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Lambton OPP release new detail about disappearance of Deana Timms
March 10, 2023
Lambton OPP are releasing more information about a 34 year-old Brooke-Alvinston woman who hasn’t been seen since Feb. 2021.
OPP issued a news release Friday saying the Crime Unit has been following up on tips about the disappearance of Deana Timms. Police say she left a home in London in Feb. 2021 with another person. She planned to return to Lambton but Timms has not been seen since.
When police first asked for help finding the woman, they said she may have been spotted in Sarnia in August 2021.
Police are concerned for her well-being and are continuing to ask the public for help finding the woman who also has ties to the Watford-area.
Police are asking anyone with information about Timms, who is 5’4″ and about 120 pounds with brown eyes and hair, to contact the OPP through a dedicated tip line 1-844-677-9402 or by emailing OPP.TIMMS.Missing.Person@opp.ca.
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