Underwater team returns to search for missing teen

Police will conduct another underwater search in an effort to find a teen who has been missing since early February.

Officials with the OPP confirmed Wednesday that the underwater search and recovery unit will begin searching the Kaministiquia River, just east of the James Street Bridge, on Thursday.

Jordan Wabasse, 15, has been missing since Feb. 7.

"The idea of the search is a follow-up to the initial one that was conducted back in February," said Thunder Bay Police Service's spokesman Chris Adams. "This search will be a little more extensive. It will cover more water now that the ice is out of the river and the water conditions, hopefully, tomorrow will be stable."

Adams said searchers plan to use technology in Thursday's search, which could last a couple of days.

"They have a couple of different sonar devices they can use, and in this case they're also going to be using a boat to allow them to cover a little bit more ground. The idea is that they can cover more water, they can take a look at the bottom of the river and cover much more distance than they did earlier."

At the time of the first search, the underwater team was able to conduct a limited search, which led to the retrieval of a baseball cap that likely belonged to Jordan.
That underwater search lasted three days.

Since then, volunteer search teams discovered a shoe in the same area that may have also belonged to Jordan.