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Revelstoke RCMP searching for Robert Cline Kinnee

The RCMP are looking for help finding Robert Cline Kinnee after his vehicle was founded abandoned on a logging road north of Revelstoke.
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Robert Cline Kinnee.

The Revelstoke RCMP are looking for help finding Robert Cline Kinnee after his vehicle was founded abandoned on a logging road north of Revelstoke.

It is not know what exactly happened to Kinnee.

RCMP say they were alerted to an abandoned 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee on the Big Mouth Creek Road off Highway 23 North near the Mica Dam on May 20.

Police believe that based on the location and condition of the vehicle it had been abandoned since late October.

RCMP believe Kinnee checked out of a Revelstoke hotel on Oct. 7, 2014, and went to visit family in Calgary before returning to Revelstoke.

Cpl. Thomas Blakney of the Revelstoke RCMP said they contacted Kinnee's sister after finding the vehicle. She said she hadn't heard from him in a long time, so the missing person's report being filed.

PHOTO: A 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee registered to Robert Cline Kinnee.

Kinnee, 56, worked in the oil fields around Fort McMurray, and was also into tree planting and mushroom picking.

He is described as having brown, greying hair and green eyes, He is about six feet tall with a slim build.

RCMP have conducted a helicopter search of the area and will doing a ground search with Search & Rescue on Saturday.

Anyone with information about Kinnee is asked to contact the RCMP at 250-837-5255 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.