It’s the home stretch for the family of a man, who went missing more than a year ago, to gather the last signatures for a petition supporting the use of cellphone emergency alerts to find vulnerable adults after they disappear.
Earl Moberg went missing in Winnipeg’s River East area on Dec. 12, 2023. He was 81 at the time and suffered from dementia.
On the night Earl disappeared, Winnipeg police activated a silver alert — issued to inform the public about a missing adult who is considered vulnerable.
But his family is pushing the federal government to create a national strategy where those alerts show up on cellphones in a similar way Amber Alerts are broadcast for missing children.
“We don’t want any other seniors to go missing and a family to suffer like we have,” said Brenda Moberg, Earl’s wife.
The family has submitted a petition to the federal government with more than 4,400 signatures from across the country since October in support of the changes to the existing silver alert system.
On Saturday, Brenda set up a table at McIvor Mall located in North Kildonan with pictures of her husband and a QR code for people to sign the petition.
FULL STORY: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/earl-moberg-missing-silver-alert-1.7435456
