Searchers will resume their search for a elderly person who went missing from a Cobourg retirement on Monday evening.
It’s believed the person was last seen Monday, January 5, 2026 inside the Victoria Retirement Residence on University Avenue East in Cobourg.
Cobourg Police were called when staff couldn’t locate the individual.
A police canine unit was called, along with members of OCEAP (Ontario Community Emergency Assistance Program) and later on members of the Cobourg Fire Department.
With flashlights, searchers scoured the streets, alleyways, parking lots, creek beds checking for any sign of the individual that may have been wearing sandals.
Temperatures through the night were approximately -6.
At approximately 5 a.m. the search was called off with no sign of the missing individual and police said it will resume in the daylight hours.
Update – Police request the public’s help to locate a missing 77-year-old male.
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