RCMP are renewing calls for the public’s help in finding a woman who went missing from southeastern Manitoba two years ago.

Ywanna (Jean) Backman was last seen on Oct. 13, 2023. She was last in touch with a friend two days later.

Mounties couldn’t find Backman, who was 70 at the time, at her home in the rural municipality of Piney on Oct. 19, 2023, after getting a request to check on her well-being.

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Backman’s disappearance triggered an extensive ground search that brought together residents, volunteers and several specialized RCMP units, RCMP said in a news release Friday.

The Manitoba Integrated Missing Persons Coordination Centre has investigated a number of tips and done interviews since Backman went missing, but authoritie

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