Family is ‘distraught’ in search for missing man along B.C.’s Coquitlam River
The daughter of a man missing after taking a walk along the Coquitlam River remains hopeful her dad will be found alive four days after he disappeared.
Jessica Belding says her family is “distraught” that 59-year-old Robert Belding is missing after walking his brother’s dog near the Metro Vancouver river on Sunday.
She says her dad and his brother went to a friend’s home that borders the river to help with a flooded basement and her dad took the dog for a walk but didn’t return.
Coquitlam was one of the hardest hit areas as an atmospheric river weather system rolled over southern B.C., bringing more than 250 millimetres of rain between Friday and Sunday.