Search coordinator hopeful Wabasse will be found safe

Fifty to 100 volunteers have kept up a daily search for missing teen Jordan Wabasse in Thunder Bay.
Wabasse, 15, was last seen Feb. 7 and was reported missing by a guardian the next day.
“We have a great team of volunteers … mostly friends and family from Webequie, who are searching along the Kaministiquia River and Westfort areas,” said search coordinator Lillian Suganqueb.
The search has focused on these areas based on evidence of his presence the night Wabasse went missing. Wabasse was seen on a city bus and got off at Mary Street near Holt Place in the evening.
A cap, similar to one he was wearing that night also turned up on the Kam River bank, which prompted the OPP to search the river with a dive team. The hat was sent for DNA testing.
An aerial search was also conducted with an OPP helicopter.
While few leads have come from the volunteer search, Suganaqueb is confident Wabasse will be found safe.
“Everyone is fully motivated to find Jordan,” she said.
“Every day, we feel like this is the day we’re going to find him.”
Wabasse’s parents called on a medicine man to help with the search March 5-6.
While hesitant to reveal what the medicine man was able to reveal to the family, Suganaqueb confirmed he “supported the family and helped with the search.”
Anyone with information about Wabasse should contact the Thunder Bay Police at 807-684-1200 or his parents at 807-285-7282.