The parents of Christine Wood are holding a news conference today to make an urgent plea for help finding their missing daughter.
The news conference will be at the Winnipeg office of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, which represents most northern Manitoba First Nations.
Wood, 21, was last seen on the evening of Aug. 19 in the St. James area of Winnipeg. She was staying with family at a hotel in Winnipeg and went out for the evening. She never returned.
She is described as 5-foot-6, with an average build and shoulder-length dark brown hair. She was last seen wearing a green top with a red striped Adidas jacket and denim shorts. She was carrying a white purse.
Melinda and George Wood are searching for their 21-year-old daughter, Christine. (CBC)
George and Melinda Wood last saw their daughter around 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 19. The couple left their hotel room near Sargent Avenue and Berry Street, not far from the Winnipeg airport, to run to a store. When they returned, she was gone.
The family, from Oxford House First Nation, was in Winnipeg to accompany a family member to a medical appointment. They were set to return to Oxford House on Aug. 25.
When Wood didn’t return by then, George and Melinda Wood filed a missing person report with the Winnipeg Police Service. They have remained in the city to search for their daughter.