Mounties are expected to announce an update Wednesday on the investigation into the disappearance of a Merritt cowboy in late January.
Ben Tyner was last seen on the afternoon of Jan. 26 at the Nicola Ranch where he had worked since November. His horse was found two days later, riderless and in full tack, on a logging road off Highway 97 near Winnie Flats.
TODAY: @BCRCMP are expected to provide an update into the disappearance of Ben Tyner, a Merritt cowboy who disappeared in late January.@BlackPressMedia
BACKGROUND: https://t.co/vmh1kPPK4J— Kat Slepian (@katslepian) February 13, 2019
On Thursday, RCMP announced the southeast major crime unit had been brought in to help with the investigation and warned Merritt residents of an increased police presence in the area.
A wide-ranging search by police units and search and rescue crews was suspended on Feb. 10, although at the time RCMP said the investigation into Tyner’s disappearance was “not over.”