Alanna Kelly

UPDATE: 11:30 p.m.

Search and rescue crews are asking the public to not interfere with the investigation of a missing 24-year-old Vernon man.

Tammy Mooney, the mother of Jordan Mooney, said she is very appreciative for the search and rescue teams and RCMP.

“They are working hard and doing all they can to bring Jordan home,” she tells Castanet.

The public is being asked to avoid entering the search area so crews can effectively do their jobs.

Mooney is thankful for all of the support and help offered, but is asking people to avoid showing up as it is hindering the effort to find her son.

Jordan was last seen leaving a home in the Dilworth area on Sunday night and his blue 2005 Volkswagen Jetta was found abandoned in McKinley Landing on Wednesday.

The search is expected to continue tomorrow.

UPDATE 3 p.m.

Search and rescue efforts are expected to ramp up into the evening as dozens of people continue to search for Jordan Mooney.

Mooney's car was found Wednesday night, about two kilometres up a dirt road off of McKinley Road.

Crews are expected to begin searching Okanagan Lake by boat later this afternoon.

Mooney was last seen Sunday night in the Dilworth area.

UPDATE 2:15 p.m.

Drones and police dogs are searching a construction site after a missing man’s vehicle was found abandoned up a dirt road Wednesday night.

A witness spotted 24-year-old Jordan Mooney’s abandoned blue 2005 Volkswagen Jetta at about 9 p.m.

Mooney’s vehicle was found about two kilometres up the dirt road off McKinley Road.

The area is very active and multiple vehicles are coming in and out of the construction site as of 2 p.m. Thursday.

Central Okanagan Search and Rescue are investigating and the Mooney's family are on scene.

"Search and rescue are on scene. Dog team on the way. Helicopter/plane going up to look as well," wrote Tammy Mooney, Jordan's mother, on Facebook.

The site is owned by Bluepoint Construction and is protected by a barbed wire fence with a ‘warning‘ surveillance sign.

Castanet has a reporter on scene and will update as the situation develops.

ORIGINAL 11:20 a.m.

A missing 24-year-old man’s vehicle has been discovered by police in McKinley Landing.

Jordan Alexander Mooney was last seen leaving a home in the Dilworth area late Sunday night.

His abandoned blue 2005 Volkswagen Jetta was spotted by an Okanagan Oldies 103.9 listener who alerted us at about 10:30 a.m.

“As a result, we now have a possible last known location for Mr. Mooney and have already begun to search the area surrounding his vehicle,” said Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey.

Kelowna RCMP Air Services have been called in to assist with an aerial search for Mooney.

A ground search for the Vernon man began Wednesday night and continues today.

Mooney is described as a five-foot-10, 180 pound Caucasian man with short red hair. He was last seen wearing a pair of black pants and a white t-shirt.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Mooney is being asked to contact RCMP.

- with files from Kevin Rothwell