Eva Pucci Couture just has to think about the 2019 disappearance of her son and she dissolves into tears.
There have been numerous searches on Elk Mountain in Chilliwack for 25-year-old Kristofer Couture in recent years but not a single trace of him has turned up.
含羞草研究社淚含羞草研究社檓 here today because it含羞草研究社檚 been five years to the day that Kris went missing,含羞草研究社� Couture said.
Couture was stationed outside the Sardis Safeway in Chilliwack all day on Friday (Jan. 26), graciously accepting donations alongside Chilliwack Search and Rescue, and Chilliwack Salvation Army Food Bank.
She was greeting community members, through her tears, and letting them know that her son含羞草研究社檚 still missing, and she含羞草研究社檚 still looking for him.
Her sorrow is all their efforts and kind wishes have turned up nothing to date.
She was on Elk Mountain on Thursday (Jan. 25) in Chilliwack when her phone rang. Someone was pledging $10,000 in new reward money to continue to the search for answers.
The only trace of Kris they found was his car with Alberta plates, at the trailhead of the Elk Mountain on Jan. 26, 2019.
Kris had reported to his roofing job workplace in Maple Ridge on Jan. 25, and had exercised at a gym in Burnaby on that same day. He was last seen leaving the Royal Columbian in New Westminster the following day.
Couture has described her son含羞草研究社檚 absence as being akin to missing a 含羞草研究社減iece含羞草研究社� of herself.
She hopes the new topped-up reward money, now totalling $20,000, will help jog someone含羞草研究社檚 memory.
含羞草研究社淚 cannot express our gratitude enough for their generosity.
含羞草研究社淲e含羞草研究社檙e hoping we含羞草研究社檒l get some more tips because there have been so few since the pandemic hit,含羞草研究社� she said.
She含羞草研究社檚 also planning to print out some fresh missing posters.
含羞草研究社淪o I含羞草研究社檓 hoping with the increase in reward money someone will remember something. So either they含羞草研究社檒l keep searching that mountain with me or maybe they含羞草研究社檒l just remember something from 2019.
含羞草研究社淏ecause there are still so many unanswered questions.含羞草研究社�
Couture said she doesn含羞草研究社檛 know if he actually went hiking on that fateful day of his disappearance, or was on the mountain at all? His car was found, with the back window smashed out several months after he went missing.
Maybe someone will remember seeing him in January 2019.
The mountain is holding all the cards, Couture said.
含羞草研究社淚含羞草研究社檝e tried to conquer that mountain but the mountain conquers me every time,含羞草研究社� she said.
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