Resources exhausted – There is only one chance left for Helga W

Is Helga W. (64) still missing in the Almtal? The emergency services have no more options. On Wednesday, the police helicopter flew over the search area – with a radar that responds to so-called Recco reflectors that are sewn into high-quality sports clothing. No search teams were deployed on the ground on Wednesday because the radar would otherwise have picked up each of the helpers. “We don’t know whether the woman was wearing clothing with equipment that was invented for searching for missing people in avalanches, but we are leaving no stone unturned,” says Anna Schinkowitsch from the Gmunden police.

Radio network simulated to locate mobile phone
But the helicopter returned without result. The search was also carried out with the “Imsi-Catcher”, with which a mobile radio network in the Almtal up to the Kasberg and Großen Priel was simulated in order to locate the SIM card in Helga W.’s new mobile phone. failed. The mobile phone had only briefly logged in to the only transmission tower in the area on the day of the disappearance, Sunday evening, and has not been active since then.

Hundreds should turn over every stone
But the helpers do not want to give up, because the weather allows them to survive outside for several days even after an accident. A search is therefore planned with as many ground troops as possible. “Every stone must be turned over,” says Schinkowitsch. If that does not work, the searchers will have to hope that the woman from Waldingen will still be found by chance.