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Ray Kohout

RCMP renew plea for information into Salmon Arm man’s disappearance 23 years later

Apr 17, 2025 | 7:00 AM

SALMON ARM, B.C. — RCMP are renewing their call for help in finding a Salmon Arm man who’s been missing for 23 years.

Raymond “Ray” Kohout, a nurse, husband and father of three, was last seen at around 4:30 p.m. on April 29, 2002, riding a blue mountain bike on the Trans-Canada Highway between Salmon Arm and Canoe.

On September 11, 2002, his bike was recovered between Salmon Arm and Sicamous. Kohout has not been seen or heard from since.

Kohout is described as a white man standing 5’4” and weighing 150 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes and was born in 1960.