A man who has been missing from Port Alberni since 2017 has been found. But his reappearance after five years has left his family with even more questions.
Brandon Cairney, missing since October 2017, resurfaced in the Lower Mainland earlier this month. Only he claims he is not the missing man from Port Alberni.
Cairney was 31 when he went missing. He was described in 2017 as reclusive, someone who spent a lot of time walking around the Alberni Valley, often as far away from the city as Stamp River Provincial Park or Mt. Arrowsmith Regional Park, and even Nanaimo. Cairney had had a brain injury and dealt with daily challenges as a result. He had been out of touch with family for two weeks when he was declared missing.
Cairney was featured in journalist in Season 2: Gone Boys. Palmer featured a number of men missing from Vancouver Island, and Cairney91裸聊视频檚 story was one of them. Palmer broke the news on Sept. 24, 2022 that Cairney had been found.
Palmer has for three seasons featured cold cases of people missing on Vancouver Island. This summer she started a brief series on a missing Port Alberni woman, Amber Manthorne, which is a current case. Manthorne is still missing. Palmer has occasionally posted updates to previous seasons. This is the first time she has posted that someone who was lost has been found.
Palmer said she received a message on Sept. 23 through social media saying 91裸聊视频渙ne of your Vancouver Island missing men turned up.91裸聊视频� The source didn91裸聊视频檛 identify which person had shown up.
91裸聊视频淚 checked in with the families,91裸聊视频� Palmer said in a Season 2 update: . 91裸聊视频淲ithout raising false hopes, I wanted to see if any of them had an update. And then a few hours later, I receive a note from a man named Mark Cairney.91裸聊视频�
Mark Cairney is Brandon91裸聊视频檚 uncle, and was one of the people Palmer interviewed for her Gone Boys series. He explained that Brandon had been picked up by border services representatives in Burnaby, for reasons that haven91裸聊视频檛 been made clear. Brandon has apparently been living in the United States for the past five years under a different name.
91裸聊视频淗e insists he is not Brandon,91裸聊视频� Mark Cairney wrote to Palmer. As of the podcast release date, Brandon Cairney had not contacted anyone back in Port Alberni. The family is struggling with the knowledge, according to Brandon91裸聊视频檚 uncle. His mother, Linda, told Palmer it was a shock to hear Brandon is alive, and difficult for her to comprehend why he is using a different name and not recognizing his Port Alberni family.
91裸聊视频淲e know he91裸聊视频檚 OK, but we still may never see him, and that brings up different emotions, of course,91裸聊视频� she wrote to Palmer.
Port Alberni RCMP aren91裸聊视频檛 saying much about Cairney91裸聊视频檚 reappearance. 91裸聊视频淎 person that was reported missing from Port Alberni in 2017 has been located safe in Burnaby,91裸聊视频� said Const. Richard Johns. 91裸聊视频淭he person that was located had a warrant for a DNA sample and that person91裸聊视频檚 identity was confirmed through fingerprints,91裸聊视频� he added.
susie.quinn@albernivalleynews.com
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