More than 31 years after going missing in Kelowna, Charles Horvath-Allan is officially presumed dead in his home country of the United Kingdom.
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The 20-year old from Yorkshire, England, had been backpacking through Canada in 1989. On May 26, of that year, he went to the Orchard Park Royal Bank to cash a cheque and was never seen again.
He had been staying at the Tiny Town Tent and RV Park on Lakeshore Road in Kelowna for a few weeks before his disappearance.
Denise has been making trips to Kelowna periodically since her sonsa国际传媒檚 disappearance, her last being in September of 2018.
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Anyone with information on Charlessa国际传媒� disappearance is asked to call Sgt. Paul Gosling of the Kelowna Serious Crime Unit at 250-762-3300.
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