Manitoba·UpdatedRCMP are renewing calls for the public’s help in finding a woman who went missing from southeastern Manitoba two years ago. ‘We need the help from everybody to solve this case’: RCMP renew plea for help finding 70-year-oldCBC News · Posted: Oct 17, 2025 11:46 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes agoManitoba RCMP say Ywanna (Jean) Backman was last seen on Oct. 13, 2023. She was 70 years old at the time and living in the rural municipality of Piney. (Submitted by Manitoba RCMP)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.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 authorities haven’t found her yet, RCMP said. “This is a case that’s out of the ordinary,” RCMP Cpl. Melanie Russell told CBC News. “We need to find closure.… It is hard to live an everyday life not knowing what happened to your mother.” Ywanna (Jean) Backman is pictured on Oct. 11, 2023, just days before she was last seen. Investigators believe she was wearing the same green jacket when she went missing. (Manitoba RCMP)Mounties have a photo of Backman from Oct. 11, 2023. She is wearing a green jacket investigators believe she might have been wearing when she disappeared. Anyone who may have information on Backman’s whereabouts or concerning her disappearance is asked to contact RCMP at 204-437-2041. Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com.”Every little piece of information will be a part of the bigger puzzle,” Russell said. “We need the help from everybody to solve this case at this point.”With files from Marjorie Dowhos
Search continues for Ywanna Backman, who went missing 2 years ago in southeastern Manitoba
