Former Hatters — family of 4 — reported missing from Surrey

By Jeremy Appel on September 14, 2018.

The Anderson family, originally from Medicine Hat, went missing earlier this week from their home in Surrey.
Pictured: Mariah, Nona and Chanel Anderson. Not pictured: Sheldon Anderson.--SUBMITTED PHOTO

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A family of four originally from Medicine Hat were declared missing from Surrey on Tuesday evening, according to the local RCMP detachment.

The Anderson family was reported missing to the Surrey RCMP by another family member.

Missing are Sheldon, the father, a 43-year-old who is about 5-foot-10, weighing about 190 pounds with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes; Nona, the mother, 45, who is about 5-foot-9, with a medium build and long blonde hair; Chanel, their 13-year-old daughter, who’s approximately 5 feet, with a thin build and long blonde hair; and daughter Mariah, 10, about 4 feet with a thin build and long blonde hair.

Their names all appear in a Medicine Hat News obituary published in 2014 for Sheldon’s step-father Maurice Cote.

It’s unclear when they moved to Surrey.

They were last seen on Sept. 9, and contacted Sept. 10 around 9 p.m. by a relative.

Their vehicle — a 2002 tan-coloured Toyota Sienna mini-van with Alberta licence plate BGZ-2221 — was last seen Sept. 11 leaving the parking garage of their Surrey home.

“They have not been seen or heard from since,” read a Surrey RCMP news release.

“Investigators believe they could possibly be driving to Alberta.”

The Surrey RCMP was unable to comment by press time on this suspicion.

The release also noted the family frequently visits Minoru Park in nearby Richmond.

Medicine Hat Police Service Insp. Joe West says the case is on their radar and they’re working together with the Surrey RCMP “to ensure we cover all the bases.”

This could involve MHPS interviewing local relatives, he added.

“We got a tip from the public that the family may live here and once we knew that, we contacted the Surrey RCMP and will offer any assistance,” said West.

Anyone with further information about the Andersons’ whereabouts is asked to contact Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502, MHPS at 403-529-8481, or anonymously via CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.