“After days of uncertainty, we want to share that our son is resting in the arms of God the Father today.”. With this message, Jaime Gustavo Reyes Pineda said that in the last hours of Wednesday, January 31, his son, Óscar David was found dead in Canada after being missing for nearly eight weeks.
28-year-old Óscar David Reyes traveled from Colombia to Vancouver, Canada, on December 8 to learn English, according to his family.
The young man arrived in North America without any mishaps around 16:00 that Friday. But, The next day (December 9), he went missing after 5am after leaving a hotel in the coastal city of New Westminster..
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The Colombian Consulate in Vancouver confirmed this Óscar Reyes’ bag was found on December 29 Near Cleveland Dam in the municipality of North Vancouver. Later, on January 3, 2024, the consulate reported that a lifeless body was found in the same area.
The consulate informed that, given the situation, a DNA test was conducted on Óscar Reyes’ uncle, who lives in Canada, to try to compare the result with the test performed on the found body. The collected sample reached the responsible forensic medicine institution on January 22. The result would be known in the last hours.
“Today is a sad day for people but we celebrate life after death“We are grateful to our beloved Jesus Christ for allowing us to share 28 years with Óscar David and leaving our hearts full of love and teachings,” Jaime Reyes said in his final message.
The causes of death of the young Colombian in Canada are unknown so far.
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