By Colin MacLean and Diane Crocker - Transcontinental Media
The Saskatchewan RCMP is concentrating the search for missing Carol King, 40, around a muddy pond where her car was found Wednesday night.
Ms. King, originally from Mattis Point in the Bay St. George area, has not been heard from since Saturday afternoon.
Sgt. Paul Dawson, a spokesman with Saskatchewan RCMP, said Ms. King's car was spotted sticking out of a boggy area near the rural community of Herschel where Ms. King was living.
The car was found thanks to an RCMP aerial search, said Sgt. Dawson.
RCMP divers recovered the car, a silver PT Cruiser, but are sill not able to locate Ms. King, he added.
"We haven't located her yet, but we have learned a great deal over the past few days since she's gone missing," said Sgt. Dawson.
"Hopefully, finding the vehicle will shed some light on her disappearance as well."
Officers from several detachments in the area around Rosetown (the nearest town to Herschel) have been tasked with searching the area around where the car was found.
Sgt. Dawson indicated while the body of water where Ms. King's car was found is not large the water is murky making the search difficult.
That being said, police have not given up on finding Ms. King alive and well.
Sgt. Dawson praised her family for their efforts in making their plight known to media and the public.
"One of our biggest allies is the public that's out there. And how we reach the public is through the media, whether conventional media or social media. So anytime that we can spread information about any of our investigations, nine times our of 10 it's helpful to our investigation," he said.
Ms. King's family has been active on Facebook and other social media sites, constantly offering details about her disappearance and prayers for her safety.
"We're all devastated up here," her cousin Cynthia Bennett said from Mattis Point Thursday. "We all grew up together."
Ms. King is a couple of years younger than Ms. Bennett, and the two last saw each other when Ms. King visited Mattis Point a number of months ago. King, who works in the construction industry, has been living in Herschel for about two years.
"Right now, we're all just praying for her safe return," said Ms. Bennett.
A $10,000 reward has been offered for Ms. King's safe return.
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