Thelma Krull: Search party numbers 'dwindling,' organizer says
Krull, 57, went missing July 11 from north Transcona area
A group that has been looking for Thelma Krull says its search party numbers are dwindling 2½ months after she went missing.
Bill McCausland, the leader of the group, said fewer and fewer people are coming out for the weekly searches.
"We used to get anywhere from 30 to 60 people out and now we are down to basically four of us," McCausland said, adding he has been looking for Krull "since day one."
"All of a sudden all of these people, all of these searchers started dwindling off, and I have continued."
McCausland has no connection to Krull, but felt compelled to search after seeing the story on the news.
Krull, 57, was last seen in the morning of July 11 at her home in the north part of Transcona. She went out on a walk and never returned.
Groups have been searching for her ever since. One of the only promising leads developed when Krull's glasses were discovered on a hill in the Valley Gardens area.
McCausland said "it's frustrating" to see so few people continuing to search for Krull when he believes "she is still out there somewhere and can safely be returned home.
"The City of Winnipeg I know is a very passionate and generous city, and I am really hoping that they can come out and help us search. We've only got four people left; we need as many people as we can before the snow falls."
The Krull family upped the reward to $20,000 for information related to her whereabouts in mid-September.
McCausland said people who want to help should go on the group's Facebook page "Thelma Krull Search Party," which is meant to attract new members to join the search.
The group, which searches on weekends and every Wednesday night, is back at it again tonight. They are heading out Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. on Filbert Crescent, the street where Krull lives.