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Deanna Wertz Missing Person Case

Last seen in Salmon Arm, British Columbia on Jul 19, 2016

Victim Details

Deanna

Wertz

56

46

62 inches

62 inches

119 lbs

119 lbs

Indigenous

Female

Pants sweatpants Shirt Grey, T-Shirt

Jul 19, 2016

Salmon Arm

British Columbia

Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP

Vernon-North Okanagan

British Columbia

250-545-7171

250-545-7171

Law Enforcement

NR-16-15909

Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP

Brown

Brown

Brown

No

09/22/2026


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In the summer of 2016, the community of Salmon Arm, British Columbia, was marked by the unsettling disappearance of 46-year-old Deanna Wertz. On the morning of July 19, Deanna was at her residence on Yankee Flats Road. An avid and experienced hiker, she was known to enjoy long walks in the wooded terrain surrounding her home. It is believed she set out for one such hike that day, but she was never seen or heard from again. Her sudden vanishing left behind her personal belongings, deepening the m ...
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Last Seen: Jul 19, 2016

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