Gull Lake, Alta. – A travel trailer which was the temporary living accommodations of evacuees from Fort McMurray was stolen from the overflow area of the Lakeview Campground at Gull Lake. The trailer was subsequently recovered, but several sentimental and special items belonging to the family were missing from the trailer.
On June 5, 2016, the owners of the travel trailer reported it stolen to the RCMP. The next day the travel trailer was recovered on Range Road 263 North of Milton Road. The owners reported that their sentimental possessions were taken from the trailer. A description of some of the valued items taken are as follows:
– Heirloom jewellery; in particular two rings of great sentimental value
– A girl’s purple BMX bike with purple pegs
– A boy’s lime green BMX bike with black pegs.
*These bikes belonged to children who have been displaced from their home.
The RCMP is appealing to anyone who may know something about this theft to come forward. It is important to have these items returned to the family. “This situation is traumatizing to a family who have already faced a traumatic event” said Sergeant Whitney Benoit, Operations NCO at Blackfalds Detachment.
If you have information about this investigation, please call the Blackfalds RCMP at 403-885-3333 or call your local police detachment. If you want to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), by internet at www.tipsubmit.com, or by SMS (check your local Crime Stoppers [www.crimestoppers.ab.ca] for instructions). You do not have to reveal your identity to Crime Stoppers, and if you provide information to Crime Stoppers that leads to an arrest(s), the recovery of stolen property, and/or a seizure of illicit drugs, you may be eligible for a cash reward.