Search continues for missing woman
Monday, September 16, 2013
Law enforcement officer, search and rescue teams and local citizens volunteered Saturday in an effort to locate Barbara Stoffer, 82, who has been missing since Aug. 20. Despite their efforts, no trace of Stoffer was found.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol assisted in coordinating the search Saturday for Barbara Stoffer, who has been missing since Aug. 20. Pictured from left are: Missouri State Patrol officers David Patton and Buddy Cooper and Joey Higgerson, assistant police chief at New Madrid.
(Jill Bock)
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Officers with the Missouri Highway Patrol and New Madrid County Sheriff's Department detail the area to be covered by members of the Little Egypt Search and Rescue.
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New Madrid residents review the sector they will cover during Saturday's search which was centered around the Parma area, where Barbara Stoffer was last seen driving her car on Aug. 20.
(Jill Bock)
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Jim Henderson, right, reviews the roads to be covered by the SEMO Regional Canine Search Team.
(Jill Bock)
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Parma Fire Department personnel joined in Saturday's search for Barbara Stoffer.
(Jill Bock)
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Six Little River Drainage District ditches were checked by personnel during the search.
(Jill Bock)
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Christa Tucker of Bloomfield searches a ditch with her trained search and rescue dog, Taz.
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A group walks along County Road 535 looking for Barbara Stoffer's car.
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Julie Allen, an independent canine handler from Tennessee, takes her dog Greta down into a drainage ditch during the search for Barbara Stoffer of New Madrid. Stoffer, 82, went missing on Aug. 20 while driving her car. Allen was working with the SEMO Regional Canine Search Team, one of several groups assisting in the search conducted Saturday in New Madrid County.
(Jill Bock)
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Overgrown ditches proved to be a problem in the continued search for Barbara Stoffer on Saturday.
(Jill Bock)
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Search and rescue personnel walk both sides of the ditches in an effort to find Barbara Stoffer, 82, who has been missing since Aug. 20.