Help Find Emma Fillipoff Press Release – December 2018
(For immediate release)
The continued search for Emma Fillipoff
Following the 6-year anniversary of Emma Fillipoff's disappearance, a successful GoFundMe campaign raised enough funds to send canine search and rescue expert, Kim Cooper, and missing person advocate and documentarian, Kimberly Bordage, to Victoria, BC, to begin the first in a new series of volunteer search efforts.
While we had a significant planned area to cover, we were able to search beyond our initial plans. There was an outpouring of suggestions of areas that were offered before and during our search by the public. But a focus was made on areas that were less frequently traveled by the public, as remote areas would be the best use of time and resources availed to the team.
Day one of the search began by working with the last known point in the town of View Royal, where our new witness reported that he let Emma out of his vehicle, at the intersection of Craigflower and Admirals Rd. The search commenced in the immediate vicinity by the Craigflower bridge and the reeds around the Gorge waterway. We then moved out to low traffic wooded areas nearby along the Galloping Goose trail in Colwood.
Day two and three of the search were focused on the sunny side of Thetis lake woods, a place we knew that Emma liked to visit, more specifically, areas that were less travelled and dead-end roads. The last areas searched between where Emma exited out of the car and Colwood, were the deep wooded grounds of Royal Roads forest. Again, both remote and secluded areas in the centre that are not well traveled.
We are relieved to share that nothing was uncovered during our search of these areas. Being that this search was the first and only of its kind, we can rule out these suspected areas as a possible location of Emma.
It doesn't end here. Our next civilian ground search will be planned for the spring. Anyone who is interested in helping is encouraged to send a private message to Shelley and Kimberly via the Help Find Emma Fillipoff Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/HelpFindEmmaFillipoff/ ). We will be gathering a larger team for a ground search, and a new plan to map out all the possible areas to focus on next.
For information or an interview contact:
Shelley Fillipoff
Tel: (613) 259-3176
Email: Fillipoff@hotmail.com
Kimberly Bordage
Advocate and Documentarian
Tel: (902) 999-2883
Email: kimberlybordage@hotmail.com
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