Warning to Albertans to stay off the ice after bodies of family found in lake with their UTV
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The man who found the site where an Alberta family died earlier this week is warning others to stay off the ice.
The man who found the site where an Alberta family died earlier this week is warning others to stay off the ice.
The bodies of Kelly Pelsma, 39, his wife Laura, 37, and their eight-year-old son Dylan were removed from the waters of Lac Ste. Anne on Tuesday.
The family's UTV side-by-side was also found in the lake.
An RCMP spokesperson says the bodies were found about 100 metres from the shoreline near the Alexis Bridge.
The family was expected at a function on Dec. 23, but never arrived.
"We believe that they were going out on a little ATV trip. They had told people that was their plan from a cottage in the Lac Ste. Anne area," RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said.
Martin Junior Lavoie says he started to search for the family on the evening of Christmas Day after a neighbour's camera captured video of them riding their UTV in the area.
