He has no ID as he left
his room as if he would return soon. This is now 3 weeks and
after intensive searches of the rivers by divers and
helicopters etc. in Kelowna, no sign of life. His parents
are in turmoil as my whole family is.
He has not used his
bank card since the 10th.
Please pray for Mike.
At this time it is the most we can do
Kelowna News January
20, 2006
Every day he’s
gone, Michael Bosma’s condition will get worse. Every day
he’s gone brings him more confusion and disorientation.
Every day he’s gone wears on family who miss him so.
John and Wendy Bosma told reporters Thursday that they
believe their 26-year-old son could be just about anywhere.
He has been missing since he walked out of a transition home
for people with mental disorders on Monday, Jan. 9.
The 6-foot-one, 270-lb man suffers from schizophrenia and is
coming off a break down.
Without his medication, his parents can only guess at his
current condition.
“He will be confused, disoriented,” Wendy said.
“He is not dangerous or anything but when you’re disoriented
you can do anything that can cause a chain reaction of other
things.”
He wouldn’t hurt himself or others, she says, but
schizophrenia is a thought-disorder that could lead him into
any situation.
He was diagnosed at age 19, but at times since then Bosma
has led a very regular life.
He has friends, had his own apartment and even attended
college for a time. The stresses of exams last fall led to a
break down that landed him in hospital.
He was staying at Coral House when he walked out around 9
a.m.
He was due for his medication at 11:30 p.m. but never showed
up.
No one from the home contacted the Bosma’s until the
following morning.
“I was surprised by that,” Wendy said.
“If he was staying at our house and he wasn’t back, we would
have been out there to look for him.”
He removed some money from a bank account at a Chevron
station at Pandosy Street and Harvey Avenue Tuesday morning
but from there seems to have vanished with very little cash
and no identification.
Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for his detention
under a mental health warrant.
At first, Wendy figured he might be at the mall, where it is
warm.
She thought maybe a movie theatre or Internet cafe or
sipping a coffee at Tim Horton’s, his favourite.
She has even gotten tips from some people but none of them
have panned out.
He’s hitch-hiked in the past, and he’s clean cut so perhaps
someone gave him a ride.
The Bosma’s have to rely on people who might have seen him
because it’s less likely that he will see the dozens of
missing person notices, newspaper articles or radio and
television messages.
Wendy, John, his two brothers just want him back
“Mike, come home,” Wendy says.
“We love you and miss you and are waiting
for you to come and
live with us again.”
