UPDATE: 'Aunt Rita' not found; search ends
After two weeks of intensified search in which the services of Top Priority Security, V.I. Airlink, BVI Customs and the Anegadian community towards the search was enlisted, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) called off the search.
The matter is still being treated as a missing person's case.
The 77-year-old woman reportedly wandered away from her home in The Settlement around 5:30P.M. on Sunday December 2, 2012. She was wearing black and white trousers and a green top. She is about 5’6 and 140 pounds.
According to the RVIPF, Mrs Faulkner-Clinton, has a known medical condition.
Virgin Islands News Online was told that in the first week she was missing, a U.S. Coast Guard auxiliary aircraft conducted an aerial search while RVIPF ranks from Tortola and Virgin Gorda, persons from HMS Customs and members of the Anegada community did a ground search. They also had search dogs.
Some 40 volunteers from neighboring islands also joined the search for the missing woman as well and Smith's Ferry Services donated seats on his daily trip to Anegada for volunteers.
A contingency from the British Virgin Islands Red Cross, additional police officers from Tortola and Virgin Gorda, HMS Customs, six officers from the USVI Police Department with two specially trained K-9s and volunteers from Anegada came together to form the search party on Dec. 6, this news site was further told.
Faulkner-Clinton's husband Connie was also contacted previously by this news site and he had said there was no trace of his wife. He had not wished to comment further.
See previous story posted on December 6, 2012
Still no trace of missing woman on Anegada
Three days after she was reported missing, Anegada resident Mrs Margarita Faulkner-Clinton was still not found despite intensified search efforts on the 15 sq. mile island.
The 77-year-old woman reportedly wandered away from her home in The Settlement around 5:30P.M. on Sunday December 2, 2012.
According to reports reaching this news site, there has been no trace of the woman even as Police have enlisted the help of Top Priority Security, V.I. Airlink, BVI Customs and the Anegadian community in the search.
Police at the Anegada station also confirmed to Virgin Islands News Online that the woman has not yet been found, however, the search will continue today December 6, 2012.
Faulkner-Clinton's husband Connie was also contacted and he said there has been no trace of his wife, who has a "known medical condition". He did not wish to comment further.
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Woman with “known medical condition” goes missing in Anegada
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is asking for the public's assistance in locating a 77-year-old Anegadian woman, who reportedly wandered away from her home in The Settlement on December 2, 2012.
The woman, Margarita Faulkner-Clinton, has a known medical condition, according to a press release from the RVIPF.
Mrs. Clinton was last seen at about 5:30 P.M. on the main road. She was wearing black and white trousers and a green top. She is about 5’6 and 140 pounds.
The RVIPF also said they would issue a photo of the woman to the media when one becomes available.
Police and members of the Anegadian community were engaged in the search for her since yesterday afternoon. Additional officers will join in the search today.
Persons who have any information or wish to join in the search can contact officers from the Anegada Police Station at 468-9137.
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Our thoughts and prayers for her safe return.
I have to tell you how very large a small island can become when a soul is lost. The bush is a vast wilderness when you are hunting for a victim. K-9 Search & Rescue (SAR) is a great calling. But with no support, there is very little a single man/dog team can do. The same is true for aerial search. Think about driving your car through a field, looking out the side window for a lost contact lense. It's the man on the ground, combing through the terrain that is needed.