5-year-old, grandparents disappear from Calgary home

[CedarMeter]

Geez I hope they're there. And I hope no one gets hurt.

[Minnie]

The police presence being there since last night explains why a friend saw 5 units headed toward Airdrie as she was coming this direction on her way home last night. We wondered if it might be connected.

[transplant99]

Do we know this is related to the disappearance for sure? Or is it just guessing/trying to connect dots at this point?

It simply could be its own seperate incident....no?

[Drury18]

Police/RCMP have yet to confirm that the presence in Airdrie is officially related to the 3 missing people, however the number of CPS are growing on the scene.

My understanding of the RCMP/CPS relationship is that unless this is related to a CPS investigation, CPS would not attend as this is not their jurisdiction. If it was simply something to do with someone in the country, it would be an RCMP matter.

Jim Wells ‏@SUNjimwells 5m
More @CalgaryPolice have arrived....lost count of # of police vehicles near Airdrie

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Raekwon

Yeah I guess it makes sense, I called it in. Wish I got more info for them.

Looks like you saw the actual truck.

[Acey]

Cool seeing some of the RCMP tanks, easy to forget they have these types of special ops vehicles.

[Drury18]

CPS/RCMP have set up a search operation now:

Jim Wells ‏@SUNjimwells 1m
Abt 30 RcMp member are now doing a shoulder to shoulder search near an airdrie propeety

News Talk 770 ‏@NewsTalk770 4m
Quite a few police vehicles in the yard itself as well & it appears a tent has also been set up. #yyc pic.twitter.com/gG6Bj98ahw

This is the area where police are setup and searching. NE of Airdrie.

[Raekwon]

This is weirder, I know the guy that lives next to that house.

Edit: it is his neighbour, he just said to me "It's been a gong show since around 5 last night when the arrested the neighbors son"

Edit edit:

"As soon as I saw it on the news I knew it was his truck"

[Acey]

Those type of resources plus the heavy CPS presence, this couldn't possibly be anything aside from this Amber Alert.

A more zoomed out view.

[Drury18]

Looks like the search might now be moved to Airdrie.

iNews880 ‏@iNews880 33s
Calgary Police confirm the search in the city's Parkhill area is over. No word on activity outside Airdrie yet. #yyc

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Raekwon

What's the odds I just saw the exact truck driving home to Airdrie, thing is this one had quite a few rust spots all over so it didn't fit the kept in very good condition statement.

Originally Posted by Lanny'sDaMan

Odds don't matter, you call the CPS and let them decide if it's pertinent. This is too important to waffle about.

Originally Posted by Raekwon

Yeah I guess it makes sense, I called it in. Wish I got more info for them.

Wouldn't it be incredible if we witnessed the break in the case in this series of posts on CP?

[Drury18]

The fact that it appears that Raekwon and his neighbour lead to an arrest is good news.

Hopefully the missing people are found in good condition so that this becomes one heck of a good news story.

[Lanny'sDaMan]

Well Raekwon, looks like the odds were 1 to 1!! I am so very glad you took my advice and called it in.

[Raekwon]

He says he didn't see the news until after they took him down, he is older and not technical otherwise he might have seen it on his work provided iPhone lol

[Drury18]

This is the probably the closest to a confirmation that we will get at this point that it's related (aside from Rawkwon pretty much confirming it)

Corp. Carol McKinley of the RCMP says the operation is part of a Calgary Police Service investigation and the RCMP is assisting the CPS led response.

Read more: http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/large-poli...#ixzz36dBbWH1f

Again, in rural Alberta, RCMP would be the primary police response for anything unless it's an ongoing CPS investigation.

A shed on the property appears to be the primary search area now:

Reid Southwick @theredsouth · 9m
Crews searching shed on property at the centre of police presence NE of #Airdrie. At least 10 ppl visible from here

At least a dozen crews have re-entered this shed at rural property NE of #Airdrie. Site of police presence.

[Raekwon]

Also the timelines don't quite add up, they were at the property NE of Airdrie about 5, I saw the guy just after 5 in SW Airdrie heading west, maybe he got tipped off? If I saw a picture I could probably confirm the driver.

[jayswin]

I really don't like the looks of that search, if that is indeed the second scene of the kidnapping. You'd think if they arrested someone a while ago and they were alive on that property, they would have found them by now.

Not trying to add to the speculation/rumor mill, but when you combine the "signs of struggle and injury" at the Calgary home with what appears to be an intense grid search of that property....I don't know, doesn't look good to me.

I'd almost rather they don't find anything there at this point, hopefully they're somewhere else and they just found the guy there.

[Drury18]

^ I have to agree. That looks more like your standard "looking for a weapon in a crime" sort of search then a "looking for living people" search.

Plus, they keep going back into a shed. If you have someone alive in it, I'm sure they would be attempting to make some sort of noise when you hear a number of police or people in the area.

Hopefully we are both wrong.

[Roof-Daddy]

Please just let these people still be alive and well, especially the little 5 year old boy who hasn't even had a chance to live his life yet.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Raekwon

If I saw a picture I could probably confirm the driver.

Did you tell the police this as well?