Belleville, Ont., family still searching for answer 15 years after father’s disappearance – Kingston | 24CA News
Sunday marked 15 years since an investigation into the unusual disappearance of Belleville man Calvin Vanness was opened.
Through all these years, his household has been making an attempt to unravel the thriller.
“He was very much a family man, old fashioned,” stated his son, Travis.
This is the lasting reminiscence of Vanness, to his kids and grandchildren.
In March of 2008 the 65-year-old retired Nortel worker went off to see his brother in Arden, Ontario.
This can be the final time anybody would ever hear from him.
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Belleville, Ont., household nonetheless looking for solutions 14 years after father’s disappearance
“I know for a fact that there’s people out there with information. We would just love an anonymous call and to be given the location of his body,” stated Travis.
Travis stated it wasn’t uncommon for his father, an avid hunter with household and mates in northern Ontario, to go off the grid, however when no one heard from him for per week, concern crept in and a police investigation was opened.
All the extra complicated, two weeks after his disappearance, police found his automobile on the Gardiners Road carpool lot in Kingston, a spot his son stated there can be no motive for him to have been within the first place.
“Somebody else drove that vehicle to Kingston and put it in the lot, he didn’t do that,” added Travis.
As the police investigation continued and no leads have been discovered, years started to move, and the household was pressured to just accept that they’d seen their father, maybe for the final time.
It was in 2010 that the Belleville Police turned over the case to the Ontario Provincial Police.
Global News reached out to the OPP however they have been unavailable for an interview.
As of final yr there was nonetheless a $50,000 reward put out by police for info within the disappearance of Calvin Vanness.
“He hasn’t been forgotten, you know. it still drives us, a little batty,” added the youthful Vanness.
Travis stated reliving the expertise yearly to make public appeals for info is painful.
Despite the ache, he says, he will get by with some assist from his household, and the reminiscence of his father.
“I’ve still got three kids. [The] world keeps spinning, you know. It’s what he would’ve wanted. Just keep going, don’t worry about it,”
Anyone with any info relating to the disappearance of Calvin Vanness in 2008 is requested to contact the OPP.
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