’s help as they search for missing man (Updated: found)

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An RCMP patrol vehicle. (CKLB file photo.)

Posted By: John McFadden October 21, 2019

Update: Yelllowknife RCMP say Nelson has been located, but did not provide details on where he was found.

Yellowknife RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Eric Nelson, 47.

According to a news release issued Monday morning, Nelson was last seen about 9:00 pm on Saturday, October 19, in the area of the Pilot’s Monument, in Old Town.

Eric Nelson is described as First Nation, with short black hair, brown eyes.

He is 5’5” (167 cm) tall and weighs about 158 pounds (72 kg).

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Eric Nelson is asked to call Yellowknife RCMP at 669-1111, 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.

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