RCMP finds missing family of 3 dead in Lac Ste. Anne County

A missing family of three have been found dead in Lac Ste. Anne County, according to Parkland RCMP.

A missing family of three have been found dead in Lac Ste. Anne County, according to Parkland RCMP.

The Pelsma family, 39-year-old Kelly, his 37-year-old wife Laura and eight-year-old son Dylan, were reported missing on Dec. 25. RCMP were informed that the family was overdue to attend a function. They were last seen two days before, on Dec. 23.

The family had gone off-roading in the Lac Ste. Anne County on their side-by-side utility terrain vehicle, according to a news release from RCMP on Tuesday.

Their bodies were recovered in an area near the Alexis Bridge, off Range Road 40A at Lac Ste. Anne on Tuesday. Members of Parkland RCMP, Lac Ste. Anne County Fire Service and an underwater recovery team assisted in the effort.