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Search for missing woman enters third week

For 17 days Greater Sudbury Police have lead the charge in a search for 42-year-old Daphne Kochar.   Despite best efforts, police are still without a clear indication of how the wife and mother of three went missing.

For 17 days Greater Sudbury Police have lead the charge in a search for 42-year-old Daphne Kochar.

 
Despite best efforts, police are still without a clear indication of how the wife and mother of three went missing.

Below is a time-line charting the events of the past two weeks.

Nov. 6, Daphne Kochar is last seen at her resident in the Ramsey Lake area. She informed her kids she was going to run errands. At 5 pm, Kochar failed to show up for a family function and was later reported missing.

Nov. 9, Kochar's Honda Odyssey is found parked outside of an apartment complex on Caswell Dr. in the city's south end. The vehicle was seized and sent for examination.

Nov. 7 to 17, land and water searches are performed in the Ramsay and Bethel Lake areas without success.

Nov. 11 to 21, the Kochar residence, along with two other family vehicle's are searched by police looking for clues. Police have released the home and all three searched vehicles to the Kochar family.

Kochar is of East Indian descent, approximately five feet tall, 175 pounds with short, straight brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of Daphne Kochar is asked to contact Greater Sudbury Police at 675-9171 or Crime Stoppers at 675-TIPS.