After nearly three months of searching, the RCMP has located missing seven-year-old Sarah Jackson and her father, Michael Gordon Jackson — more than 1,300 kilometres away from Regina in Vernon, British Columbia.
In partnership with the Regina RCMP General Investigation Section, Vernon RCMP officers found both people in a vehicle parked outside a business in Vernon, B.C. at noon on Feb. 24, the RCMP explained.
Police arrested Jackson without incident and placed him in custody; he will return to Saskatchewan soon for court proceedings. Meanwhile, officers found the young girl safe and reunited her with her mother, Mariecar, later that day.
“Mariecar has been waiting for this day — and that phone call from our investigators — since last year. She would like to thank everyone who played a role in helping to locate her daughter,” the RCMP said. “This includes every single person who took a moment to listen to her pleas released (within the past couple of weeks and those) that shared these videos and kept the conversation about her daughter going.”
The Saskatchewan mother has asked for privacy right now since she wants time to reunite with Sarah.
The RCMP thanked the many police officers from several law enforcement agencies in different provinces who assisted in the investigation since November 2021. The RCMP noted that it received numerous tips and bits of information from multiple provinces about this case.
“The first video we released on Feb. 15 reached over 440,000 people and was shared over 13,000 times. In the first hour after posting the second video (recently), the video was shared 177 times and reached over 4,500 people,” the organization said.
The RCMP added that it could not reveal details about the steps officers took to find Sarah or Michael since the investigation is still ongoing.
