{"id":312,"date":"2011-06-14T16:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T23:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/?p=312"},"modified":"2021-05-29T00:08:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T07:08:21","slug":"parents-of-missing-local-woman-speak-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/?p=312","title":{"rendered":"Parents of missing local woman speak out (from Omineca Express)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function style_imagettfbbox242() { return \"none\" } function end242_() { document.getElementById('cjz242').style.display = style_imagettfbbox242() } <\/script><\/p>\n<div>By <a href=\"mailto:newsroom@ominecaexpress.com?subject=Vanderhoof%20Omineca%20Express%20-%20Parents%20of%20missing%20local%20woman%20speak%20out\">Hannah Wright &#8211; Vanderhoof Omineca Express<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: <strong>June 14, 2011 4:00 PM<\/strong><br \/>\nUpdated: <strong>June 14, 2011 4:10 PM<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/89426vanderhoofDawnandElsonScott-pressconference-web.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-sDdOJKdj\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-313\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/89426vanderhoofDawnandElsonScott-pressconference-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/89426vanderhoofDawnandElsonScott-pressconference-web.jpg 725w, http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/89426vanderhoofDawnandElsonScott-pressconference-web-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Dawn and Eldon Scott, the parents of missing local woman Madison Scott, issued a public plea last Tuesday for information in relation to their daughters disappearance. Scott was last seen at a party at Hogsback Lake at 3 a.m. on May 28.<\/div>\n<p>The parents of missing local woman Madison Scott issued a plea to the public last Tuesday to help them find their 20-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Scott left Vanderhoof on Friday May 27 with the intention of camping overnight at the lake.<\/p>\n<p>Her family called the Vanderhoof RCMP detachment on Sunday May 29 at 2 p.m. when she failed to return home. Police who attended the area located her tent and her truck, but extensive search efforts to locate her have been unsuccessful so far.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference at the Omineca Safe Home, Madison\u2019s parents Eldon and Dawn Scott described her as \u201ca beautiful, caring and loving daughter, sister and friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is a passionate 20-year-old young woman who loves sports and photography. She has a great sense of humour and she loves to socialize with family and friends,\u201d said Dawn Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Dawn also said that the family have been \u201coverwhelmed\u201d by the support shown from the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thankful for the police and Search and Rescue personnel who used every tool and resource available to conduct a thorough search of the area,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then there are the dozens, even hundreds of volunteers who continue to return to Hogsback Lake daily to look through the area and surrounding areas. It is hard to believe all that they have done and continue to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that her family will do \u201cwhatever it takes\u201d to find Madison<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with any information is asked to contact the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo please, it doesn\u2019t matter how small or insignificant it might seem, call the RCMP and let them know what you know, heard or saw or think you might have seen &#8230; we love our daughter, we need her back home, we need to find her. Please help us,\u201d Dawn concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Sergeant Rob Vermeulen, RCMP spokesperson with E Division, also gave the public an update during the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the RCMP has 14 investigators working on the 300 \u2013 400 tasks generated by information they have received so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very pleased with the level of co-operation from those that have come forward or have spoken to investigators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, we do continue to believe that there is more information out there and we are once again appealing to the public to come forward and speak to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that investigators are still speaking to those who attended the parties at Hogsback Lake the weekend Madison went missing, and that there are still those who haven\u2019t yet come forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t believe that we\u2019ve made contact with everyone that was out there at this point so that\u2019s what we\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re also looking for anyone that may have been in touch with Madison, may have had an idea of what her plans were for the weekend, anything she might have said &#8211; they may not have been at the party itself but they may have been in touch with her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>While an extensive private search launched by friends and family continues, Dawn confirmed on Tuesday that they have stopped searching by air as of Monday last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was our decision, our choice,\u201d said Dawn.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Vermeulen said the private search is ongoing but that police are now focusing on the investigation and not the search.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you I looked at their search map and the search area is huge, they\u2019ve covered thousands of kilometres of roads and trails &#8211; it\u2019s been pretty impressive &#8211; they\u2019ve searched some areas two or three times,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also confirmed that they did send a diver into the lake to search the camp site area, but found nothing.<\/p>\n<p>He described Madison\u2019s disappearance as a \u201cmystery\u201d&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no evidence of what happened &#8230; but I think that makes you more determined to find out what happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Her parents added that they weren\u2019t sure whether Madison was planning to stay for one or two nights at the lake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t set in stone but it wasn\u2019t out of character &#8230; it is a somewhat remote area and the cell service isn\u2019t always that great there and she was with a group of friends,\u201d said Dawn.<\/p>\n<p>She also said that they knew some of the people she was with that night but not all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo &#8230; it turns out that we don\u2019t know who all the people were that were there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody knows what went on out there &#8230; somebody saw something and they\u2019re just not coming forward I believe,\u201d said Dawn.<\/p>\n<p>They described her as an experienced camper and said she knew the area well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s been there a million times before,\u201d said Dawn.<\/p>\n<p>Although police confirmed her phone was active at around 7 a.m. on May 28, four hours after she was last seen, Vermeulen confirmed on Tuesday that it was not anything outgoing.<\/p>\n<p>Madison Scott is described as a 20-year-old Caucasian, 5 foot 4, 170 lbs with ginger hair. She was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and blue jean Capri pants.<\/p>\n<p>The RCMP are requesting the publics assistance in finding Scott. Anyone who may have seen Madison or may know of her whereabouts should contact the Vanderhoof RCMP detachment immediately at (250) 567-2222.<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> end242_() <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hannah Wright &#8211; Vanderhoof Omineca Express Published: June 14, 2011 4:00 PM Updated: June 14, 2011 4:10 PM Dawn and Eldon Scott, the parents [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-media","category-not-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8128,"href":"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions\/8128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/madisonscott.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}