STEPHENVILLE CROSSING With candles flickering and tears running down faces, a candle light vigil held in Stephenville Crossing on Wednesday evening brought hope that Carol King will be found alive.
The 40-year-old woman is originally from Mattis Point and has been missing from her Herschel, Sask. home for 12 days now.
“What can anybody say? It’s unimaginable for any parent — your heart has to go out to them,” Kathleen Roy, a resident of Stephenville who attended the vigil, said.
“It tears at my heart. I came to offer some support and pray.”
Roy said Jesus was quoted as saying that “where two or more gathered, he would be there also” and considered the hundreds that had turned out for the vigil, Roy felt he must have been there as well.
Assumption Parish Priest in Stephenville Crossing, Rev. Gerard Patry offered prayers — including a prayer to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost things.
Members of Carol King’s family, including her parents, seemed to take some solace in the outpouring of support from the community.
Tammy King, Carol’s sister-in-law and the family’s spokesperson, was really happy with the turnout and said while the community has been supporting them all along, it was shown in an even more tangible way with some many people attending.
“There’s people here from everywhere and this support keeps us going and helps us to keep holding out hope,” she said.
King said Carol’s youngest sister, Brenda, has traveled from Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan and is joining in the search for her.
Donations to help out in the search effort were accepted at the vigil and a number of people contributed.
Barbara Kovich of St. George’s, a friend of the family, expressed her wish that Carol King will be found alive and her hope that “St. Anthony will bring her home.”
The last time King was heard from was on Aug. 6 and since that time her car, a PT Cruiser was pulled from a slough northwest of Rosetown and RCMP confirmed the car belonged to her.
She was not found in the vehicle and the slough was drained during the weekend with nothing found and still no sign of Carol King.
Police are continuing their investigation and Tammy King said she would be keeping in contact with Brenda King who is working on the Saskatchewan end of search for her sister.
