New Information In Missing Warsaw Woman: Possible Video of Hellen Cook

The officials obtained video from Wal-Mart for the July 13 th , the day Hellen Cook went missing. We are trying to pinpoint her movements that day to determine if she visited this pond where her shoes, hat, and scarf were found before she continued her walk to Highway 7 and got a ride, OR if she got a ride into town and then came back later to the pond. The answer to this question would send our search efforts completely into a national search (she got in the car with someone after the pond) OR into a localized search (she visited town and then came back to the pond). We speculated that if she went to town, she would have gone to Wal-Mart as she had been trying to get there all morning.

Family viewed video from noon till evening of that day and did not see Hellen on the tape. So we have no answer meaning we still don’t know when she got in the car. We will, as a result, continue both arms of our search; the national and local search must continue.

Locally:

· The pond is still being drained. Levels aren’t low enough for the officials to rule out her presence in the pond.

· A Cadaver dog is returning Sunday to finish the search started last week, but interrupted by weather. This will be his third trip, the first two were interrupted by severe rain.

· Strikeforce5, a professional search team from St. Louis with their own dogs and search strategies, will be coming August 15.

Nationally:

· Our facebook campaign continues with thousands of hits – every state participating.

· Hellen’s Heroes t-shirts were created for sale to general public. Proceeds will be used to fund the FindHellenCook and donated to the Alzheimer’s Association.

· A booth has been secured at the Missouri State Fair to pass out Hellen Cook business cards and information about the Alzheimer’s disease.

"The family continues to look and be hopeful that we will find her. We sincerely, and from the bottom of our hearts, appreciate your support in keeping her face in the public and helping us to continue pressure on the search. If we find our grandmother Hellen, it will be due to the help from our friends in the press and our many volunteers. I also appreciate the many kind words given to us throughout this journey. Again, our sincerest thanks."