The mother of a missing Saanich man is calling for the publicB次元官网网址檚 help locating Sean Hart, 34, who was last seen leaving the Seven Oaks Tertiary Mental Health facility on Nov. 6

Nearly three weeks after the 34-year-oldB次元官网网址檚 unexpected disappearance, Penny Hart travelled to Saanich from Calgary in an effort to draw attention to her sonB次元官网网址檚 disappearance. On the morning of Nov. 26, Penny made a public statement during a joint press conference with the Saanich Police Department.

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As of 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning, approximately 45 Peninsula Emergency Measures Organization (PEMO) search and rescue volunteers have been scouring Mount Douglas ParkB次元官网网址搉ear where Seven Oaks is locatedB次元官网网址� in search of any evidence of HartB次元官网网址檚 whereabouts. There is no sign of him so far.

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Penny has been in Victoria since Nov. 18, plastering missing posters all over the city and asking residents if they have seen her son.

Hart, a Caucasian man who stands six-feet tall and about 130 pounds, has blue eyes and long, curly, brown hair. He was last seen dressed in black clothing and wearing a white mask.

Penny said she had spoken to her son just two days before he went missing and that he had been doing better than ever before.

B次元官网网址淪ean was doing so well. I had gotten my son back,B次元官网网址� she said. She explained that Hart first got sick when he was 15 after taking copious amounts of LSD. In the last year, she said that he had been stable and Seven Oaks had been allowing him more freedoms. Penny believes that this, combined with a relationship that went bad, were too much and triggered him to leave on Nov. 6.

Because Hart has schizophrenia and has been off his medication for 20 days now, he requires immediate medical attention. Police ask anyone who spots him should call 911 and not approach him. A Mental Health Act warrant has been issued for his arrest.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the Saanich police non-emergency line at 250-475-4321.

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