Rescuers Look for Dead 7-Yr-old’s Missing Dad in Vancouver’s Boating Tragedy

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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RCMP has confirmed the death of a seven-year-old girl in a boating incident north of Vancouver after her body was found in the water on Saturday night. The search for the girl was prompted after a boat was discovered drifting near Anvil Island in Howe Sound. According to the Mounties, the crews are still searching for the girl’s father, i.e. a 60-year-old man from North Vancouver.

Sources claim that a North Vancouver dentist, William Liebenberg, is the missing man and the body of a 7-year-old young girl discovered by search and rescue workers yesterday was his daughter Maddy. Lions Bay Marina’s Brian Staines revealed to have known the missing man well. He explained that “we all did. They were really nice people,” adding that the father and his daughter departed the marina Saturday in a 21-foot aluminum commuter boat but they never returned.

Earlier in the day helicopters and a plane also looked for the 60-year-old man. Speaking about Liebenberg, Staines stated that “he was an amazing person. He did lots for people here.” He also added about his daughter that “she was just like a little angel. They were inseparable.” The family has a cabin on Gambier Island and used the marina often during summer months for the past seven or eight years, he said. A land search for the missing man is also underway. Police say there’s no indication of foul play but that they aren’t ruling anything out.

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