Editor's Note: Police located the body of Ryan Armstrong on June 13, 2023. No foul play is suspected.
Another police search for a missing Timmins man is underway.
Timmins Police is searching a wooded area at the end of Mountjoy Street South as part of its investigative effort to find Ryan Armstrong, who was reported missing on June 6.
Today's search includes the Timmins Police emergency response team (ERT), OPP and the Timmins Porcupine Search and Rescue Unit. A search of the area last week didn't turn up anything of "investigative significance."
"A public appeal for information remains in full effect in regards to any potential sightings or providing any other relevant information as to his location and well-being," said police in a news release.
While police have made several appeals for help in locating Armstrong, few details have been released about the ongoing search.
Police have not commented on where Armstrong may be or if he's still believed to be in Timmins.
He was last seen wearing a light-coloured hoodie, track pants with a reflective stripe down the side, teal running shoes and headphones. He is described as:
- A white male
- 5' 8" tall
- 200 pounds with a muscular build
- Blue eyes
- Spiked light brown hair with blond highlights
- A number of tattoos on both arms, hands, neck and face
In 2017, Armstrong was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter and improperly or indecently offering an indignity to human remains for the killing of Vikki Heppner in 2016 in British Columbia.
SEE: Former Timmins man pleads guilty to manslaughter: report
With time served prior to being sentenced — which is 1.5 days for every day — Armstrong had a credit of three years and 356 days. In most cases under Canadian law, federal offenders are granted statutory release after serving two-thirds of their sentence, allowing them to serve the remainder of their sentence in the community under some form of supervision.
Police have maintained that there is no threat to public safety.
Anyone with relevant information is asked to call Timmins Police at 705-264-1201.
