Image: B.C. RCMP /  RCMP members are asking for the public's help in locating a 7-year-old girl who was reported missing on Thursday, May 1. She is described as Caucasian, 4 feet tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. 

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Missing girl

Update: Chilliwack RCMP say they’re not requesting any assistance with search efforts for missing 7-year-old

May 2, 2025 | 8:12 AM

UPDATE 8:08 A.M. FRIDAY MORNING: The public is being urged to avoid the area of Chilliwack Lake Road as police and Search and Rescue personnel use all technology available to find Lily as quickly and safely as possible.

“We understand the public’s concern and wanting to help; however, the search consists of difficult terrain and is a heavily wooded area,” wrote the Chilliwack RCMP. “Untrained personnel in the area will make search efforts more difficult and put others at unnecessary risk.”

UPDATE 7:35 A.M. FRIDAY MORNING: As the search continues for the missing 7-year-old, Chilliwack RCMP say they are not requesting any assistance with search efforts at this time. Police say volunteer assistance is not needed at this stage of the search for the missing 7-year-old.

UPDATE 6:32 A.M. FRIDAY MORNING: B.C. RCMP spokesperson Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says the search for the missing 7-year-old is ongoing this morning.

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CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP members are asking for the public’s help in locating a 7-year-old girl who was reported missing on Thursday, May 1.

According to a statement from B.C. RCMP spokesperson Staff Sergeant Kris Clark from RCMP E Division, Mounties are appealing for help in locating Lily Coursol, who was last seen around 4 p.m. in the 50800 block of Winona Road in the Chilliwack River Valley.

Police say Lily apparently followed her neighbour’s dogs into a wooded area but did not return with them. An air and ground search are currently underway.

Description of Lily:

• Caucasian girl
• 7 years
• 4 ft (122 cm)
• light brown hair
• brown eyes

She was last seen wearing all pink clothing.

The RCMP file number is 2025-16992. 

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Lily Coursol is urged to contact their local police at 604-792-4611 (Chilliwack RCMP), or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).