🚨 Family of Darius Macdougall Releases Statement Following Unrelated Family Death – Southern Alberta
The family of six-year-old Darius Macdougall, who went missing while camping in southern Alberta, has spoken publicly for the first time since his disappearance. Their statement, posted Tuesday to the “Bring Darius Macdougall Home” Facebook page, offers both new details about the day Darius vanished and news of another devastating loss within the family.
Darius disappeared on September 21 while camping with relatives in the Livingstone Public Land Use Zone. The family said they had arrived two days earlier with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins to celebrate several birthdays. Darius was there with his father, his father’s girlfriend, and her daughter, Kya. His mother did not attend the trip.
According to the statement, the family was packing up to leave when Darius went missing. “The kids were playing on the island adjacent the camp, just across a creek where the adults could see them,” reads the post. “Darius, Kya, and a cousin were walking and playing together when Darius was suddenly gone.”
The children immediately alerted adults, and Darius’s grandmother called 911. Search-and-rescue crews arrived within twenty minutes. Over the following 11 days, hundreds of volunteers from Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan joined the search, but Darius was never found, and the formal operation was eventually called off.
Tragically, the family also confirmed that Kya passed away in a separate, unrelated event. RCMP said officers responded to a medical emergency and confirmed that the incident was not criminal. An obituary revealed that the six-year-old girl died on October 10 at Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary.
“This was an unexpected, horrible tragedy for a family already feeling broken from Darius’s disappearance,” the family’s statement said. They extended heartfelt thanks to the staff at Pincher Creek, STARS Air Ambulance, and Alberta Children’s Hospital for their care and compassion.
đź“ž How to Help
Anyone with information regarding the disappearance of Darius Macdougall is asked to contact RCMP or local law enforcement. Supporters can help by sharing official posts from the “Bring Darius Macdougall Home” Facebook page to keep awareness high.
đź”— Sources
- Family statement via “Bring Darius Macdougall Home” (Facebook)
- RCMP Alberta and media reports
👉 What You Can Do
Keep Darius’s story visible by sharing official updates, offering support to the family, and spreading awareness about ongoing missing person cases across Canada.
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