SURREY - A Delta boy continues to wait for his dad who's been missing for over a year now.
The Surrey RCMP's Missing Persons Unit is once again appealing for help in finding Vaclav "Walter" Simek, 53, who was reported missing on April 10, 2013.
Maria Gonzalez, his ex-wife, believes his disappearance was planned, and possibly brought on by depression or another mental illness.
The couple divorced after 13 years of marriage. They have a 13-year-old son.
Gonzalez, who lives in Delta, described Simek as a "good dad" who saw their son every weekend.
"Suddenly he stopped returning calls and coming to pick him up," she said. "My son waits for his dad every single day."
Gonzalez said Simek, an avid camper, had been living in an RV park in White Rock before he vanished.
"It's quite very strange," she said of the case. "We have no clue whatsoever."
Simek's visa account and bank account have not been touched, she said.
Simek was last seen on March 7, 2013. Police believe someone dropped him off near 200th Street and 40th Avenue in Langley.
Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said the investigation has thus far revealed that Simek rented a car in late February/early March and used it to move some of his belongings to an unknown place and the car was returned on March 7. Simek is six feet three inches tall, was 210 pounds and has blue eyes and had brown hair. Police ask anyone with information to contact the Surrey RCMP's Missing Person's Unit at 604-599-0502, quoting file number 2013-43817.
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