The last Monday of November marked the one-year anniversary of the last time anyone saw Yvon Shawn Guignard in Thompson and RCMP are once again requesting the public’s assistance in determining his whereabouts.
Guignard, 35, was reported missing Dec. 9, 2015 after having last been seen at the Thompson General Hospital in the early morning hours of Nov. 28 of that year.
Guignard was last seen wearing a light brown winter construction jacket with reflective yellow material and black ski pants. He is 6’1” tall with a slender build, weighs approximately 165 lbs and has blond hair and blue eyes.
His mother told CBC Manitoba in 2015 that her son, who has schizophrenia, had been visiting a friend at the Thompson hospital before his disappearance and that he had been staying in the Thompson homeless shelter until late November. Prior to that, he had worked at a gas station in Lynn Lake over the summer after earlier travelling to British Columbia. He had been released from St. Catharines General Hospital in the summer after admitting himself for mental health treatment and staying two weeks. Guignard’s mother said she thought he’d been off his schizophrenia medications for several months when he went missing and that he sometimes refers to himself by his given first name of Yvon when he’s ill, though his friends and family call him Shawn.
Anyone who sees Guignard or has information about his whereabouts can call Thompson RCMP at 204-677-6909 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477. Secure tips can be submitted online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com. Information can also be submitting by texting TIPMAN plus a message to CRIMES (274637).
Police say Guignard has a history of not taking his prescription medications and may be in medical distress and anyone who sees him should not approach him but contact police immediately.
