CTV British Columbia - Missing dad with gang ties declared dead - CTV News: "year after Geoffrey Meisner vanished in a case police believe centres on drug dealing and organized crime, a judge has declared the father of four dead.
Meisner's wife, Tammy, was granted the request in B.C. Supreme Court in Kelowna Monday, with the judge agreeing there was overwhelming evidence her husband of 12 years was no longer alive.
The 275-pound salesman and mixed martial arts fighter was last seen outside a local shopping mall on Nov. 27, 2009. His 2010 Ford F350 truck was found abandoned outside a Starbucks later that night.
In a court petition filed earlier this month, Tammy Meisner said her husband was known to be associated with organized criminal gangs, including the Hells Angels and the King Pin Crew, a gang with roots in Kelowna.
She said none of his bank accounts or credit cards have been used after he was last seen, and his Canadian passport remains in her possession."