An AMBER Alert has been issued as detectives from the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Child Abuse Unit are conducting an abduction investigation into the whereabouts of five missing children.
This investigation was initiated through the Child Abuse Protocol for the Niagara Region, following a child protection investigation by Family and Children Services Niagara. That investigation identified concerns for the welfare and safety of the children. The children have been reported as missing to the NRPS.
The NRPS investigation has revealed that between September 19th and 25th, 2019, the children were taken from the family home in Jordan by their father Ian Glenn MacDermid (49 years old); their current whereabouts are unknown. The children are subject to a temporary custody order and their father is in contravention of the order by failing to return them.
Detectives are concerned for the welfare and safety of the children.
Ian MacDermid may be operating a gold or beige coloured pick-up truck.
Ian MacDermid (See photo) has been described as:
– male, white, approx. 6’0″ tall, 265 to 280lbs, blond hair, blue eyes, with facial hair
The children (see photos) have been identified as:
Evalyn MacDermid (female, 5 years)
– 3’8, long black hair, medium build. Asian
Mattias MacDermid (male, 10 years)
– 4’8, light brown caramel hair, small/medium build, Asian
Sovereign MacDermid (female, 11 years)
– 5’2, heavy set, long black hair, Asian
Eska MacDermid (female, 13 years)
– 5’1, medium build, long brown hair, Asian
Magnus MacDermid (male, 14 years)
– 5’6, black spiky, medium build, glasses, Asian
Anyone who may have information or know the whereabouts of Ian MacDermid or the children are asked to call their local police.
