Family of missing Abbotsford man issues plea for information

The family of a missing Abbotsford man is asking the public for help finding him.

In a press conference with the Abbotsford Police Friday, the family of 27-year-old Wesley Bosman — who was last seen on foot at 3 a.m. Tuesday near Ash Street and Cedar Avenue — said their son is quiet and typically keeps to himself.

“He’s a nightowl,” said Randy Bosman, Wesley’s father.

“He’ll gladly stay up all night long, online gaming, that sort of thing.”

The family says it’s very out of character for him to not be in touch, since he has a very predictable routine, working at a gas station or sometimes heading up to the Shell station near his family’s home.

He does not have any regular hangouts.

Randy says the past few days have been the worst of his entire life.

“We are killing ourselves here — we’re not eating, we’re not sleeping,” he said.

“It’s brutal.”

Bosman is described as 6’2″ and 120 pounds with short dark blonde hair and an orangish/brown moustache with some traces of a beard. He was seen wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and navy blue jogging pants.

Community members have started a Facebook page called “Find Wesley Bosman,” which has over a thousand people keeping tabs and sharing new information.

A video shared in the Facebook group by Wesley’s father shows the moment Wesley walked out the front door.

Randy says his son may have been wearing a dark green shirt with black sleeves.

Abbotsford Police Department media relations officer Const. Jody Thomas says they have had tremendous support from the community.

“We’ve had lots of tips that have been called in,” Thomas said.

“All of those tips have been negative thus far to locate him. We actually have Wesley’s brother here today, because Wesley’s brother has been mistaken for him. So if you take note of his appearance, he does look a lot like his brother. But all of our tips leading up to thus far, we have not been able to locate him.”

Randy has a message for Wesley.

“Wes, you know we love you. We miss you, and we just want to know you’re OK,” he said.

“If there’s anyone nearby who can just give us a hint that you’re OK, that’s all we ask for.”