Surrey/Kelowna – UPDATE: JULY 20 – Verity Bolton was seen on security camera footage outside a grocery store in Kamloops on Saturday, July 15. The two missing children could not be seen in the footage. Bolton was dressed in all black, including a hat and sunglasses.
Verity and her children left the Lower Mainland area for a planned vacation in the Okanagan on June 28. It was confirmed that the mother was planning to go on a camping trip with her children, but the booking was cancelled. She was meant to return from the trip with the children on July 17.
The Surrey RCMP Serious Crime Unit has assumed conduct of the investigation and is actively liaising with all partner agencies. Investigators are following up on all tips received and continue to pursue all possible investigative avenues to bring Aurora and Joshuah home safely. Anyone who knows the current whereabouts of Aurora or Joshuah is asked to call 911.
Aurora and Joshuah’s immediate family is asking for their privacy, but have asked us to relay this message on their behalf.
Our family would like to thank the RCMP for their ceaseless efforts as well as the public, who are sharing the AMBER Alert and have been calling in with tips. Our entire family is devastated by recent events. We ask everyone if they could continue to be vigilant in looking for Josh and Aurora, who we miss greatly and hope they will be returned home safe very soon. Our family is respectfully asking for privacy at this time.
JULY 18 ORIGINAL STORY – On July 18, RCMP received a report of two children who had not been returned to their father, by their mother, after a vacation to the Kelowna area.
As a result of the investigation, the Surrey RCMP has issued a BC AMBER Alert in its efforts to locate 8-year-old Aurora Bolton and 10-year-old Joshuah Bolton of Surrey reported missing on July 18 from Surrey.
They would have passed through the Fraser Valley en route to Kelowna.
RCMP say the kids and mom were last seen at Kraftys Kitchen and Bar in Kelowna. The mother was also spotted in Kamloops without the children.
Aurora Bolton is described as:
Age: 8 years old
Hair: Brown
Race: Caucasian
Joshuah Bolton is described as:
Age: 10 years old
Hair: Brown
Race: Caucasian
Police are also looking for Verity Bolton:
Age: 45
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Race: Caucasian
Police are also searching for the following vehicle believed to be associated to the suspect and described as:
Blue 2012 Dodge D250, BC License Plate SJ2708
