Update # 4: Lac du Bonnet RCMP searching for two youths in Nutimik Lake

July 23, 2026 - Sturgeon Falls, Manitoba
From: Manitoba RCMP

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Lac du Bonnet RCMP, various law enforcement and community organizations, and volunteers continue to search for 13-year-old Aaron Au Ramirez, one day after recovering his 10-year-old brother Maximo from Nutimik Lake.

The Manitoba RCMP Marine Unit, HEART, the Rosenort Fire Department, Turtle Aquatic Response Inc. and approximately 20 boats manned by volunteers are all aiding in the search.

Manitoba RCMP continue to utilize drones to search both shorelines and the waterways.

The following is a statement given to RCMP by Haidee Ramirez and Roger Au – Maximo and Aaron’s parents:

We are going through horrible and unimaginable pain for our children. What we have gone through is not humanly possible to understand. We are surviving only because of the help of those around us. We have so much gratitude for the people who are helping. The help is so overwhelming that it is hard to understand how a community can be so strong for us and help us so much.

The support of everyone is truly what is sustaining our family.

We want to thank our family, friends, the countless volunteers, the RCMP, Allison and Harry at Nutimik Lodge, HEART, Pinewood Lodge, Turtle Island Aquatic Response, Submerged, Turtle Aquatic Response, our community of St. Emile – both the church and the school – as well as St. Andrew Boboia Catholic Church. 

There are so many others that have come to help search or have provided us with hugs, prayers and hope – we thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts.

Please keep our sons, who were always faithful and kind, in your thoughts and in your prayers.

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