Video: Police Search For Grange Now ‘Reactive’
Over the past ten days the police have been very “proactive” in their search for William Grange, and now they have to transition into being “reactive”, the Police said today [May 12].
“We can no longer have the reliability of 60 – 80 people out a night,” said Detective Inspector Mark Clarke at a press conference today. “But it does not mean we have actually stopped looking for him.”
Mr. Grange’s son John also spoke at the press conference today, and said his mother is “devastated”, but she is still out looking for her husband.
“What gives her strength is the multitude of Bermudians out there looking with her,” added John Grange.
“I am standing here today as I believe he is alive. My mom is out searching today as we believe he is alive, ” said John Grange, who appealed to Bermudians to continue to look for his father.
Mr. Grange — who suffers from short term memory loss — arrived in Bermuda from Napanee, Canada earlier this month and has not been seen since approximately 10.00pm on the evening of Friday, May 2nd.
The 67 year old came for a 10-day vacation with his wife, and was staying at the Cambridge Beaches Resort in Sandys, and his son has said the family suspects his father may have went for a walk and become confused, and kept on walking.
Extensive island-wide searches over the past 10 days — which have included the Police, Bermuda Regiment, Marine Police, Police K-9 Unit, Regimental Boat Troop, Junior Leaders, as well as volunteer divers and members of the community — have failed to locate the Canadian visitor.
15 minute video of today’s press conference with the Police and John Grange:
Detective Inspector Mark Clarke said, “Today marks the 10th day since Mr. William ‘Bill’ Grange went missing from the Cambridge Beaches Resort, Sandys Parish area.
“The Bermuda Police Service continues to search for him. If anyone fitting the description of Mr. Grange is observed, engage the individual and contact the police immediately.
“Members of the Grange family, both close and extended, continue to assist.
“The Nursing Association as well as Cambridge Beaches Resort continues in their proactive efforts, organizing and conducting repeated searches of various locations.
“Both land & marine based police patrols will continue with their efforts and the public is encouraged to remain vigilant, actively searching and reporting all possible sightings to us.
“However, at this time the police search for Mr. Grange has transitioned from the proactive phase, where various teams of police officers were deployed to actively search for Mr. Grange, to the reactive phase, where specific police resources will continue to look for Mr. Grange, with patrol officers maintaining their priority response to any reported sightings by the public.”
“I would like to take this opportunity to commend the efforts of every volunteer and organization that has assisted in searching for Mr. William ‘Bill’ Grange.
“I also remind any resident who has security cameras to check any recorded footage they may have to determine if captured images of Mr. Grange exist.
“Any person who has any information in this regard should immediately call 295-0011 or e-mail mclarke@bps.bm.
“Once again, anyone who has seen or who may have information on the whereabouts of missing 67 year old Canadian visitor Mr. William ‘Bill’ Grange is urged to contact the main police telephone number 295-0011 immediately, reporting all relevant information,” added Detective Inspector Clarke.
Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa will be holding continued searches for Mr. Grange daily this week at 6:00pm from Monday through Saturday, and volunteers are asked to meet at the Reception Desk by 6:00pm.
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Time to call in the Monties or the Canadian equivalent of the FBI .
Please keep a heads up and also ask if the old 9 beaches have been searched I understand
I’m pretty sure the Bermuda police have searched 9 Beaches; all underbrush, hedges, etc as well as checking the airport and credit card usage.
100 people island wide is not really enough to cover every nook and cranny. This is getting more bizarre by the second.
What can they do differently? Why do people always think foreign expertise is better. If a hundred plus people haven’t found him, how will the mounties do any better? It’s not like the police botched the job, they just don’t have much to go on.
Question his wife
Agreed.
We haven’t heard from the wife.
someone above mentioned calling in the RCMPs…FBI…watever…it’s a little late now but im sure a couple of Ol’South Rednecks with their faithful bloodhounds could have put’em on a scent trail and led you right to his last footstep…but…who am i..?
many sympathies to the Grange family.
Shouldn’t we have a dedicated tracking dog, or are those drug sniffing dogs properly trained to track people. Would flying a blood hound in for cases like this make sense? Just asking.
sage,
Wouldn’t the trail/trace of human scent have disappeared by now–after this great lapse in time?
The BPS is too dependent and lean too heavily on the public to solve our problems. My view is that they are slack to act, are clumsy and unskilled when it comes to strategizing, organizing and taking swift and decisive action. They depend on the public to earn their hefty salaries for them. If I had my way I’d have many of them turn in their badges and weapons of defense.
Tho I’m sure we do have canine units specifically trained to track scents, not too sure that would’ve helped much; by the time they were called in any scents were likely to have long dissipated.
Assuming he actually is somewhere wandering around, by now it would be sheer luck of a dog picking up his trail.
Fly one in to track down your husband Mrs. Grange. Just a thought.
http://www.gak9.com/dogs-for-sale/
Have they checked the cruise ship that left last week to see if by some flute he was able to board one of them?
Keeping the Grange family in prayer.
No, that is not possible. First of all, there was no ship in the weekend that he went missing. Secondly, he would have to go through two security checkpoints to board the ship. Furthermore, he would have to have a ship boarding card and I.D. that matches. IF, by some bizarre chance he got on, then surely he would have been noticed wandering about and turned into authorities when the ship reached port.
He IS NOT on a cruise ship.
If the police concentrated on real crime, rather than booking people for “speeding” at 40 mph or rolling a stop sign we might find this guy. Seriously BPS focus on crime not revenue sources.
Take your moaning and bellyaching somewhere else. If you are unhappy that you got a ticket, suck it up. YOU were the one disobeying the law.
A man is missing. Take your petty complaints someplace else. Nobody feels sorry for you loser.
As a wife, this situation seems strange to me. Did the husband actually tell his wife he was going for a walk? If I had arrived on an unfamiliar island with my husband who had medical issues (seizures) and documented memory issues (it was stated he had been lost before at home), and if at 10 pm on the night of our arrival my husband said he was going out for a walk,I would have certainly said no or I would have accompanied him. Maybe there is more to this and I am sure I do not know all the facts but I can’t help but look at this with some suspicion.
Anyone check the departure records at the LF Wade airport???
The Hobie Cat is also missing from the Turtle Bay beach. How come no one mentions that?