An Island-wide search for William Grange over the weekend has failed to find any trace of the Canadian tourist, who has been missing for ten days.

And last night Mr Grange’s son expressed his growing frustration and disappointment over his father’s mystery disappearance.

Mr Grange, who suffers from short-term memory loss, was staying at the Cambridge Beaches resort in Sandys with his wife when he went for a walk at around 10pm on Friday, May 2. He has not been seen since.

More than 100 police, Regiment personnel and civilian volunteers fanned out across the Island on Saturday and Sunday in a renewed effort to track down the missing visitor — a task that police had already categorised as “high priority”.

Yesterday the officer leading the search, Detective Inspector Mark Clarke, said that “extensive” land and marine searches were carried out from 8am on Saturday and continued into last night.

Police sniffer dogs and a remote-controlled mini helicopter have been covering large areas of open ground and dive teams have been deployed along shorelines.

“In addition, two area ponds were searched in Sandys parish and volunteers from the boating community conducted a shoreline search of the Dockyard area, including an exploration of the reef line up to one mile offshore, without success,” said Det Insp Clarke.

“During the land searches area residents throughout the Island were also spoken to, with many of them indicating they were aware that ‘Bill’ Grange was missing and had checked their own properties for the 67-year-old Canadian visitor, to no avail.”

A police spokesman was unable to say exactly how many officers were involved in the weekend search. The spokesman was also unable to confirm whether or not police will maintain current manpower levels assigned to the search effort in the coming days.

Last night Mr Grange’s son, John, said the family were “frustrated, disappointed, tired — but still hopeful” after the weekend effort proved fruitless.

And he said that, with his father now missing for ten days, it was “critical” that he was found as soon as possible. About ten family and friends of the missing man have arrived in Bermuda since his disappearance and, according to police, have become “an integral part of the ongoing search efforts”.

“We are just so, so disappointed that we haven’t been able to find him,” Mr Grange told The Royal Gazette last night.

“We have scoured the Island and everyone that we have talked to, from St George’s to Somerset, knows about his disappearance and understands the situation — and yet still we haven’t been able to find him. We are totally baffled.

“We are now getting into a critical time period as it is ten days since he disappeared. We need a greater effort — one more push — over the next couple of days to try and find him.

“At the weekend we had an absolutely amazing turnout across the Island and yet we still ended up with nothing, so we are getting frustrated.”

Mr Grange also praised the community and Cambridge Beaches staff and guests for their support. Resort managers have organised search parties throughout the past week to back up police.

“We are also extremely thankful for the support we have had from the community. From individuals we have met on the street to organisations that have allowed us to come through their doors — the support has been unbelievable,” he said.

Mr Grange said he did not know if police now planned on stepping up their search efforts, but he called on Bermudians for “one more effort” to find his father.

“We know very well that, had he been walking down a street or sitting on a park bench, he would have been recognised and found by now,” he said.

“We also know that there are people who are not fully up-to-date because they’re busy with their jobs or because they haven’t followed the news. So we need Bermudians to go and knock on their neighbours’ doors and to look in places that aren’t obvious. We’re imploring everyone to make another effort to check their homes and garden sheds and boats.”

Mr Grange is described as a white male, 5’9” tall with white hair and by now likely some beard growth, wearing beige pants, a blue shirt, brown jacket and brown shoes.

Anyone who may have seen or who may have any information on the whereabouts of the missing visitor is asked to contact police on 295-0011 immediately, reporting all relevant information.