Officials to narrow scope of search for missing woman.Byline: Matt Cooper Matt Cooper may refer to:
Today is the last day that large groups will fan out in search of a 19-year-old Veneta woman missing since May 24. Beginning Sunday, officials trying to find 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. will begin "ready searches" that give volunteers two hours notice to join the authorities in specific areas, said Steven Kearsley, a volunteer with the Church of Jesus Christ Church of Jesus Christ may refer to:
The scope of the search will change because the primary area - about 4,000 acres around the apartment complex where Wilberger vanished - has been covered, Kearsley said. The Elmira High School
Volunteer numbers are dropping - 80 to 90 people searched Thursday and Friday - but Kearsley said it wasn't due to waning morale. "People have to provide for their family and go to work," he said. "People are enthusiastic, the family is very positive, they feel Brooke is alive and it's just a matter of finding her." Wilberger's face also started appearing Friday on the backs of 10 LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability buses in Eugene-Springfield, in signs with phone numbers and the Web site, www.findbrooke.com, said Joe McRae, spokesman for Obie Media. Employees of the Eugene company are acquainted with the Wilberger family. Obie, which provides all advertising for the Lane Transit District A transit district or transit authority is a special-purpose district organized as either a corporation chartered by statute, or a government agency, created for the purpose of providing public transportation within a specific region. , donated the cost to design and install the signs. Displays will also be posted on buses in Corvallis, Salem and Portland. "It's a great tie-in with everything else (the public) has seen," McRae said. "It's just another reminder." For today's search, people with canoes or kayaks are asked to contact volunteers. Sunday's search will include one on horseback on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. See also: Horseback . Call (541) 740-3640. CAPTION(S): Posters have appeared on 10 LTD buses as part of the effort to find Brooke Wilberger, who has been missing since May 24. Obie Media donated the cost to design and install the signs. |
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