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Officials in northern Nevada say they have halted the intensive effort to find missing B.C. man Albert Chretien after a week of renewed searching.
Chretien, 59, of Penticton B.C., left his wife to wait in the couple's van on March 21 while he searched for help after the vehicle became stuck in mud on a logging road several hundred kilometres north of Las Vegas.
His wife, Rita Chretien, was eventually found by hunters May 6, weakened but alive, nearly seven weeks later.
Following Rita's rescue, the hunt for Albert intensified, but has failed to find him.
The search was called off late Monday, said Elko County Sheriff Jim Pitts.
"Searchers have spent about 1,500 person-hours exhausting all leads provided through clues gained by interviews with Chretien's wife, without finding evidence of his whereabouts," Pitts said in a statement.
Search will resume
He said personnel conducted search activities on foot, from the air, on horseback, with ATVs and on snowshoes over an area totalling some 800 square kilometres. Search managers also employed four canine teams.
But Pitts said it was not the end of all search efforts for Chretien.
He said his staff would review the search results and plan to continue the effort after snows in the area melt and conditions improve, or after additional information is received.
Rita Chretien said the couple had taken the logging road as part of a suggested scenic route on their drive to Las Vegas from their home in B.C.'s southern Interior.
They were reported missing by family members after failing to return home as scheduled March 31.
Chretien, 59, of Penticton B.C., left his wife to wait in the couple's van on March 21 while he searched for help after the vehicle became stuck in mud on a logging road several hundred kilometres north of Las Vegas.
His wife, Rita Chretien, was eventually found by hunters May 6, weakened but alive, nearly seven weeks later.
Following Rita's rescue, the hunt for Albert intensified, but has failed to find him.
The search was called off late Monday, said Elko County Sheriff Jim Pitts.
"Searchers have spent about 1,500 person-hours exhausting all leads provided through clues gained by interviews with Chretien's wife, without finding evidence of his whereabouts," Pitts said in a statement.
Search will resume
He said personnel conducted search activities on foot, from the air, on horseback, with ATVs and on snowshoes over an area totalling some 800 square kilometres. Search managers also employed four canine teams.
But Pitts said it was not the end of all search efforts for Chretien.
He said his staff would review the search results and plan to continue the effort after snows in the area melt and conditions improve, or after additional information is received.
Rita Chretien said the couple had taken the logging road as part of a suggested scenic route on their drive to Las Vegas from their home in B.C.'s southern Interior.
They were reported missing by family members after failing to return home as scheduled March 31.