West
Van police search for missing teen
Frank Luba, The Province
Published: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
West Vancouver police have issued a public appeal for help
in finding a Squamish Nation teen who disappeared after
going to Surrey to meet a man she had met on the Internet.
Alexa Baker, 17, was last heard from when she called
a relative Sunday from the "baby section" of
the Sears department store at Guildford Mall in Surrey.
Her guardian contacted police, who began their investigation.
Det. Erin Findlay of the West Van police said Baker has
no history of going missing. "At this point, we'd
just like to know she's safe," said Findlay. "Because
of her age and because we don't know who she's gone to
see, we'd like her to call [police or family]," she
said.
Anyone who has seen Baker is also asked to call West
Vancouver police at 604-925-7300.
Baker is five feet seven inches tall and weighs about
300 pounds.
She was wearing a brown, knee-length puffy coat, brown
furry boots and long dangling earrings. Baker was also
carrying a pink wrist purse.
The resident of Ho-mulchsen, which is also known as the
Capilano Reserve, began her journey to Surrey by boarding
the SeaBus at Lonsdale Quay at about 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.
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