Update: On May 20, 2022, at approx. 1:30 pm, Manitoba RCMP Search and Rescue located Leo Cyr deceased. The death does not appear to be suspicious. Steinbach & St-Pierre-Jolys RCMP continue to investigate.

On May 20, 2022, at approximately 8:00 am, Steinbach RCMP received a report of a missing 72-year-old male, Leo Cyr, from Giroux.

He was last seen on May 19, at approximately 8:00 pm, on Highway 59, near Dunning Road East, in his vehicle.

Family attended his residence Thursday night to check on him, but he was not home, and his vehicle was gone.

72-year-old Leo Cyr from Giroux. (Photo supplied by RCMP)

At approximately 7:25 am this morning (Friday), St-Pierre-Jolys RCMP received a report of a vehicle stuck in a water filled field, near Highway 75, between St. Adolphe and St. Agathe.

Officers attended and located the abandoned vehicle. It was determined that the vehicle belongs to Leo Cyr.

A search of the area is currently underway.

Leo Cyr is described as 5’11”, 250lbs with brown eyes and balding brown/grey hair. He was last seen wearing a blue long-sleeved, collared shirt and blue jeans.

Anyone in and around the area of Highway 75 between St. Adolphe and St. Agathe, please be on the lookout for Leo Cyr.

If you see him, please call police immediately. If you have information, please call Steinbach RCMP at 204-326-1234.