Police search North End property linked to disappearance of Cody Harper

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The 28-year-old was last seen in the Elmwood area on Oct. 13, 2021 and was reported missing on Nov. 1, 2021.

On Wednesday, Winnipeg police missing persons unit and forensic services unit, along with equipment assistance from the RCMP, began executing a search warrant on a property in the 200 block of Selkirk Avenue near Charles Street regarding evidence related to his disappearance.

Cody Harper
Cody Harper has been missing since Nov. 1, 2021. Winnipeg police and RCMP on Wednesday were searching a property in the 200 block of Selkirk Avenue. Photo by handout /Winnipeg Sun

Police scene tape stretched across multiple properties with visible activity centred around a garage at the rear of a boarded-up house at 274 Selkirk Avenue. Police could be seen clearing items from the outbuilding and entering the property with digging tools.

Cst. Claude Chancy, a Winnipeg Police Service spokesman, said he couldn’t reveal details of what they were searching for or how the building was linked to Harper’s disappearance.

“As far as a search warrant, this is a significant update to an ongoing investigation,” he said, adding that “obviously when you see an IDENT vehicle, there’s a lot of equipment, you can ascertain that there are a lot of factors that are being investigated here …”

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  1. A Winnipeg Police Service cadet at a scene on Selkirk Avenue

    A Winnipeg Police Service cadet at a scene on Selkirk Avenue where a search warrant is executed in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

  2. Cst. Claude Chancy, a Winnipeg Police Service spokesman, updates media at a scene on Selkirk Avenue

    Cst. Claude Chancy, a Winnipeg Police Service spokesman, updates media at a scene on Selkirk Avenue where a search warrant is executed in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

  3. Cst. Claude Chancy, a Winnipeg Police Service spokesman, updates media at a scene on Selkirk Avenue

    Cst. Claude Chancy, a Winnipeg Police Service spokesman, updates media at a scene on Selkirk Avenue where a search warrant is executed in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

  4. Cst. Claude Chancy, a Winnipeg Police Service spokesman, updates media at a scene on Selkirk Avenue

    Cst. Claude Chancy, a Winnipeg Police Service spokesman, updates media at a scene on Selkirk Avenue where a search warrant is executed in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

  5. A forensics service officer on Selkirk Avenue

    A forensics service officer on Selkirk Avenue where Winnipeg police executed a search warrant in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

  6. A forensics service officer on Selkirk Avenue

    A forensics service officer exits a vehicle parked on Selkirk Avenue as Winnipeg police execute a search warrant in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

  7. Winnipeg police clear a garage at the rear of a property on Selkirk Avenue

    Winnipeg police clear a garage at the rear of a property on Selkirk Avenue as they execute a search warrant in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

  8. Winnipeg police clear a garage at the rear of a property on Selkirk Avenue

    Winnipeg police clear a garage at the rear of a property on Selkirk Avenue as they execute a search warrant in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

  9. A forensics service officer from the Winnipeg Police Service carries tools into a yard on Selkirk Avenue

    A forensics service officer from the Winnipeg Police Service carries tools into a yard on Selkirk Avenue as police executed a search warrant in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

  10. A forensics service officer from the Winnipeg Police Service carries tools into a yard on Selkirk Avenue

    A forensics service officer from the Winnipeg Police Service retrieves tools as police executed a search warrant at a Selkirk Avenue home in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

  11. Winnipeg police clear a garage at the rear of a property on Selkirk Avenue

    A forensics service officer from the Winnipeg Police Service works to clear a garage in the rear of a Selkirk Avenue property as police executed a search warrant in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

  12. A forensics service officer from the Winnipeg Police Service carries tools into a yard on Selkirk Avenue

    A forensics service officer from the Winnipeg Police Service carries a shovel and pitchfork into a yard on Selkirk Avenue as police executed a search warrant in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

  13. A forensics service officer from the Winnipeg Police Service carries tools into a yard on Selkirk Avenue

    A forensics service officer from the Winnipeg Police Service carries a shovel and pitchfork into a yard on Selkirk Avenue as police executed a search warrant in relation to missing person Cody Harper on Wed., July 24, 2024. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg SunPhoto by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun

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Chancy said information obtained by investigators which lead to the search warrant.

He said police do not believe there is any threat to the public and police vehicles will be present “for the foreseeable future.”

An area resident said police arrived at the scene in the morning. She said there’s “always a lot of action” at the boarded-up property being searched and a neighbouring house, where people are known to go to shoot drugs such as down, a fentanyl-based street drug.

Kevin.king@kleinmedia.ca

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