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did you know that there is a $10,000.00 reward offered now so perhaps that can be posted/reposted, it will be paid w. conditions of course, one being that luke is produced in some way, shape, form
latest reports say:Lucas maybe in Vancover
anyone in Vancover PLEASE watch for Lucas
Hi: so a guy phoned the police & swears he seen Luke run in front of his car outside the courthouse in pg...please keeps eyes peeled n ears open, even if all you heard is rumours please get in touch...prayers to all here..
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the whereabouts of local missing teen Lucas Degerness.
Degerness, who turned 15 on Tuesday, has been missing since June and his family had to celebrate his birthday not knowing if he was dead or alive.
The Missing Children Society of Canada sent two investigators to Prince George this week to try to find him. They have already examined his usual contacts and his last known location -- the vice-principal's office at Prince George secondary school on June 7 with his mother.
"He was kind of in some hot water, they had a meeting and it went smoothly," said Melissa Pickett, one of the MCS investigators. "He left the meeting in a good mood, we were told, and he was supposed to be going straight to his next class. He did not appear there."
What Degerness's true mood was is not known, nor are his actions immediately after the meeting. No one in his usual circle has seen or heard from him since.
All possibilities are being considered, said Dave Chittick, the other investigator. That includes suicide, running away, abduction, murder, there just isn't any way of knowing without some kind of conclusive information.
Police admit they have been beating the bushes and have only unconfirmed sightings for all their efforts. Degerness has been a troubled youth, here and in Edmonton, where he also spent time living, but both cities and several others besides have yielded nothing for either the RCMP or MCS, who started their investigation in October.
"We are kind of out of ideas on this one. We don't know what to think," said Chittick. "As much as you could theorize he ran away from home, usually in such situations someone would have heard something by now. Once you get down to investigating on the ground at street level, once you hit the key people in a runaway's life if often takes only hours to find street kids, but we have been there and done that in this case, and it just isn't that way."
That is why the society is putting up the $10,000 for anyone who can call in that key piece of news on Degerness that locates the boy - no matter what happened to him.
"There are a lot of people in his corner and they are all very concerned," said Chittick. "If someone has some specific information ... let's get it on the table so we can put this to rest as quickly as possible for the family, so everyone can move forward."
Chittick and Pickett also said to Degerness that no one is interested in giving him any trouble, his family doesn't have any argument with him, they just want to know he is safe. A phone call or a message through a trusted friend would be enough to ease their fears.
The MCS investigators are funded through the society, not paid by the family. They are also not getting in the way of the police investigation, which continues. They said they are going to be in constant dialogue with police to share their information with the Mounties' search, but sometimes people come to them rather than the police with sensitive information.
"Our only focus is 'where is that child?' but the RCMP have a lot of considerations when they investigate anything," Chittick said. "The police are very concerned about Lucas as well, they are keeping going with their investigation, we are here to compliment whatever they do."
Anyone with information should call 1-800-661-6160 or email tips@mcsc.ca This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
The RCMP can be reached at 561-3300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca .
please call Kerry and Wayne or Viv at 961-9965... or 963-1445,,,, anytime day or night... we want you home,, call us no questions asked
Police are asking for the public’s help in locating 14-year-old Luke Degerness, who was last seen by him family on Thursday, June 7, at 10 a.m. while attending school.
Luke is described as Metis, five feet, eight inches tall with a medium build. He has dark hair and eyes and was wearing a red ball cap, black T-shirt, jeans and white runners when he was last seen. Should you have any information regarding this youth, or his whereabouts, please call the Prince George Detachment of the RCMP at 561-3300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477).
The Constable involved rite now is Cst. Learning, my investigator is Melissa Pickett @ Missing Children Society of Canada, the toll-free # is 1-800-661-6160, my # is 250-614-0649. They have rebroadcast this info. on the country station here in Prince George, thanks to Cst. Godwin, the media liason for the RCMP here.
