A large-scale search by hundreds of volunteers for a missing Port Alberni woman may have ended, but friends and family are still hard at work trying to find her.
“We’re just following up on any of our leads that came to light over the weekend,” said Kristie St. Claire, a friend who has been heavily involved in trying to locate 40-year-old Amber Manthorne.
Volunteers came out by the hundreds to help after Manthorne’s disappearance July 7, St. Claire said.
A thorough search around Great Central Lake, the area where Manthorne lives outside Port Alberni, shifted on Sunday and Monday to the gravel pit west of Cassidy near Timberlands and Ninatti roads where Manthorne’s 2021 Jeep Compass was located July 10.
St. Claire and a group of friends planned to meet Wednesday night to consider all of the information they have compiled.
She said mostly leads from the Cassidy area would be discussed.
Manthorne is described as five-foot-two and 120 pounds with long, blond hair and blue eyes.
St. Claire said it is not like Manthorne to disappear. Searchers have set up a tipline at 250-730-1544, an email address at [email protected] and a Facebook page at Finding Amber Manthorne.
Port Alberni RCMP can be reached at 250-723-2424.
