Aurora and Joshuah Bolton
Image Credit: Surrey RCMP
July 25, 2023 - 2:53 PM
The RCMP has released more photos and a written message from the family of Aurora and Joshuah Bolton who are the subject of a nationwide amber alert.
"Our family would like to share with you the love and joy that Aurora and Joshuah bring to our lives every day. They are so much more than ‘missing children’, more than a few photos," the family says in a release put out by Surrey RCMP today, July 25.
"The love they share with their big sisters and brother is beyond beautiful and the impact on their siblings is so devastating. They love the time they spend playing with them, loving them and teasing them, it is a very big part of their world."
Police say the abduction of Aurora, 8, and Joshua Bolton, 10, was pre-planned and they are likely living off the grid somewhere with their mother, Verity Bolton, her 53-year-old boyfriend, Abraxas Glazov, and her father 74-year-old Robert Bolton.
The father reported his children missing after they didn't return from a holiday in the Kelowna area July 17.
A message from the family talks about the close knit relationship the children have with their extended family.
"We have a routine at home, we share, we help, we tease and love each other beyond words. They are exceptionally close to their entire extended family and especially to their many cousins who they visit often, enjoy swimming, sleep-overs and playing outdoors, having the best time," the family statement says.
"At home Joshuah loves to help with the cooking, but not the dishes. He loves to spend time playing online games, chatting with his best friends (but will drop everything for a walk with his Stepmom). He will run down from his room mid-game to give a hug and a kiss and share a silly video, or a ‘hilarious' fart joke."
The family describes Aurora as the "sweetest girl" and an "amazing helper."
"Always keeping herself busy with crafts, trying new things and creating. We have a dance party with her before bed so she brushes her teeth more than 30 seconds, then gets a special bedtime ritual of hugs and kisses. Both kids love a good ‘scratch-back’ before bed and we take this time to chat and connect with them one-on-one. They share their day, their hurts, their questions with us, and then go to bed with a good snuggle and kiss," the family says.
"They love family picnics and movie nights with popcorn, making slime with maximum mess, trying silly experiments, playing silly pranks, water fights in the front yard with the neighbours, friends, play-dates and birthday parties. Their home, routine, friends, best friends, many cousins, aunties, uncles and grandparents miss them more than can be expressed. They are loved so very, very much, and are so very missed."
Police say they are continuing their hunt for the children and urge anyone with any information to call a dedicated tip line set up at 604-599-7676.
"If you have the children in view call 911 immediately," RCMP say in the release.
Image Credit: Surrey RCMP
Aurora and Joshuah Bolton.
Image Credit: Surrey RCMP
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