From front Daily search for Tamara continues /: He added that if Tamara had - stopped at a. gas station on her way home to Terrace, somebody -would’ve seen her. “She’s ‘still i in Rupert yet ~ or still on the highway yet;” -he said. “Unless she’s on the. .j run, but she would’ve seen. the news.” Don’s wife Arlene said, “She would’ve contacted you Tom because. you're close and she hasn’t even touched | - her bank card since that day. That tells-you a lot.” 9 Don:said 33 women have vanished between Prince Rupert and Prince George along Hwy!6 with only six. being found, leaving 27 still . missing. ~ “Either there’s 33. mur- derers or everybody van- ished for 10 years and hasn’t, popped up,” he said. He speculated the search team has walked about 10 to 12 miles each day... _ He’ said ideally “ there would be about 100 people looking for Chipman. The’ forestry service has provided maps to mark off the completed ‘search area. Don said he believes po- lice’ don’t want to start an official. search because that requires certified, ‘insured searchers ‘and would make _the police liable. However, Tom said the ’ local RCMP are right on the ., case. - “They’re definitely not © pushing it under the table,” Tamara Chipman he said, Tom said Terrace RCMP Staff Sgt. Eric Stubbs, who he’s been in contact with regularly, has brought in new investigators .from Prince George to help with the in- vestigation. _ Tom said the search team wanted to start looking ear- lier than Nov. .28 but the RCMP asked them to wait so it could conduct its own search first. . ' He thanked _ searchers and those who have donated food, gas and other items. ' “It’s very, very appreci- ated,” said Tom, ~. The searchers aren’t alone; help is going on all over the province. - Tom’s sister and brother in Vancouver have plastered . posters of Tamara around that city. Christine’s sisters -in Campbell River put up post- ers after hearing a rumour that Tamara may be there. | Tom. said his sister and brother-in-law have searched the area from the old Cassiar. cannery location to where the road to Port Edward con- ‘ nects with Hwy 16. Christine’s sister. and ‘brother are coordinating the search in Prince Rupert. ~ Arlene said the search- ers still need ‘donations of | food, beverages and” gaso- line money. | . Her 75-year-old moth- er has been helping pack lunches for searchers. °° “That's the type of stuff _ we need,” said Arlene. . With searchers travelling: to Prince Rupert and back, $200 of gasoline filled five ” vehicles but it doesn’t take _ long to burn fuel. «: So far the search parties | have accrued $200 to $500 daily expenses for gas. Arlene: says. money has been trickling in from com- munity groups and that people or groups wanting to. « donate gas money can do so at the Tempo gas station at Kitsumkalum. Tom said searchers have . completed looking on each ~ side of Hwy16 from Terrace to Prince Rupert and that he * might return to Prince Ru- pert since that ‘was the last — place Tamara was seen. The search team will continue to scour the area between the two cities daily until the snow falls. For in- ‘formation, call Don or Ar. lene at 615- 0202. : AUTO) Ex- -boyfriend ponders lie detector . THE EX- BOYFRIEND’ of Tamara Chip- © man,the Terrace woman who has been miss- ing since September, says his plan'to take a polygraph test is in limbo. -Rob Parker had wanted to take the test a as ‘- soon as possible to remove himself.from the ongoing investigation, allowing the police to focus on other areas. But he wants to first talk with an RCMP polygraph specialist who is due to visit here next:week before making up his mind. “He'll explain his qualifications “and what’s involved,” said Parker. _ “I’m innocent. I-have nothing to hide so I thought it would be the right thing to do. Why not?” said Parker. He said he decided to wait after speak- ing to a lawyer who:advised against taking the test. “So here I have an educated man telling me one thing and my heart telling me an- other,” said Parker. “If I don’t take it, does it make me look guilty? I don’t know.” “I tell you that when I go around in a small town like this, people think you’re guilty,” Parker added. He said his lawyer told him polygraph re- | sults can be read in many ways. _ “P-ve had run-ins with the police before and I can tell you, the police and I are not | friends for any number of reasons,” said. - Parker. Chipman, 22, was last seen Sept. 21° » hitchhiking out of Prince Rupert on Hwy16 near that city’s industrial park. She wasn’t reported missing by her fam- ily until nearly thid-November, sparking a _,Nov..23:.RCMP news conference looking for. “assistance. Parker, 42, and Chipman have a two- year-old son, Jaden, who is living with him. 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