The search for missing Vancouver Island father Ben Kilmer has been scaled back one week after the 41-year-old electrician went missing. Friends and family plan to continue their own search, however police and search and rescue efforts have been suspended. On the afternoon of May 16, Kilmer's work van was found abandoned on Cowichan Lake Road west of Duncan with the engine still running. Ben Kilmer, 41, went missing on Wednesday under suspicious circumstances. At its peak, close to 100 volunteers and 60 search and rescue team members were searching the dense forest and rural area around where Kilmer's van was found.

Source: CBC News May 23, 2018 18:00 UTC