ALBERT CHRETIEN - UPDATED 22ND FEBRUARY 2013

UPDATE - RITA HAS BEEN FOUND - ALBERT IS STILL MISSING:




Albert and Rita Chretien, of Penticton, were last seen March 19 at a gas station in Baker City, Ore.

Baker City police said a thorough air and ground search involving local and state police and volunteers has found no trace of the couple, and search efforts are being wound down, although police will continue to keep an eye out for any sign of the Chretiens.

The couple, who are in their 50s, were travelling in their light brown 2000 Chevy Astro van with a black windshield deflector. The vehicle has a B.C. licence plate, 212 CAV.

Two RCMP officers who'd been helping in Oregon have now returned to B.C. and police on both sides of the border say they will continue following up on tips.

Anyone with information is still asked to call the cross-border tip-line at 1-877-987-8477.


UPDATED FEBRUARY 22ND 2013

 The body of Albert Chretien — a Penticton, B.C., man who has been missing since 2011 when he went looking for help after he and his wife's van broke down in Nevada — has finally been found, CBC News has confirmed. A pair of hunters came across Chretien's body on Saturday in a wooded area in Northern Elko County, Nevada officials said. The van of Albert and Rita Chretien, shown in a May 2011 handout photo, got stuck on a snowy logging road in northeastern Nevada after the couple got lost during a road trip. The van of Albert and Rita Chretien, shown in a May 2011 handout photo, got stuck on a snowy logging road in northeastern Nevada after the couple got lost during a road trip. (Elko County Sheriff's Office/Canadian Press) Chretien's wife, Rita, survived for 48 days in Nevada's wilderness, praying and subsisting on candy, trail mix and snow, before she heard rescuers in the distance last May and was able to alert them. Det. Dennis Journigan of the county sheriff's department said