{"id":925101,"date":"2026-10-08T09:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925101\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T09:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:08:13","slug":"police-search-for-missing-man-last-seen-in-vehicle-in-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925101\/","title":{"rendered":"Police search for missing man last seen in vehicle in Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investigators are asking the public for help finding a missing man who was last seen in a vehicle in Brampton.<\/p>\n<p>Peel Regional Police say Stedford, 70, was last seen around 3 a.m. on Wednesday in the area of Drinkwater Road and Chinguacousy Road in Brampton.<\/p>\n<p>Police say he left the area in a Grey Toyota Highlander with Ontario licence plate DBDR723.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are asking anyone with information to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>Stedford is described as a male standing around 5\u201911\u201d-tall and weighing 170 pounds. He has long hair, a grey beard and is known to wear eyeglasses. He was last seen wearing a white long sleeve striped shirt and grey track pants, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about can contact Peel Regional Police by calling 905-453-3311. Anonymous tips may also be submitted to Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/peelcrimestoppers.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.peelcrimestoppers.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When you contact Crime Stoppers you stay anonymous, never have to testify, and could receive a $2,000 reward.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MISSING PERSON:<br \/>Stedford, 70<br \/>-Last seen On Wednesday, October 7 at approx. 3 am in the Drinkwater Rd and Chinguacousy Rd area #Brampton<br \/>-male, 5\u201911\u201d, 170 lbs, with long hair, a gray beard and is known to wear eyeglasses.<br \/>-Last seen wearing a white long sleeve striped shirt and gray trackpants.<br \/>-He left in a Grey Toyota  Highlander bearing Ontario licence plate DBDR723<br \/>-PR260341088<br \/>^lm<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peel Regional Police (@PeelPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeelPolice\/status\/2107896348578033876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\tStay in the know.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe now to receive our daily email of today\u2019s top stories in your city!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Investigators are asking the public for help finding a missing man who was last seen in a vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-925101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925101","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=925101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}