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High-risk offender loose

Police are seeking the public’s help to find a high-risk sex offender who failed to return to a Vancouver residential correctional facility.

A Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for Christopher Schafer, 40, is wanted for being unlawfully at large.  

Schafer, a federal offender, was released from custody on July 10 and had been living at a residential correctional facility until he failed to return Thursday evening. 

He is a high-risk offender with a long criminal history that includes break and enter, sexual offences, uttering threats, robbery, and assaulting a peace officer. He has had his parole revoked on a number of occasions, usually after breaching conditions related to substance abuse.

Schafer is described as aboriginal, five feet eight inches tall, 168 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo of “Wanda Lee” on his neck.

Anyone who sees Schafer, or has information on his whereabouts, is asked to call 911 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.



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