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RCMP searching for missing Oceanside woman after her abandoned van found

Nov 22, 2017 | 1:43 PM

NANAIMO — The discovery of an abandoned van has police turning to the public for help finding a missing woman. 

Oceanside RCMP said 36-year-old Carmel Gilmour was last seen in Parksville on Nov. 15 while driving her van. 

Nearly a week later, the same van was reported abandoned by a Qualicum Beach resident on Nov. 21 with Gilmour nowhere to be found. 

She’s Caucasian with long brown hair and hazel eyes, standing 5’6″ with a medium build.