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Eugene Desjarlais (Submitted photo/CNW Group/Correctional Services of Canada Prairie Region)

Police searching for escapee from Willow Cree Healing Lodge

Jul 13, 2021 | 11:21 AM

The RCMP are searching for a man after he escaped from the Willow Cree Healing Lodge.

According to a media release, at 3:10 a.m. this morning while staff of the healing lodge conducted security checks, they discovered 43-year-old Eugene Desjarlais was missing. The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) contacted the RCMP in Rosthern and issued a warrant for his arrest.

Desjarlais is currently serving time of two years, five months and two days for two counts of break and enter with intent to commit.

He is described as 5-10 tall and weighs 183 pounds with brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. He has tattoos on his neck, abdomen, back, left upper arm and left hand.