A long-haul truck driver from British Columbia, reported missing shortly after arriving in Winnipeg for a delivery on Friday, has been found dead, according to a family friend.
Farah Ali Mohamud, 34, drove to Winnipeg from Vancouver to deliver a load Friday morning and was scheduled to pick up another load on Saturday morning. His truck was found in the parking lot behind the Sherbrook Inn.
“Police informed [family] that they discovered his body not far away … from where the truck was found,” Saiyed Ahmed told CBC News on Wednesday morning.
“The story finished with the tragedy. We were all hoping to find him with better … news.”
He said the family received the news about 11 p.m. on Tuesday. Mohamud’s body was found in a house but little else is known, Ahmed said.
“It was a very devastating moment for the family,” he sais. “They’re hoping to receive more answers today. That’s all they know at this point.”
Farah Ali Mohamud is seen in a poster on the Facebook page for the Somali-Canadian Education and Rural Development Organization. (Somali-Canadian Education and Rural Development Organization)
Mohamud, a father of three young children, moved to Canada from Somalia in 2011, according to his father, Ali, who spoke with CBC News on Tuesday.
Ali drove to Winnipeg from Edmonton and was searching in the West Broadway neighbourhood when he spoke to CBC. He could not be reached on Wednesday.
“I think they need some privacy to process all of this. It’s a very, very sad moment,” Ahmed said about Mohamud’s family. “They have to grieve and they need the time.”
He expects the family will remain in Winnipeg until they can transport Mohamud’s body to Edmonton for a funeral. Most of Mohamud’s extended family is in Edmonton, but he lived in B.C. with his immediate family.
