Second search ends

Police conducted one last underwater search for missing 15-year-old Jordan Wabasse Friday.

As of Friday afternoon, the OPP underwater search and rescue team hadn’t turned up any new evidence in the search for the missing teen, who was last seen Feb. 7.

The two-day effort is the second underwater search on the Kaministiquia River for Jordan.

Thunder Bay Police Service Det. Don Lewis said If nothing new was found by the end of the day, the next phase of the search will come when the snow and ice is gone.

“We’ll plan for another foot search of the river banks,” he said, adding the dive team may return again once the snow is gone.

“The challenge with waiting until the summertime is you have – along the river banks – the foliage that will grow and make it difficult to see those spots,” he said.

“That’s why for the next three to four weeks, we want to get onto that as soon as the snow and ice disappears.”

Police are also considering bringing the OPP helicopter back for another aerial search now that the ice is almost gone from the river.