Kelowna Capital News, October 22, 2013

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You don’t have to wait 24 hours to report a loved one missing, according to the Central Okanagan Search and Rescue and Kelowna RCMP. This was the takeaway from an incident in Ellison over the weekend which saw a 40-year-old man from Kelowna die while apparently out looking for firewood near James Lake—and remain missing for nearly 24 hours. Accessed via Bata Road in the hills behind Sunset Ranch Golf and Country Club, the James Lake area is a heavily wooded enclave patterned with small dirt side roads that would make a search a difficult task, particularly as the authorities were not contacted until six hours after the individual, whose name has not been released to media, was due back. “Obviously, I don’t want to put any blame on the family,” said Const. Kris Clark, Kelowna RCMP spokesman. “…But those are daylight hours that we could have been searching.” The man left home on Saturday morning and was expected to return around 3 p.m. He was reported missing to Kelowna RCMP close to 9 p.m. at night. The police initiated a ground search immediately, but quickly recognized they would need more personnel. Central Okanagan Search and Rescue was called in shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday morning and Vernon Search and Rescue was en route when the body was located very close to the man’s vehicle on a side road in the area. It was 4:45 a.m. Clark said television shows portray police as wanting loved ones to wait 24, or sometimes 48 hours, before contacting police, but it’s really best to call as soon as one perceives there to be a problem. There are no repercussions if a person reported missing is found immediately. A statement issued Monday morning indicates the search and rescue team is of the same mind.

Looking his victim’s widow in the eye in a Kelowna courtroom Monday, Mark Batraki apologized for causing a crash that took the life of Jules Kreeft. “I’m terribly sorry for what happened. I wish there was more I could do,” Batraki told Vivian Kreeft. “I just want you to know I wish this never happened.” Batraki, 38, pleaded guilty Monday to driving without due care and attention in relation the March 2012 crash that killed Jules and injured Vivian. They had been waiting for a red light on their motorcycle when they were rear-ended. Outside court, Vivian told reporters she didn’t hold any ill will against Batraki, who has had trouble with the law since his parents died, one within a year of the other, when he was a teenager. “We all make mistakes,” she said. “I just hope he can get some counselling. “It’s got to be hard for him, losing his parents at a young age.”

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