Manitoba man missing for 3 years was a 'kid at heart', sister says as search continues
CBC
Three years after he disappeared, the family of Dwayne Lavallee still hasn't given up.
"It's a struggle, but we're getting by," said Chantel Lavallee, Dwayne's sister.
The 21-year-old was last seen on Sept. 22, 2018, gassing up his vehicle at a store in Ebb and Flow First Nation — about 180 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg and just over 100 kilometres south of Skownan First Nation, where Dwayne was from.
No one has heard from him since. Days later, his vehicle was found north of Ste. Rose du Lac, about 40 kilometres west of Ebb and Flow, at the end of a dead-end road.
The large-scale ground and air searches that took place in the days and weeks that followed have now dwindled to searches by just a few close friends and family.
But Lavallee says the family can't, and won't, stop.
"I think we've come to terms with him being gone," she said in an interview with CBC News. "We're not going to accept it at the end because he's not home yet."