Thelma Krull search: Police focus on Valley Gardens Community Centre

Police searchefforts for missing Winnipeg woman,Thelma Krull, have focused around Valley Gardens Community Centre on Tuesday.

Police have found an item of interest in the area.

Day four of the search has includedBunn's Creek area, the 1900 block of HendersonHighway, and the Valley Gardens area.

Krull, 57, was last seen Saturday morning at her homein the north part ofTranscona before she went on a hike.Aftershe failed to show up for her grandson's birthday partythat afternoon, family membersreported her missing.

• Thelma Krull, 57, missing from north Transcona area
• Search forThelmaKrulldraws more than 100 volunteers

Winnipeg Search and Rescue had six members out combing the brush andthe water of Bunn's Creek onTuesday morning.

Krull's daughter, Lisa Besser, also searchedaroundHenderson Highway on Tuesday. Shesaid she is so thankful that many members of the publictook part inan organized searchonMonday evening.

Besser said the public searches are on hold while police investigate.

Krull's husband, Robert Krull, said police "believe they have some leads, so we're hoping. There's still hope."

He said he last saw his wife on Friday night, when she talked about waking up early to go on her walk.

"We had discussed getting a ladder from Canadian Tire. She was going to call me when she got there; I was going to take the truck up and purchase it, and do a few other things and go to the birthday party," he said.

Krull said the last four days have been very emotional and he hasn't been sleeping well, but it's helped that he's been surrounded by family.

"I can't imagine being without her," he said.

At the time of her disappearance,Thelma Krull was training for a seven-day hikewith her older brother, BillTherriault,on the West Coast Trail in British Columbia.

"She's been trying to get herself in shape to do it, and then this," said Therriault, who has travelled to Winnnipeg from Penticton, B.C., to help with the search.

Therriault said he is trying to cope with his younger sister's disappearance.

"She's a good kid. She's a good kid. A gentle, kind person, very predictable, very open, very loving mother and sister," he said.

"We're just doing. Just wake up and check the nightmare and go back to bed."

Police briefingcancelled

Winnipeg police hadcalled a newsconference about the search for Krullfor Tuesday afternoon, but then cancelled it minutes laterwithout explanation.

Krull's family said they were at no point informed by police that there wouldbe a newsconference.

"It doesn't concern me that we weren't made aware by police about thispress update.We're letting police go abouttheir business andthey're updating my sister almost constantly, they're in constantcontact," said Robert Krull Jr., Thelma's son.