RM of Elton — Update – Blue Hills RCMP searching for missing 78-year-old female

Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Update – Rita Mawer has been safely located. The RCMP thanks the public and the media for their assistance.


On December 25, 2024, at 8:30 pm, Blue Hills RCMP received a report of a missing 78-year-old female.

Rita Anne Mawer, 78, who goes by “Anne”, told her family she was returning home from Brandon. She left at 5 pm and is believed she may have gotten lost with the fog in the area. She resides near Alexander.

She was last seen in her vehicle around 9:30 pm heading eastbound on Provincial Road 259, driving towards Rivers in her dark green colored 2014 Honda CRV with Manitoba plate GXC 479 (stock photo attached).

Her family and RCMP have been searching the roads in the area without success.

If you’ve seen Rita Anne Mawer or have any information on her whereabouts, please call 911 or the Blue Hills RCMP at 204-726-7519.

Blue Hills RCMP continue to investigate.