Police are searching a rural farmer’s field outside of St. Thomas for a man missing since Aug. 1, 2023.
“Officers attended an address in the county following up with the lead on missing person Kyle Hancock,” explained Sgt. Travis Sandham of the St. Thomas Police Service (STPS).
STPS officers began looking through the corn on Southdale Line just east of the city after Hancock’s recognizable e-bike was found by a farmer while combining the field.
“Monday we started into picking this field of corn and taking the headland off along the road,” said Bill Walters.
He explained, “The third width of the combine in, came across an e-bike that was standing in the cornrows. We just wheeled it to the edge of the field and stood it up against some bricks that were there and next thing I know there were police here looking at it and they’ve turned this field into an investigation.”
Walters added the bike had a flat back tire, and the wires to the battery were hanging down.
Hancock’s family said despite creating missing person’s posters and posting along with STPS on social media, they have only had what they believe to be two sightings which seemed plausible in the past three-and-a-half months.
In an exchange with CTV News London, Hancock’s sister Amanda said, “It does look like the bike has been there for a long time however which was concerning. We were hoping he and the bike would be found together.”
On Friday afternoon officers and detectives went farm to farm over the entire concession, and asked permission to search barns for the missing person.
