Search continues for missing Bouctouche woman

Family and friends of a missing Bouctouche woman are continuing to scour the southeastern New Brunswick community for her. Murielle Leger, 56, was last seen at Foyer Joe in Bouctouche last Friday.

Francine Bourque said she was "worried sick" about her sister's recent disappearance.

She said her sister is epileptic and has other health conditions which require medication daily.

Bourque said that is why she's losing hope of finding her sister alive and well.

"This time of the year, she requires medication, she has no medication that we believe, her medication that she's supposed to take on a daily basis is really important, she has none, we don't think," she said.

Bourque assembled a crew of about 30 family members and friends on Wednesday to look for her.

Roger Leblanc, who works with Bourque, was among the volunteers who came out to look for the missing woman.

He and others spent much of Wednesday searching small sections of the woods on all-terrain vehicles "Its a needle in a haystack scenario but the hope is there and hopefully everybody can pull together and wish for the best, that's all we can do, just pray right now," he said.

Leger is described as petite with blond shoulder-length hair.

She was last seen wearing a black snowmobile jacket with yellow stripes, jeans and brown boots.

She was reported missing on Monday, when a cousin calling to speak with Leger was told that she hadn't been home since Friday.

That's when family alerted the RCMP, who used a helicopter on Tuesday to search Bouctouche and surrounding areas.

"We'll see if we have any more leads ... we have looked at almost every lead we've had until now, that's why we're looking for the public to give us more information," said RCMP Cpl. Chantal Soucy.

No one from Foyer Joe, where Leger has lived for almost a year, would speak to the CBC News.

They say she was scheduled to move out at the end of November.