Calgary police extend search for missing 11-year-old Parker after AMBER Alert
Police extended the search for 11-year-old Parker after 500-plus tips, CCTV review and canvassing produced no evidence of abduction.
Calgary police extended the alert for 11-year-old Parker after more than 500 tips, CCTV review and door-to-door canvassing produced no evidence of abduction. Alberta’s emergency alert system had issued an AMBER Alert for Calgary on July 18 at 13:35 HRS, after the Government of Alberta granted an exemption for the Calgary Police Service.
Parker was reported missing on July 16. The provincial alert said he was last seen in Thorncliffe at 12:52 p.m. that day, while Calgary police first said he had been reported missing from Cambrian Heights. Investigators then released CCTV footage showing Parker at about 12:34 p.m. near McKnight Boulevard and Centre Street, followed by another image captured at 12:52 p.m. in the 5000 to 6000 block of Travis Crescent N.E.
At a media update on July 20 at the CPS Westwinds Campus Media Centre at 5111 47 St. N.E., Acting Staff Sgt. Scott Guterson said investigators had already followed up exhaustively on tips, witness reports and video leads. Police said more than 500 tips had been received and assessed, and they had carried out extensive video review and canvassing from door to door. Guterson also said he could not recall a missing child search in Calgary that had involved that level of effort.
The appeal widened after the update. Global News said Guterson urged residents, landlords and realtors with vacant homes near where Parker was last seen to contact police if they had any information or footage. The Calgary Police Service has been directing people to its tip line at 403-428-2250, and the City of Calgary also told the public to call 403-266-1234.
CBC News said Parker is autistic and functions at a two- or three-year-old level, a detail that has shaped public attention to the case and the urgency around the alert. Police have not said they have evidence of an abduction, and the trail so far has rested on cameras, tips and searches around the last confirmed sightings.
With the AMBER Alert extended and investigators still working through hundreds of calls, the unanswered question is whether one overlooked clip or one more witness will connect the 12:34 p.m. sighting to the 12:52 p.m. image and produce the break police have not yet found.
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