Crews find body of person missing in Kootenay landslide
Posted July 15, 2012 7:59 pm.
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JOHNSONS LANDING (NEWS1130) – RCMP say crews have found the body of one of four people missing in a massive landslide in southeastern British Columbia.
The rescue mission is now a recovery operation.
At least three homes were crushed by the slide in the tiny hamlet of Johnsons Landing on Thursday.
Police say what appears to be the body of a man was found near a home swept away by the slide.
They continue to look for the bodies of three others believed to be buried in the slide.
Two sisters, 17 and 22-year-old Rachel and Diana Webber, and their father Val Webber have been missing since the slide hit.
Searchers had been holding onto hope that some of the missing people would be found, believing they could survive under five metres of mud and debris.
