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Dozens of search and rescue volunteers resumed the search early Friday morning for a Nanaimo couple that have not returned from a day of fishing near the city.
Tamara Sandulak, 29, and Cody Martin, 32, told family and friends they were heading to the Nanaimo Lakes area on Wednesday to fish for the day. The couple was reported missing to the RCMP Thursday, and a search was initiated in the Nanaimo Lakes and Echo Lake area.
Sandulak and Martin are considered avid fishers and mushroom pickers. They are experienced in the outdoors and have been to the area where they planned to go fishing multiple times to fish and pick mushrooms. Police say the disappearance is out of character for the couple.
Their phones pinged Wednesday near Second Lake, but have since stopped transmitting a signal and appear to have run out of battery power, said Nanaimo RCMP Const. Gary O’Brien. Nanaimo Search and Rescue found tire tracks near Echo Lake, but have not determined whether it matches the couple’s truck.
Search and rescue crews on foot and on ATVs looked for the couple late into the evening Thursday. An RCMP helicopter was also in the air. Crews resumed the search at 7 a.m. Friday, hoping to find the missing pair or their burgundy Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck with B.C. licence plate NV9240.
The truck is not parked at their Nanaimo home, but all four of the couple’s boats have been accounted for by police. The couple is believed to have been fishing from the shore, O’Brien said.
The couple’s dog, a black lab cross named Rex, is believed to be with the couple.
Search and rescue crews from Cowichan and Arrowsmith are expected to join Nanaimo Search and Rescue Friday. Police are asking the public not to join the search, as the area is actively being logged, and several days of snowfall have made driving conditions dangerous.
Martin is described as six feet four inches tall, 210 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a black jacket and tan-coloured pants. Sandulak is five feet six inches tall, 140 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing a black coat and blue jeans or leggings. Anyone with information on their location is asked to call 911 or the Nanaimo RCMP non-emergency line at 250-754-2345 and quote file # 2020-41121.
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