Alberta RCMP search for 2 missing children, 2 wanted adults possibly in Okanagan<\/p>\n
Published 2:05 pm Friday, July 17, 2026<\/p>\n
Six-year-old Lanakai Morrison, who was reportedly taken by his mother, Krista Morrison and her partner Daniel Ludwig, remains missing, and Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit continues to seek assistance in locating the child.<\/p>\n
Also missing is four-year-old Karl Morrison, Ludwig\u2019s son.<\/p>\n
The children are suspected of being with Krista and Ludwig.<\/p>\n
Police believe they were in the Okanagan Valley near Vernon, possibly travelling east towards the Kootenays, but note \u201cthey are very mobile and could be in Northern B.C., the Yukon or Alberta.\u201d<\/p>\n
Morrison and Ludwig were last believed to be driving a 2006 Red Ford F350 with a lift and large tires. They may also be driving a motorhome, according to a July 17 RCMP news release.<\/p>\n
The original Amber Alert for Lanakai was issued on July 7.<\/p>\n
Beaverlodge RCMP confirmed a sighting of Lanakai in Fort St. John on Wednesday, July 8, at approximately 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
The Amber Alert for Lanakai was cancelled in Alberta and British Columbia on July 10, and a day later was also cancelled in the Northwest Territories.<\/p>\n
Alberta RCMP said their alert was cancelled as \u201cthere\u2019s no reasonable expectation the public, in Alberta, will be able to action the instructions in the alert.\u201d<\/p>\n
They did not provide further details.<\/p>\n
Lanakai Morrison is described as:<\/p>\n
Six years old
\nSlight build
\nLong, light brown hair
\nBrown eyes<\/p>\n
Karl Morrison is described as a four-year-old with blonde hair.<\/p>\n
Krista Morrison and Daniel Ludwig are both wanted by police for abduction in contravention of a custody\/parenting order.<\/p>\n
35-year-old Krista Morrison is described as:<\/p>\n
5 feet 8 inches tall
\nMedium build
\nLong dark brown hair
\nBrown eyes<\/p>\n
35-year-old Daniel Ludwig is described as:<\/p>\n
5 feet 11 inches tall
\nLarge build
\nBrown hair and brown eyes<\/p>\n
Please contact the Beaverlodge RCMP at 780-354-2955 or your local police if you have any information on their whereabouts. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the \u201cP3 Tips\u201d app available through the Apple App or Google Play store. To report crime online, or for access to RCMP news and information, download the Alberta RCMP app through Apple or Google Play. To contact the RCMP\u2019s non-emergency line within any Alberta RCMP jurisdiction call 310-RCMP(7267).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alberta RCMP search for 2 missing children, 2 wanted adults possibly in Okanagan Published 2:05 pm Friday, July…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,79004,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-809367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-okanagan","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}