The Ottawa Police Service is asking for the public’s help to find 14-year old Lydia Oyukuluk, who was last seen Wednesday around 6 p.m. in the 1000 block of Gladstone Avenue. Police are asking residents to check their properties and surveillance footage for possible sightings.(Photo courtesy of Ottawa Police Service)
Ottawa police ask residents to check sheds, garages in search for missing Inuk teen
Lydia Oyukuluk, 14, was last seen Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Ottawa police are asking residents in the 1000 block of Gladstone Avenue to check their properties and surveillance cameras as they continue searching for a missing 14-year-old girl.
Lydia Oyukuluk was last seen Wednesday, Oct. 28, at about 6 p.m. in the area, police said in a news release Thursday.
On Friday, police asked people in the area, including along Spadina Avenue and surrounding streets, to check backyards, sheds, garages and other places where Oyukuluk might have sought shelter.
They are also asking residents to review doorbell camera and surveillance footage from Wednesday evening onward for possible sightings.
Temperatures in Ottawa dropped to 8 C early Friday morning, according to Environment Canada online weather reports.
OPS media spokesperson Julie Kavanagh confirmed Friday that Oyukuluk is Inuk.
She is described as four-foot-nine with a petite build and long black hair partially dyed red at the back.
She was last seen wearing baggy black sweatpants, a black camouflage hoodie and socks. She was not wearing shoes.
Anyone who sees Oyukuluk is asked to call 911 so she can receive immediate assistance, an updated release said. Anyone with information about her whereabouts can contact Ottawa police at 613-236-1222.
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