Kelowna RCMP searching for high-risk youth

Mounties in Kelowna are asking the public for assistance locating a high-risk youth who needs medical care.

Police say Sydney McDougall is currently under care of a local area hospital, but failed to return after being granted a two hour pass.

McDougall was last seen with two other people at the Petro-Can gas station at Highway 97 and Old Okanagan Highway, but did not return with them to the hospital.

The RCMP did not say what day or time McDougall went missing.

Sydney McDougal is described as an Indigenous female youth. She is 5’8″ tall and heavy set, with long black hair below her shoulders.

She was last seen wearing a thing-length black coat, grey sweatpants, and slippers.

Sydney McDougall (photo courtesy of the RCMP)

Police ask that anyone who locates Sydney McDougall call 911 immediately and stay with the girl until officers arrive.