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Thursday, July 20, 2023. Last updated at 6:34 am on July 30, 2023.

The BC Wide Amber Alert has ended and the children have been reunited with their family. PJXM has removed all photos dealing with this incident.

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UPDATE 5 –

Surrey RCMP continues to pursue every investigational lead and follow up on each tip received to help locate 10-year-old Joshuah Bolton and 8-year-old Aurora Bolton.

Surrey RCMP is providing updated information on two of the trailers in the possession of Verity Bolton, as well as information on another vehicle that may be in her possession.

Investigators believe that Verity Bolton and Abraxas Glazov may have access to a green 1996 Mitsubishi Delica (right-hand drive). The vehicle is registered to Verity Bolton, however is uninsured and it is unknown if there are any license plates on the vehicle. 

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**There have been NO further updates on this Amber Alert. If you have any information, please contact your local police detachment. As of July 27, 2023.

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UPDATE 4 –

Investigators have credible information to support the parental abduction of Aurora and Joshuah was pre-planned. This information supports that Verity Bolton, Robert Bolton, Abraxas Glazov have moved off the grid with the children and are believed to be living in trailers somewhere in a rural area.

Since the investigation began, Surrey RCMP has received over 180 tips; however, there has not been a confirmed sighting of Aurora or Joshuah since July 7, 2023, when they attended a gas station in Merritt. Police and family continue to have concerns for safety and wellbeing of the children.

Investigators are releasing details about Abraxas Glazov and Robert Bolton in order to advance the investigation.

Abraxas Glazov is a 53-year-old man from the Nelson, BC who has connections to the Deadman Valley and Vidette Lake area. He is an outdoorsman who enjoys fishing and he has a history of living off the grid for periods of time.

Robert Bolton is a 74-year-old man from the Chilliwack area. On June 30, 2023, Verity Bolton met up with her father at his residence and he has not returned since. Robert has health concerns and may present as confused and/or disoriented. The circumstances around this are part of the on-going investigation.

The public is going to play a major role in locating Aurora and Joshuah, states Media Relations Officer, Sergeant Tammy Lobb. We need the public to be alive to the information and photos we have shared and to be our eyes and ears and continue to call us with any tips and possible sightings.

Please see the attached photo of Abraxas Glazov.

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UPDATE 3 – The Surrey RCMP Serious Crime Unit has launched a tip line and dedicated email account to manage all tips related to the Amber Alert for 8-year old Aurora Bolton and 10-year-old Joshuah Bolton.

• Tip line: 604-599-7676
• Email: surreyamberalert@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

In addition to the children, Verity Bolton is believed to be travelling with her father Robert Bolton and her boyfriend Abraxas Glazov. Investigators have learned Robert Bolton was picked up by Verity Bolton and Abraxas Glazov, accompanied by the children, in Chilliwack on June 30. Surrey RCMP is releasing additional photos today, including photos of Robert Bolton and Abraxas Glazov. 

The investigation has also determined that Verity Bolton has access to a number of trailers. Surrey RCMP is releasing new images of the truck without its canopy towing a fifth-wheel on June 30 in Chilliwack.

A timeline of events is as follows:

June 28 – Children left with Verity Bolton for planned vacation.

June 30 – Robert Bolton picked up in Chilliwack, BC. The truck was towing a fifth wheel trailer, see image below.

July 7 – Verity, Aurora and Joshuah attended a gas station in Merritt, BC. The truck was towing the large travel trailer at this time. Link to July 20 afternoon release with photo of large travel trailer.

July 15 – Verity was in Kamloops, BC grocery shopping. The truck was pulling a horse trailer at the time. Link to release from morning of July 20.

July 18 – Surrey RCMP receive report that Aurora Bolton and Joshuah Bolton were not returned to their father on July 17 following a scheduled visit with their mother.

July 19 – Surrey RCMP issue Amber Alert

While investigators continue to exhaust all tips and information received, officers believe based on the investigation to date, that 8-year old Aurora Bolton and 10-year-old Joshuah Bolton are in the company of Verity Bolton, Robert Bolton, and Abraxas Glazov.

Frontline officers and investigators in General Investigation Units throughout the Southeast District as well as the Nelson Police Department have been assisting Surrey RCMP in following up on tips and sightings. Surrey RCMP is working closely with partner agencies including local search and rescue groups, the BC Conservation Officer Service who is assisting with ground searches and RCMP Air Services who is assisting with air searches.

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UPDATE 2 – Aurora Bolton and Joshuah Bolton left Surrey, BC, in the care of their mother on June 28, 2023, for a planned camping trip. They were due to return to their father, who is their primary guardian on July 17, but did not return and were reported missing the following day.

Through the investigation, police made a determination that there was an imminent risk to the safety and well-being of Aurora and Joshuah and an Amber ALERT was issued.

When the AMBER Alert was issued on July 19, the last known sighting was on June 30 in Kelowna, BC.

Since that time investigators have been able to piece together a timeline of confirmed sightings, including:

• On July 7, 2023 Verity, Aurora and Joshuah were confirmed to be travelling through the Merritt area. This is the last confirmed sighting of the children. Through video surveillance from a gas station in Merritt, police have also confirmed they were travelling with a large travel trailer (see picture). Police have learned they are likely travelling with two additional males – Verity’s father, Robert Bolton age 74 and Verity’s boyfriend, Abraxas Glazov, age 53.
• On July 15, investigators confirmed that Verity Bolton was in Kamloops, BC, grocery shopping. Based on a review of the video surveillance, the children were not seen in the store. At that time Verity Bolton was dressed all in all black, wearing a black baseball cap and black sunglasses. Police released images of the truck and trailer, which is described as a white bumper pull horse trailer being towed by a dirty dark blue 2012 Dodge Ram 2500, British Columbia license plate SJ2708.
   
• The Surrey RCMP Serious Crime Unit has assumed conduct of the investigation and is actively liaising with all partner agencies. Investigators are following up on all tips received and continue to pursue all possible investigative avenues to bring Aurora and Joshuah home safely. Anyone who knows the current whereabouts of Aurora or Joshuah is asked to call 911.
• Aurora and Joshuah’s immediate family is asking for their privacy, but have asked us to relay this message on their behalf.
• Our family would like to thank the RCMP for their ceaseless efforts as well as the public, who are sharing the AMBER Alert and have been calling in with tips. Our entire family is devastated by recent events. We ask everyone if they could continue to be vigilant in looking for Josh and Aurora, who we miss greatly and hope they will be returned home safe very soon. Our family is respectfully asking for privacy at this time.

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UPDATE – Police have released two new images in the ongoing BC Wide Amber Alert to find two children and their mother who failed to return the kids to their primary caregiver, the father on July 17, 2023.

It is also known that Verity Bolton is travelling with her father, Robert Bolton and her boyfriend Abraxas Glaszov. Police say they believe the children are in danger due to Verity’s mental health.

If you have seen Verity Bolton, the two children, or the pickup truck, please call 9-1-1 immediately.

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On Wednesday, the Surrey RCMP issued a BC Wide Amber Alert for two children who had not been returned to their father, by their mother, following a vacation in Kelowna.

The children have been in the company of their mother since June 28, 2023, when they departed Surrey, BC. They were supposed to be returned to their father, who has primary custody, on July 17, 2023, but they were not and no one has been able to make contact with them.

Verity and the children were last seen in Kelowna, BC on June 30, 2023 at Krafty’s Kitchen and Bar. Police have been advised that they were planning on camping in the area but have determined that the booking was cancelled.

Police believe they are travelling in a Blue 2012 Dodge Ram 2500 Crew Cab pickup truck, British Columbia license Plate SJ2708.

As a result of the investigation, the Surrey RCMP has issued a BC AMBER Alert in its efforts to locate 8-year-old Aurora Bolton and 10-year-old Joshuah Bolton of Surrey.

At this point in the investigation, based on the totality of information that has been obtained through the investigative steps taken, Surrey RCMP determined that this case met the criteria for an Amber ALERT.

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Police are also searching for the following vehicle believed to be associated to the suspect and described as:

• Blue 2012 Dodge Ram 2500, BC License Plate SJ2708