Police in Edmonton, Canada, are asking the public for help locating two children of Dominican origin, ages nine and six, who were last seen on August 28 with their father, who is also missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a September 8 notice from the Edmonton Police Service, Scot MacDermid, 42, was last seen with his children, Lesley and George, at Manning Town Centre in northeast Edmonton, near 155 Avenue and 37 Street. Neither the father nor the children has been seen or heard from since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The children\u2019s mother is Dominican and was identified as Edilenia L\u00f3pez Aquino. She and MacDermid are divorced and share custody of the children. The family lived in Puerto Plata for several years, where MacDermid maintains business interests, and according to information provided by journalist Edith Febles after speaking with the mother, authorities believe the three could be in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police described MacDermid as 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing about 160 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Lesley, 9, is 4 feet 4 inches tall, weighs about 45 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. George, 6, is 4 feet 2 inches tall, weighs about 45 pounds and also has brown hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cScot MacDermid has not been located, and neither he nor his children have been seen or heard from since August 28. Therefore, police are concerned for their well-being,\u201d the police notice states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyone with information about their whereabouts is asked to contact Edmonton Police at 780-423-4567<\/a> or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous tips can also be provided through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477<\/a> or online at P3 Tips. Police advise members of the public not to approach them<\/strong> if they are spotted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Police in Edmonton, Canada, are asking the public for help locating two children of Dominican origin, ages nine and six, who were last seen on August 28 with their father, who is also missing. According to a September 8 notice from the Edmonton Police Service, Scot MacDermid, 42, was last seen with his children, Lesley […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":523420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-523419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2caf","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/d42a231b-c8e4-497d-ad98-590187362b69.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/d42a231b-c8e4-497d-ad98-590187362b69.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}