Almost a year later, the search for Grant Moffat continues.
Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial service that marks the day last year that the cattle producer from Forrest, Man., disappeared on his way to an event in Ste. Rose, Man.
“It’s not a funeral. It’s just a time for his friends and family to come together and remember him,” said Janie Hale, Moffat’s sister, who lives in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.
“At this point, we don’t know how long it could be before he is found. So I just thought that it would be appropriate to have something to remember and obviously pray for his safe return.”
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Moffat was a well-known Charolais breeder, editor of several cattle association newsletters, photographer and supporter of youth in the cattle industry and 4-H.
The service will be held at Central United Church in Brandon at 10 a.m. Aug. 18.
Hale said no new information has been brought forward regarding his disappearance, despite the $10,000 reward being offered.
Moffat was last seen on a Friday morning. His burned car was found on Sunday morning.
“He was going to go fishing with a friend later that afternoon. That’s the last he was seen.”
Two search efforts were undertaken shortly thereafter. One group combed the highway from Crane River south to Amaranth, and the other east from Ste Rose.
Dozens of volunteers assisted in the effort, searching area ditches and back roads on foot, horseback and ATVs, as well as by aircraft.
Const. Cindy Harvey of the Blue Hills RCMP detachment said the investigation into Moffat’s disappearance is ongoing.
“We have an active investigation and we are following up any tips that come in,” she said, adding that a number of tips, some anonymous, have been received as recently as two months ago.
In the meantime, his cattle and farm near Forrest are being looked after.
“We’re just carrying on as if he was just away,” Hale said.
“That’s all we can do.”
