Family takes short respite from search.Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard The family of a missing college student left town for the day Tuesday to regroup re·group v. re·grouped, re·group·ing, re·groups v.tr. To arrange in a new grouping. v.intr. 1. To come back together in a tactical formation, as after a dispersal in a retreat. after more than a week of searching for 19-year-old Brooke Wilberger Brooke Carol Wilberger (born February 20, 1985 in Fresno, California) is a woman who is believed to have been abducted from Corvallis, Oregon on the morning of May 24, 2004. Described as a devout Mormon, Brooke was a freshman at Brigham Young University in Utah. , who vanished May 24 from a Corvallis apartment complex. The family has been remarkably resilient, Corvallis police Lt. Ron Noble said, but the strain of waiting, worrying and hoping is taking a toll. "I encouraged them to do it," Noble said of the daylong escape. "They went home to Veneta (Monday) night and said the house just felt too empty." In the family's brief absence, the work continued on Wilberger's behalf. Investigators have identified five people of interest through police work and tips from the public, Noble said. No one was in custody Tuesday, and no one has been named a suspect in the woman's disappearance. Police have yet to find a definite nexus between the men and Wilberger, a student at Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. . About 25 detectives from Corvallis police, the Benton County Benton County is the name of nine counties in the United States:
The intensive search also has affected police, Noble said. "Our job is to fix problems," he said. "We haven't fixed this problem yet. It wears on us." Police are careful to make sure officers get rest and regular meals and avoid overwork overwork the condition produced by working a draft animal or working dog, an eventing or endurance horse too hard. See also exhaustion. , despite the urgency of the situation. Generally, the likelihood that an abduction Abduction Balfour, David expecting inheritance, kidnapped by uncle. [Br. Lit.: Kidnapped] Bertram, Henry kidnapped at age five; taken from Scotland. [Br. Lit. victim will be rescued alive decreases as time passes. But police in this case remain optimistic. "I know the statistics," Noble said. "But look at Elizabeth Smart Elizabeth Smart may refer to:
Smart was found alive nine months after she was kidnapped from her family's Salt Lake City home. Smart's parents called Cammy and Greg Wilberger last week to offer their support to the family. So far, police have received more than 1,100 tips. More than 86,000 hits have been recorded on the family's Web site at www.findbrooke.com. A recording of Wilberger's voice has been added to the site. Searchers continued to scour scour, scours 1. the chemical and physical cleaning of fleece wool. 2. diarrhea. dietetic scour see dietary diarrhea. peat scour see secondary nutritional copper deficiency. the region for any sign of Wilberger, focusing Tuesday on the area south of Willamette Park. The Benton County sheriff's posse was finishing up its horseback search of Finley National Wildlife Refuge  National Wildlife Refuge south of Corvallis.
To date, volunteers have searched 2,248 acres in Benton County.
WILBERGER SEARCH Tip line: Call (541) 766-6989 or toll-free at (877) 367-2270, or send e-mail to tips@findbrooke.com. Anyone who believes they've seen Brooke Wilberger should first call local police. Web site: www.findbrooke.com. Description: 5-foot-4, 105 to 110 pounds, shoulder-length blond hair, blue eyes, scar on right arm from wrist to elbow. Reward: $30,000; those who wish to contribute may do so by sending donations to Citizens Bank, in care of the Brooke Wilberger Reward Fund, P.O. Box 30, Corvallis, OR 97339-0030. |
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