McCann family launch ground search for missing couple
Posted Sep 26, 2010 10:10 pm.
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Friends and family of a missing elderly couple have started their own ground search for Lyle and Marie McCann.
The St. Albert couple have been missing since early July when they left their home bound for B.C.
Police found the the couple’s burnt out motorhome and the SUV they were towing in different locations near Edson.
The couple’s son Bret tells 660News family and friends driving quads searched back roads and trails near Edson on saturday looking for clues in the dense brush.
He says the only thing they found was tire tracks which they passed on to police.
Bret says he has total faith in the RCMP and investigators, but some people in his family feel like they need to get out there and do whatever they can to help.
The reward for information leading to the discovery of the McCanns is $60,000.
Travis Vader has been named a suspect in the disappearance, though no charges have been laid.
