08-03-2025
RCMP asking for help locating missing Prince County man
Police in Prince Edward Island are asking for the public's help in finding an 83-year-old Summerside man who's been missing since Friday.
Elmer Arsenault was last seen Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Wellington Co-Op driving a silver 2013 Toyota Matrix with the P.E.I. licence plate 789 JB, RCMP said in a news release.
Arsenault is described as five feet 10 inches tall and 220 pounds with grey short hair and green eyes. He was last seen wearing a green hoodie and grey pants.
Family and friends have also reated a Facebook group where they've been posting updates about the search efforts.
Hoping for help from the public
Cpl. Gavin Moore, the P.E.I. RCMP's media relations officer, said the police continued to search roads in Prince County overnight and into Saturday.
He encouraged people to check any doorbell camera or security footage they may have from the time Arsenault was last spotted in the Wellington area.
"We're certainly grateful for all of the community members who are out and making their own efforts to try and locate Mr. Arsenault," Moore told CBC News.
"The more eyes we have out there looking, the more possibilities and the more hope we have of finding a positive resolution to this."
Moore said the RCMP has contacted ground search and rescue and air services about adding those resources to the search efforts.
"When we have winter conditions and somebody who is 83 years old, those are certainly factors that come into this," he said. "We certainly hope that Mr. Arsenault is well and our efforts continue to find him."
