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Update: missing woman located
Published 1:36 PST, Thu December 3, 2020
Last Updated: 7:48 PST, Sun December 6, 2020
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Update: as reported Dec. 6, Barbara Veikle has been located.
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Richmond RCMP are looking for a 24-year-old woman missing since Sunday night.
Police say Barbara Veikle is a heavy drug user who is known to spend time on Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. She was last seen around 8:30 pm on Sunday (Nov. 29), when she walked away from an Emergency Response Centre for the homeless
She is described as a Caucasian female who is about five-foot-seven to five-foot-eight in height. She has blue eyes and long curly dirty blond hair, typically wears dark or black clothing, and may also have a backpack and a red blanket.
Anyone with information on the possible whereabouts of Veikle is urged to contact their local police, the Richmond RCMP at 604-278-1212, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.